5/1/2022: Harvest of War, Eurovision, Birds Aren’t Real – CBS News Watch CBS News The war in Ukraine’s effect on the world’s food supply; Inside Eurovision, the European song contest that draws an audience of more than 180 million; Birds Aren’t Real, the conspiracy theory that satirizes conspiracy theories. View […]
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The Judds join Country Music Hall of Fame following Naomi Judd’s death
Ray Charles and The Judds joined the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday in a ceremony filled with tears, music and laughter, just a day after Naomi Judd died unexpectedly. The loss of Naomi Judd altered the normally celebratory ceremony, but the music played on, as the genre’s singers […]
Evacuations of civilians hiding in steel plant in Mariupol finally underway
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine — A long-awaited effort to evacuate people from a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has begun, the International Committee on the Red Cross (ICRC) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday. The operation to bring people out of the sprawling Azovstal steel plant was being done […]
Marshals offer reward for escaped inmate, “missing” correctional officer
The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the capture of escaped inmate Casey Cole White and “missing and endangered correctional officer” Vicky White. The two disappeared Friday after Vicky White took Casey White for what she told others was a mental health evaluation. […]
Eurovision: Inside the European song contest that draws an audience of more than 180 million
Eurovision: Inside the European song contest that draws an audience of more than 180 million – CBS News Watch CBS News Jon Wertheim reports from Iceland, which erupts in excitement every year over the musical competition that boasts ABBA and Celine Dion among its most famous winners. View CBS News […]
Eurovision: The song competition that rocks Europe
With Europe convulsed by war, a campy, intra-continental song contest might seem especially frivolous. But it’s worth remembering: that was the original point. Eurovision launched in 1956, in part a post World War Two effort to unify Europe. A cross between the Olympics and American Idol, today it’s the world’s […]
Next Sunday on 60 Minutes: Eurovision excitement in Iceland
Next Sunday on 60 Minutes: Eurovision excitement in Iceland – CBS News Watch CBS News Next week, Jon Wertheim travels to Iceland and finds the tiny country erupting with enthusiasm over Europe’s eccentric annual song contest, Eurovision. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for […]
The war in Ukraine’s effect on the world’s food supply
In Europe, these are days of perilous escalation. Fighting has spilled beyond Ukraine into neighboring Russia and Moldova. Today, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said she and a U.S. delegation met with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and pledged U.S. support until, “victory is won.” Congress is considering $33 billion […]
The origins of “Birds Aren’t Real”
It’s spread to billboards, bumper stickers and popped up at halftime during the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game. More than a million people have become followers of Birds Aren’t Real, a movement that claims the birds you think you see flying in the sky are actually government surveillance drones. […]
Western officials warn of a potentially long war in Ukraine
Western officials warn of a potentially long war in Ukraine – CBS News Watch CBS News Some western officials say it’s possible the war in Ukraine could drag on for months, or even years. Retired Major John Spencer, chair of urban welfare studies at Madison Policy Forum, joined CBS News’ […]