Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers, predicts it will be two or three months before most Puerto Ricans regain power in their homes. The vast majority of people in the U.S. territory have gone without it for over six weeks since Hurricane Maria directly […]
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NYPD building a case to arrest Weinstein for rape
NEW YORK — An actress’ rape allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein are credible, and investigators are gathering evidence for a criminal case, New York City police said Friday. Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said Friday that investigators have interviewed actress Paz de la Huerta. In an interview with CBS […]
Almanac: The “Father of Streamlining”
And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: November 5, 1893, 124 years ago today — Day One for the man called “The Father of Streamlining.” For that was the day Raymond Loewy was born in Paris. An award-winning model airplane designer while still a boy, Loewy moved to […]
Florida woman arrested for DUI while riding horse
LAKELAND, Fla. — A 53-year-old woman riding a horse down a busy Florida highway has been arrested and charged with driving drunk. Polk County Sheriff’s officials said in a news release that someone called 911 about a woman who appeared confused and possibly in danger. When deputies arrived they found […]
Watch a prodigy create — from four notes in a hat
It takes Alma Deutscher just four notes and forty seconds to improvise an impressive short piano sonata right before 60 Minutes cameras. That alone is remarkable — but she’s also just 12 years old. This Sunday on the broadcast, correspondent Scott Pelley interviews Alma, a musical prodigy who, by […]
Watch a prodigy create — from 4 notes in a hat
It takes Alma Deutscher just four notes and forty seconds to improvise an impressive short piano sonata right before 60 Minutes cameras. That alone is remarkable — but she’s also just 12 years old. This week on the broadcast, correspondent Scott Pelley interviews Alma, a musical prodigy who, by […]
Exploding washing machine knocks mom out
When Sara Van Beck heard a loud “whistling noise” coming from her laundry room last week, she rushed over to investigate. The mother of five from Freeport, Minnesota, noticed the washing machine was starting to “shake” and “howl” as it reached the end of its spin cycle. As she bent […]
Government says humans “extremely likely” to blame for climate change
Last Updated Nov 3, 2017 3:41 PM EDT A new Trump administration report on climate change paints an apocalyptic portrait of global climate trends, saying the last three years have been the “warmest years on record for the globe” and that humans are almost certainly causing the climate to change. The massive, […]
San Francisco’s leaning tower of lawsuits
It’s a story as old as cities themselves: prosperity comes to town and triggers a building boom. In modern San Francisco, rows of skyscrapers have begun lining the downtown streets and recasting the skyline, monuments to the triumph of the tech sector. Leading this wave, the Millennium Tower. 58 stories […]
4th employee dies following attempted prison escape
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – A fourth employee from the Pasquotank Correctional Institution died Thursday from injuries he sustained during the attempted prisoner escape on Oct. 12, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. CBS affiliate WTKR reports that Geoffrey Howe, 31, a maintenance mechanic for the prison, died […]