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Smithsonian racing to save rare audio recordings stored on cassette tapes – CBS News Watch CBS News The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., is working to digitize thousands of rare cassette recordings, including audio from early space missions, that are in danger of being lost. Scott MacFarlane reports. Be the first to know Get browser…
Search continues for dozens after Texas floods, at least 79 dead with more severe weather expected – CBS News Watch CBS News Victims are trying to salvage what they can as officials search for more than 40 missing people amid deadly, catastrophic flooding in Texas. CBS News’ Jason Allen and Maurice DuBois report on the…
How Lady Liberty became a beacon for immigrants – CBS News Watch CBS News The Statue of Liberty, France’s gift to the United States, was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma Lazarus reimagined Lady Liberty as a “mother of exiles,” welcoming immigrants to the shores of America. Correspondent…
The death of Daniel Park, the Washington state man accused of conspiring to bomb a fertility clinic in California, is being investigated as a suicide, according to Park’s former defense attorney. Peter Hardin, a defense attorney who was representing Park, told CBS News that Park’s parents “were able to locate and recover Daniel’s body” but…
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., stands a 46-inch-tall model of an American icon – the Statue of Liberty – whose origin story may surprise you. “When this idea began, it was really about liberty; it wasn’t about immigration,” said Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, That’s right: Lady Liberty had…
Passage: In memoriam – CBS News Watch CBS News “Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including actor Michael Madsen (“Reservoir Dogs”), and televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link
Filmmaker Ken Burns said it’s “shortsighted” to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting as public media has become a target of the White House in recent months. “This seems foolhardy and seems misguided, mainly because there is a perception among a handful of people that this is somehow a blue or a left-wing…
Ron Chernow on the life of Mark Twain – CBS News Watch CBS News Writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, not only redefined American literature in the 1800s; he helped create the very idea of what it meant to be an American. “Sunday Morning” national correspondent Robert Costa visits…
Kevin Hassett says ahead of tariff deadline, “rough outlines of the deals are becoming clear” – CBS News Watch CBS News White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that as the deadline approaches for President Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs,” there are “some negotiations” for trade deals in the…
Two people involved in a car accident in Herriman, Utah, were rescued minutes before their SUV was engulfed in flames after it crashed into a Domino’s Pizza, ruptured a gas line and caused an explosion. A video posted to social media by Unified Fire Authority, Utah’s largest fire agency, showed firefighters working to put out…