A skydiving plane crashed Sunday in eastern France, killing all 11 people on board, local authorities said, in one of the country’s deadliest ever light aircraft accidents. The crash in the town of Tomblaine killed five instructors, five students, and the pilot, said Yves Seguy, the prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department. The students were a…
Two hundred and fifty years after the Founders put their lives on the line and their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, it’s easy to forget how close it came to not happening at all. On the battlefield, American patriots were spilling their blood for the cause of freedom. The thirteen Northern and Southern colonies…
Host Jane Pauley celebrates America at 250. Featured: The Founding Fathers; driving historic Route 66; the Essential American Songbook; a melting pot of cuisine; the ERA; the transcontinental railroad; fireworks; and Larry David’s skewed take on American history. Source link
“When we try to think about what does it mean to be American, this almost impossible question, one of the ways we might try and answer that is through music,” said Nate Sloan, a professor of musicology at USC’s Thornton School of Music. “What are the sounds that defined the American experience at different points…
Israel’s Cabinet unanimously approved a proposal on Sunday to designate violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as a genocide. The step, which still needs approval in Parliament, reflects deteriorating ties between Israel and Turkey. Turkey has fiercely lobbied to prevent countries from officially recognizing the mass deaths of Armenians around…
Nature: Bald eagles – CBS News Watch CBS News We leave you this Sunday with an enduring symbol of our United States: the bald eagle, first seen on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782. Videographer: Carl Mrozek. Source link
As America marks 250 years since its founding, CBS News asked Americans to weigh in on what they think stands out about the country. Best thing about America When asked to pick the best thing about the American way of life, it’s “the people” that comes out on top, far ahead of its land and…
Six-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor, whose choices of essential American songs include the 1961 hit “Moon River,” performs Henry Mancini’s tender song of heartbreak for “Sunday Morning” viewers. Accompanying Taylor are Kevin Hays on keyboards, Jon Suters on bass, and Nick Halley on percussion. [Check out the complete “Sunday Morning” Essential American Songbook at cbsnews.com/songbook.]…
The transcontinental railroad changed just about everything in America: transportation, communications, commerce, cities, politics, even our perception of time. Correspondent David Pogue visits Steamtown National Historic Site, in Scranton, Pa., home to Big Boy, the biggest functioning steam train in the world, to learn how trains helped define an expansive America. Source link
Washington — Sen. Bill Cassidy strongly criticized Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over his vaccine skepticism and handling of the nation’s public health, despite having delivered the key vote to advance Kennedy’s nomination last year. Cassidy, a medical doctor who chairs the Senate health committee, said on “Face the Nation with…
