From journalist and former Carter White House speechwriter James Fallows, thoughts on the legacy of 9/11, 25 years after the terrorist attacks: We live through history’s turning points, but with no idea which way history will turn. December 7, 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor, a date which will live in infamy, marked the end…
“A sweetgrass braid is meant as an emblem, a marker, a metaphor, if you will,” said Robin Wall Kimmerer. “We are committed to braiding Mother Earth’s hair, i.e., we are committed to helping her be at her best.” Kimmerer’s book, “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” (published by Milkweed Editions),…
Nature: Harbor seals in Oregon – CBS News Watch CBS News We leave you this Sunday morning with harbor seals in Netarts Bay on the Oregon coast. Videographer: Charles Schultz. Source link
New York City is pausing to remember the 9/11 terror attacks that forever altered the city and the country. The annual reading of names and moments of silence were held Thursday morning at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in Lower Manhattan. It’s a somber ceremony when New Yorkers and the nation vow to “never forget” what…
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Guest host: Steve Hartman Ticks, lots of ’em! CBS News COVER STORY: The explosion of ticks and Alpha-gal syndromeThis year, emergency room visits…
A New York woman is accused of plotting “a major attack” on the state capitol building in Albany, authorities said Thursday. In a criminal complaint, federal prosecutors in the Northern District of New York charged Jessica Bowie, 35, with attempting to provide material support for foreign terrorist organizations. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence…
Apparent human skeletal remains, including a jaw with the teeth still attached, were found at Lake Mead on Sunday, officials said, as water levels sink to new lows amid a drought and scorching heat in the West. “On Aug. 16, the Lake Mead Interagency Communications Center received a report of potential human remains at Boulder…
An air traffic controller’s quick thinking helped avert a dangerous situation late Thursday night when two American Airlines jets — one landing in Phoenix, Arizona, and the other simultaneously taking off — shared the same flight number and radio frequency. The veteran air traffic controller realized that American Airlines Flight 2482 from Chicago that was…
Watch CBS News Wildfires rage in Canada and the western U.S.; 2 were killed from a capsized boat in New York Harbor. Source link
A woman and a five-month-old baby died after a vessel overturned in New York Harbor on Saturday night, according to police. The NYPD said it was called to an overturned vessel near Liberty Island at 22:55 on Saturday. The authority deployed a harbor unit, as well as a scuba and aviation team to the scene,…
