In Louisiana, the French language is being replaced with English as the march of Americanization proceeds. “Imagine still being home and saying, ‘Oh, I miss home.’ It's a very hard feeling to convey,” says Jourdan Thibodeaux. cbsn.ws/4kvSFFf
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In Louisiana, the French language is being replaced with English as the march of Americanization proceeds. “Imagine still being home and saying, ‘Oh, I miss home.’ It's a very hard feeling to convey,” says Jourdan Thibodeaux. cbsn.ws/4kvSFFf
Two high school seniors proved a mathematical puzzle that was thought to be impossible for 2,000 years. cbsn.ws/3JzcZYT
“I'm going to get up every day, and I'm going to live my culture today. I think it's every individual's responsibility to maintain who they are as a people,” says singer Jourdan Thibodeaux, an unofficial ambassador for Cajun music. cbsn.ws/41qMsTX
There’s an unwritten rule in Cajun country: You can’t have the music without the food. So Jon Wertheim joined a family dinner. On the menu? Shrimp étouffée. cbsn.ws/43rhGKR
“It was pages and pages and pages of, like, over 20 or 30 pages for this one problem,” says Cece Johnson, whose teen daughter solved a mathematical question considered impossible. cbsn.ws/3QshOnl
A high school math teacher posed a historically impossible-to-answer question to her students. St. Mary’s Michelle Blouin Williams says she didn’t expect anyone to solve it, but two students made history when they did. cbsn.ws/3WAmpYu
“This is — in scale and scope and in brazenness — the biggest espionage operation against the U.S. in its history,” says Jim Lewis, a former U.S. diplomat with more than 30 years of direct experience with China's intelligence agencies. cbsn.ws/3JuaNCd
China secretly opened an overseas Chinese police station in the middle of New York City, according to the FBI. Federal prosecutors say the outpost’s main purpose was to target and harass Chinese dissidents. cbsn.ws/4mGieEU
The sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France is the site of 72 medical miracles recognized by the Catholic Church. cbsn.ws/4oR419P
Anduril co-founder and CEO Brian Schrimpf gave 60 Minutes an up-close look at Fury, an unmanned fighter jet powered by artificial intelligence that could become a Collaborative Combat Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. cbsn.ws/3Vfn1Rv
The largest weapon being developed in Anduril's arsenal is a submarine the size of a school bus that operates autonomously. No sailors needed. cbsn.ws/3Helt6t
Draggan Mihailovich named executive editor of 60 Minutes: www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...
The remains of 9/11 victims continue to be tested and logged. The NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner keeps a folder for each of the 2,753 murder victims. cbsn.ws/4fUYrhj
To address Japan’s low marriage rates and help raise birth rates, Tokyo launched a dating app and a four-day workweek for government workers. cbsn.ws/4izfaHC
“Some [fragments] as small as the size of a Tic Tac, we’ve been able to get DNA from those and generate a DNA profile,” says forensic biologist Mark Desire. cbsn.ws/3AB08BD
Many museum visitors don’t realize it, but the medical examiner’s repository for remains is behind the outer wall of the 9/11 Memorial Museum. It has never been seen by the public. Access is reserved solely for the families of the victims. cbsn.ws/40SsmT8
In New York City, there has been a quarter-century-long effort to reclaim the 9/11 dead. cbsn.ws/3UnaAmq
Japan has lost population for 15 years running and is on pace to shrink by half by this century's end, despite government measures to halt the decline. cbsn.ws/3HwvkFq
One solution to Japan's diminishing population would be for the country to increase foreign immigration. “But there’s some psychological barrier to open[ing] up the country,” says Taro Kono. cbsn.ws/3Go5e6v
The Kato family recently moved from the city to the remote village of Ichinono, where the population is shrinking. Their son, Kuranosuke, was the first baby born in the village in more than 20 years. cbsn.ws/43cUekr
“It was a shock that they’ve been looking … all these 22 years. I thought that that door had long been closed,” says Ellen Niven, whose husband died on 9/11. With new technology, his remains were finally identified. cbsn.ws/3OdxJob
Five years after 9/11, bone fragments were discovered on the roof of a building at ground zero. cbsn.ws/3YUDYlD
“They wanted to exterminate us," Holocaust survivor Manfred Goldberg said. "And here we are, not only having survived, but we are now great-grandparents.” cbsn.ws/4f38UXG
Known as a “Scream Queen,” horror star Jamie Lee Curtis thinks scary movies are “awful.” Why? “The smart aleck answer is: because life is scary.” cbsn.ws/43oYwGp
Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, the opulent British ocean liner that struck an iceberg and sank. But it's likely you have never heard of the Cap Arcona, a German version of the Titanic. cbsn.ws/45e1fDP
“This is crucial, and this will make the piece,” says Jamie Lee Curtis as she outlines the movies that launched her career — from “Trading Places,” to “A Fish Called Wanda,” to “True Lies.” “That grouping of films gave me my career, for sure,” she says. cbsn.ws/44tCovD
Why was there no follow-up investigation into the attack on Cap Arcona?cbsn.ws/3BMg2Jm
“I think I worried more that selling yogurt that makes you sh** was going to impact my career than for me to acknowledge that I had an addiction.” Jamie Lee Curtis says she’s been sober for 26 years. cbsn.ws/4k9Rfjf
Bruno Neurath-Wilson says his parents belonged to the small minority of non-Jewish Germans who fought back against the Nazis. His father's actions landed him in a concentration camp. cbsn.ws/4dT3NZ4
On May 3, 1945, the Cap Arcona was bombed, turning the floating concentration camp into a fiery tomb. In a tragic error, British Typhoon bombers — part of the Allied forces moving in to finish off the Nazis — had attacked the boat. cbsn.ws/3YuNqxd
“I think that egg freezing is as revolutionary as the pill was in the 1960s and '70s,” says Dr. Tomer Singer, a physician who specializes in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. cbsn.ws/3SpEaGE
Jennifer Lannon, co-founder of Freeze Health, a website for comparing fertility clinic prices, and Lesley Stahl discussed the high costs for women to freeze their eggs without insurance coverage. cbsn.ws/4ofbajS
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis showed 60 Minutes Genie 2, an AI model that generates 3D interactive environments, which could be used to train robots in the not-so-distant future. cbsn.ws/4l3MfN7
A 2022 study from one large fertility center found that 70% of women who froze at least 20 eggs before the age of 38 had a baby. But success rates dropped significantly for older women and those who froze fewer eggs. cbsn.ws/4k6opR6
Scott Pelley tries out Astra, Google’s AI agent embedded in glasses. The AI system can see whatever the wearer sees. cbsn.ws/44xIdbi
Comedian John Oliver tells 60 Minutes that performing stand-up is his "favorite place to be" and explains why bombing on stage is helpful for comedians. cbsn.ws/3UrW8tc
Tanya Simon is the 4th executive producer in the broadcast’s 57-year history, and the first woman in the role.
CBS News names award-winning journalist Tayna Simon executive producer of 60 Minutes. Simon has been with 60 Minutes for 25 years, most recently serving as interim executive producer. MORE: www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-news-and...
Argentine President Javier Milei's government laid off human rights workers who investigate, document, and educate the public about crimes committed by the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983. cbsn.ws/46oHXwq
This technological innovation could, one day, change the way every child in every school in America is taught. cbsn.ws/40igk4d
During the 1950s, the Catholic Church in Belgium separated thousands of newborns from their unwed mothers and put them up for adoption, often without the mothers’ consent. cbsn.ws/4m04pAx
“I'm so busted,” says Anderson Cooper as Khanmigo immediately flagged that he pasted a paragraph written by ChatGPT into his essay. cbsn.ws/3VsscxW
“The ride will be a little bit rough,” says driver Eppie Martinez as he takes Bill Whitaker for a spin in his vintage lowrider. cbsn.ws/3ZnoGHu
An intensely emotional healing retreat surprised 60 Minutes with a scene we weren’t expecting. cbsn.ws/3x0Mrtu
“Even in our broken places, we're still beautiful because we're strong at our broken places,” says Jennifer Thompson, explaining the Japanese practice of kintsugi, meaning “golden repair.” cbsn.ws/3IFdk8D
“She’s the center of my life. She’s actually the font of [an] enormous amount of fun. And she is the center of the home. That’s what she is to me,” Jeffrey Garten says of his wife, Ina. https://cbsn.ws/4nAXjUL
The residents of a Maryland island — where crabs are plentiful and crime is nonexistent — may be among the nation’s first climate refugees. https://cbsn.ws/4euEGxz
In his quest to create something baseball fans have never seen before, Jesse Cole formed a cheer squad of men with dad bods — and another of grandmas. https://cbsn.ws/3GqjlIQ
"This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen… I loved it," said longtime baseball writer Tim Kurkjian while watching a Savannah Bananas game. cbsn.ws/3G7MW9H
Banana Ball players tell 60 Minutes they all dreamed of playing in the Major Leagues. cbsn.ws/3XYQQrp
The original Marine Band concert would have been seen by hundreds. Now, these young musicians will be heard by millions. cbsn.ws/3RjygGx
The spot where the Columbia River spills into the Pacific Ocean at the border between Oregon and Washington state is one of the most dangerous inlets in America. https://cbsn.ws/3GqjSdV
Drones have been flying over critical civilian and military sites around the United States for years. Why is it so hard for the military to stop them? https://cbsn.ws/3HORAdA
Filmmaker Werner Herzog showed Anderson Cooper how he writes and records his unconventional narrations during an editing session for his latest film, "The Ghost Elephants." https://cbsn.ws/4kT2ZHD
The tech hub of East Africa, Kenya—and Nairobi in particular—is looking to solve an impending jobs crisis through innovation. https://cbsn.ws/45D8Lsh
Thousands of Tasmanian tigers once roamed the Australian island of Tasmania, but the population dwindled to one after the local government paid out bounties to hunters presenting carcasses. cbsn.ws/3U0X3jX
Name that country: It’s planted opposite Europe, sitting proudly on the other side of the North Sea. It’s a monarchy that features its own currency, postage stamps, constitution, national anthem, love of tea, and a pair of handsome princes, born two years apart. https://cbsn.ws/4eC5H2h
A few months after our report on sperm whales first aired, the prime minister of Dominica announced the creation of the first sperm whale reserve in the world. The sanctuary is 300 square miles. https://cbsn.ws/3ZNNhp0
Kate Winslet was just 20 years old when she was plucked from relative obscurity to star in "Titanic." She's had her pick of lead roles ever since. https://cbsn.ws/4lgyxqJ
Anna Wintour, one of the most influential figures in fashion, shared in 2009 why she wears sunglasses as part of her signature look. The global editorial director of Vogue is stepping back from some editorial duties, the magazine announced Thursday.
60 Minutes asked Anna Wintour in 2019 how she'd step down as Vogue editor-in-chief, she said: “Very quietly.” Wintour, 75, remains at the top of Vogue's masthead, but is now stepping back from some editorial duties. https://cbsn.ws/445rfAD
At 16, Kate Winslet was working at a deli, making sandwiches, when she found out she had landed her first movie role. cbsn.ws/3B5f4Ik
In the wake of the U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, 60 Minutes revisits its decades-long coverage of Iran. These three 60 Minutes stories illustrate how revolutionary powers came to be and help explain the current day conflict in Iran. https://cbsn.ws/4ltZTtO
The daughter of a struggling actor, Kate Winslet grew up outside London and attended theater school thanks to a charity that helped cover the cost. cbsn.ws/3AUENTS
Retiree Jean Rodriguez says Social Security made a $72,000 mistake. She says Social Security combined her pay record with others, resulting in a large overpayment that wasn’t discovered for years. https://cbsn.ws/4kSVCQt
The death of Alexei Navalny in a Russian prison in the Arctic last year sparked an outcry around the world. https://cbsn.ws/3ZKTCl7
For years, Kate Winslet says she kept her Oscar in her bathroom so guests could hold it up in the mirror and pretend they’d won. cbsn.ws/3BkfoCW
In some states, overturning Roe v. Wade has impacted health care for women, regardless of whether they are pregnant. https://cbsn.ws/3ZZcVqF
If someone asked you to name a product that was first made 2,000 years ago, still looks and works as it always has, and still plays a vital role in global commerce, would you be stumped? https://cbsn.ws/4dYIlmT
“This is the first of its kind. It is an American whiskey finished in Indian whiskey barrels,” says Dan Callaway. “The physical barrel has left Kentucky, gone to Bangalore, filled with a barley [spirit] and then sent back here.” cbsn.ws/3XOCcmv
3D printing startup co-founder Jason Ballard explains how he thinks 3D-printed houses will transform construction jobs and resist the effects of climate change. https://cbsn.ws/4jFtOOb
Scott Pelley shares his favorite Cillian Murphy acting moment in “Oppenheimer.” cbsn.ws/3I0EFC6
“Most of our barrels would have useful lives of 50 plus years,” says Brad Boswell, CEO of Independent Stave, the world’s largest maker of wooden barrels. cbsn.ws/4loEVgM
"We are not looking at this from a partisan standpoint, we're not saying, 'We're enemies.' What we need to look at this as is: We can all come together to make this safer for women in Texas," says Dr. Emily Briggs. cbsn.ws/3AhiE1I
In one study, 45% of vets with PTSD who did MDMA-assisted therapy at the VA went into full remission, says Dr. Elnahal.
In March 1954, Edward R. Murrow and a team of CBS News journalists sat in a dark screening room. The mood was tense. https://cbsn.ws/3ZLs9zp
“There isn't a single actor alive that wouldn't have loved to have been on Broadway,” says George Clooney. “It's trickier, the older you get. But why not?” https://cbsn.ws/3ZdThaf
“The hardest part for me is smoking,” says George Clooney, who uses prop cigarettes to play Edward R. Murrow. “We smoke a lot in the play. Everybody smokes in the play, so the place is covered in smoke.” https://cbsn.ws/43OtXsY
On Sept. 17, after Israel and the terrorist organization Hezbollah had been in an escalating war for nearly a year, the Israeli spy agency Mossad launched one of the most daring and sophisticated deceptions in the history of counterintelligence: the pager plot. https://cbsn.ws/4krK3j4
Dua Lipa was born in London after her parents moved to the U.K. when war broke out in Bosnia in 1992. When she was 11 years old, her family returned to Kosovo, but Dua Lipa soon started making plans to move back to London. cbsn.ws/3XIUbuN
A fleet of robots is shaking up the art world, carving with pinpoint precision and in record time. https://cbsn.ws/3SoVAn6
“There was nothing. No heavenly choirs. No pearly gates," recalls Salman Rushdie as he watched his blood spread across the floor after a brutal knife attack. cbsn.ws/3Uk0raZ
Salman Rushdie explains why he doesn’t name his attacker in his new book, “Knife.” cbsn.ws/3JjXFw0
Plenty of teenagers want to become pop stars, but few convince their parents to let them pack their bags and move to another country to try and make it big. cbsn.ws/3HfZFHN
Dua Lipa was dubbed “The Quarantine Queen” after the release of her second album. “It ended up being the kitchen dance parties,” Dua Lipa tells Anderson Cooper. “The soundtrack to people's workouts at home, to kind of keep them sane during that time.” cbsn.ws/3Tu7w7U
Some of Dua Lipa’s very early concerts only had 10 people in attendance. cbsn.ws/3XqFFqn
At 15, Dua Lipa convinced her parents to let her move back to London alone to continue her education. Her real plan: become a pop star. Her father is her manager. cbsn.ws/4e39kgt
Some artists don’t want to admit they have a robot on the payroll. cbsn.ws/3UKZuYY
As 60 Minutes first reported in 2024, Cuba’s main export isn’t cigars or rum, it’s American secrets, which they barter and sell to America’s enemies around the world. https://cbsn.ws/4dzMddQ
Cuban spies working in the U.S. would type up classified information and pass it along over long lunches in broad daylight. cbsn.ws/3QRgQ4h
Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park was the envy of Africa. Wildlife drew tourists from around the world. But, beginning in the 1960s, a manmade catastrophe slaughtered the animals until, it was said, there was nothing left but mosquitos and landmines. https://cbsn.ws/4jcHC2A
Dubbed "America's original extreme sport," Indian Relay's roots date back centuries. https://cbsn.ws/4drbIy9
Frank Larkin's service to America is extraordinary — a former Navy SEAL whose government career included the Secret Service, the Pentagon and the U.S. Senate. But Larkin's greatest contribution is happening now, in retirement, after his son, Ryan, took his own life. https://cbsn.ws/3HlmI3O
When workers broke ground on an underground parking lot in the heart of Rome 18 years ago, they had no idea what their backhoes were about to unearth. https://cbsn.ws/4knNnvc
Imagine the entire offensive line of Kansas City Chiefs running over you at once. That's what it feels like to be trampled by a 1,000-pound horse in Indian Relay, explains Ken Real Bird. cbsn.ws/3PLt9yB
Even before the fires, California's landfills couldn’t hold all of the state’s hazardous waste. So, where was all of this battery waste going? We found the answer — 600 miles away in Knolls, Utah. cbsn.ws/3Y4RnrF
Because of Anna Kwok’s pro-democracy activism in the U.S., the Hong Kong government has placed a $130,000 bounty on her head. Kwok says she fears she could be kidnapped and is seeking political asylum. After our interview with her took place, Kwok’s brother and father were arrested in Hong Kong.
Chinese pro-democracy activists in the U.S. have become increasingly wary about who may be watching them. https://cbsn.ws/3FfS7Ek
People thought flip flop- and Hawaiian shirt-wearing tech billionaire Palmer Luckey, 32, was nuts when he launched defense products startup Anduril Industries. https://cbsn.ws/45jRxzZ
Palmer Luckey says the U.S. military has relied on overpriced, outdated technology for too long. He argues that a Tesla has better AI than any U.S. aircraft and a Roomba vacuum has better autonomy than most of the Pentagon's weapons systems. He is out to change that. https://cbsn.ws/4jY5qIx
