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This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley reports on the dire conditions for children in Yemen. The situation is so severe that, according to the U.N., a child in Yemen dies every ten minutes. But the widespread starvation is an underreported story because, as Pelley explains, the Saudi-led blockade […]

PHOENIX — Trader Joe’s says it has recalled several packaged salads after a supplier said there may be shards of glass or hard plastic inside. The grocery chain said Saturday on its website that packages of white meat chicken salad, curried white chicken deli salad and turkey cranberry apple salad sold […]

Last Updated Nov 19, 2017 10:23 PM EST ATLANTA — Two nurses lost their licenses after a television station persuaded courts to unseal a video secretly recorded by the family of a man who died in their care. The video shows the World War II veteran repeatedly calling for help, saying […]

When you think of legendary voyages of discovery you probably think of Columbus and Magellan, or Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. But what may be the greatest journey of exploration mankind has ever undertaken is happening right now. It began in 1977 when NASA launched two spacecraft named Voyager […]

Last November 28th, a professional soccer team from Chapeco, Brazil, boarded a flight for the biggest match in the club’s history. With a little luck and a lot of pluck, this team of no names and underdogs had made an unlikely climb to the pinnacle of soccer-mad South America. Then, […]

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Sunday defied calls to quit immediately, saying he will preside over a ruling party congress in December in an announcement that could trigger impeachment proceedings in the parliament this week as well as more protests demanding his ouster. In a televised address, 93-year-old Mugabe […]

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. was roused from bed around 6 a.m. Sunday for the final start of his career, made himself a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich and went back to sleep. When he woke up for good, the finality of his decision hit NASCAR’s most popular driver. “This is gonna […]

Last Updated Nov 19, 2017 2:48 PM EST NEW YORK — Several people were hurt after scaffolding came crashing down onto a street in Manhattan on Sunday, CBS New York reports. Witnesses posted photos on social media showing wooden planks and metal scaffolding strewn about at the corner of Prince […]

NEW DELHI — This month in New Delhi, the air has been so acrid that people have suffered from burning eyes and rasping throats. So the notion that thousands would take to the city streets to gulp down lungful after lungful in a distance race may seem strange to many.  […]

Connoisseurs swear this coffee from a far-off land is, well, good to the last drop. Very, VERY good. And as John Blackstone tells us, for the price, it better be: Coffee experts call it cupping — the standardized ritual for evaluating coffee beans.  “Cupping” samples of Yemeni coffee. CBS News […]