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 […]
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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 […]
Sheriff: Mom planned daughters’ fatal shooting for weeks
HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas — A north Texas mother accused of fatally shooting her two young daughters planned the killings for at least two weeks, a sheriff told CBS DFW. Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse says 29-year-old Sarah Nicole Henderson confessed to shooting the girls, 5 and 7, in a Payne […]
Husband sobs in 911 call: “My wife just shot her kids”
HENDERSON COUNTY, Texas — The husband of a north Texas mother accused of shooting her two young daughters Thursday is heard sobbing on a series of 911 calls released by the Henderson County Sheriff’s office. Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse says 29-year-old Sarah Nicole Henderson confessed to shooting the girls, […]