Stars and Stripes has a front page like no other. On a day when the headlines on other newspapers were dominated by earthquakes in Venezuela and Supreme Court decisions on immigration, Erik Slavin, the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes, put out a newspaper for the American military, with stories about new tactics involving drones, and…
In 1776, Thomas Paine, an English-born writer shaped by the anti-monarchism movement, wrote “Common Sense,” a 47-page pamphlet that changed history, by inspiring American colonists to turn their rebellion against their king into an outright revolution. Correspondent Holly Williams visits the English town of Lewes that helped shaped a future Founding Father and separatist. Source…
Pop superstar Taylor Swift and pro footballer Travis Kelce have tied the knot. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with Rolling Stone writer Rob Sheffield about the unlikely couple, whose relationship evolved against a backdrop of Swift’s songs about romance, heartbreak and marriage. Rocca also talks with Marilyn Monroe biographer Michelle Morgan about another famous union of…
Over the past 10 years, Rishi Sharma has conducted video interviews with more than 3,000 World War II veterans – members of the “Greatest Generation” who answered the call to defend freedom – to preserve their stories of sacrifice and their lessons of liberty. Steve Hartman reports. Source link
“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us recently, including Victor Willis, frontman of the group The Village People. Source link
Residents of Guam and surrounding U.S. island territories in the western Pacific were urged to take shelter as Super Typhoon Bavi was expected to make landfall early Monday, threatening an area still recovering from another destructive storm earlier this year. Bavi, a massive cyclone approaching the Mariana Islands east of the Philippines, was forecast to strike Rota…
Charlie Kirk’s widow and parents are expected this week in a Utah court where prosecutors seeking the death penalty will argue that the man charged with killing the conservative activist should stand trial for murder. The five-day preliminary hearing that starts Monday will be the first time members of Kirk’s family are in the Utah courtroom with…
Mount Vernon, the home of our nation’s first president, is the most-visited historic house in the U.S. But what do Americans visiting Mount Vernon – on the occasion of our country’s 250th anniversary – think about what George Washington represents? And today, would the Founding Father recognize the nation he helped create? “Sunday Morning” national…
Digital music gave us the technology, and the freedom, to listen to whatever we want, whenever we want. But more and more people are going back to older, analog ways of listening. Correspondent Conor Knighton checks out the Shibuya HiFi bar in Seattle, where curated listening sessions regularly sell out. He also meets artist and…
People in and around Washington, D.C., are experiencing a substantial dip in air quality on Sunday, with officials warning that any amount of exposure to the outdoors could potentially come with health consequences. Researchers connected the shift in pollution levels to massive fireworks displays held to celebrate July 4th on Saturday night. A “purple” air…
