Brand new full-length “Frozen II” trailer released
The highly-anticipated “Frozen II” is due out this November, and a teaser trailer released in February left fans wanting more details about the Disney film.
CNN's Jim Acosta on the press' role in the Trump era
It’s become a familiar scene … the White House briefing room as battleground. Jim Acosta: “You’re saying something that’s just patently untrue.”Sarah Huckabee Sanders: “Stating their policy positions is not ‘patently untrue.’” And often it’s the press vs. the president. Jim Acosta, chief White House correspondent for CNN, has had his fair share of heated exchanges with…
The lavender scare: How the federal government purged gay employees
You may have heard of the “Red Scare” of the 1950s – the fear stoked by Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy that Communists had infested the federal government. Accused State Department employees would be interviewed for the purpose of acquiring information concerning others. “That was the technique that was used by the government: grab one person, and then…
Book excerpt: Jim Acosta's “The Enemy of the People”
Candidate and then President Trump has repeatedly attacked the news media, calling stories he dislikes “fake news,” while targeting some of his attacks directly at CNN’s chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta. HarperCollins In his new book, “The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America” (HarperCollins), Acosta writes about his experience…
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COVER STORY: The lavender scareIn the 1950s the U.S. government deemed federal workers who were homosexual to be security risks and began purging them from the workforce. A new documentary looks at how the policy played out over more than four decades. Mo Rocca reports. To watch a trailer for the documentary “The Lavender Scare,” click on…
Amazon's delivery drone flies like a helicopter and a plane
Amazon’s new electric delivery drone is designed to ferry light packages to customers’ homes in less than 30 minutes. The ecommerce company says the unmanned aircraft uses AI and other advanced tech to safely fly and avoid obstacles. The FAA has certified both Amazon and a service being developed by Google-parent Alphabet to introduce commercial drone deliveries in 2019. Amazon…
Televangelist defends use of private jets, calling it a “biblical thing”
Kenneth Copeland, a Texas-based televangelist, was confronted by a reporter who grilled him over his fleet of private planes. The exchange, which aired last month on Inside Edition, recently went viral over the weekend and showed Copeland justifying his luxurious spending.Inside Edition correspondent Lisa Guerrero asked Copeland about why he won’t fly commercial as he was getting in a vehicle…
New “Lion King” trailer reveals Beyonce’s voice as Nala
Disney just dropped a new trailer for its live-action version of the classic animated flick and it features her voice for the very first time.
Passage: Leon Redbone and Claus von Bülow
It happened this past week – word of the passing of two men as different as different can be. Singer-guitarist Leon Redbone died Thursday in Pennsylvania. With his gravelly voice and a Panama hat, Redbone sang an eclectic mix of songs, everything from Mississippi Delta Blues, to ragtime, to jazz. Leon Redbone performs “My Walking Stick”: Leon Redbone- My Walkin…
New Call of Duty video game to be more mature
After several years of looking into the future, Activision’s Call of Duty franchise is going back to its own past. This year’s installment of the massively popular shooter series is a reimagining of the game that, arguably, made it what it is today: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.Developer Infinity Ward made the announcement of the game’s title with a trailer…
Girl believed to be world's tiniest newborn goes home
When she was born, the baby girl weighed about the same as an apple. A San Diego hospital on Wednesday revealed the birth of the girl and said she is believed to be the world’s tiniest surviving micro-preemie, who weighed just 8.6 ounces when she was born in December.The girl was born 23 weeks and three days into her mother’s…
FIFA Women's World Cup preview
The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off in Paris, France, on June 7, marking the first time the country has hosted the tournament. The U.S. team is currently the favorite to win the title for the second consecutive year.The tournament, which is held every four years, has two stages: the group stage and the knockout stage. In the group…
Meghan Markle won't meet Trump during visit
Has Meghan Markle bowed out of meeting President Trump? The president’s itinerary for his upcoming state visit to the U.K. has been released — and the Duchess of Sussex is nowhere on it.Mr. Trump and first lady Melania Trump will have a ceremonial welcome by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace to kick off the visit June 3, BBC News reports….
Baseball team plays video depicting Ocasio-Cortez as an “enemy of freedom”
A minor league baseball team in California is apologizing after displaying a YouTube video on a big screen that depicted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as an “enemy of freedom.” The Fresno Grizzlies, a Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, played the Memorial Day tribute video during its doubleheader against the El Paso Chihuahuas, CBS Sacramento reported. It features images of U.S….
More cases of rat lungworm disease confirmed in Hawaii
This image from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shows an infectived rat lungworm larva recovered from a slug. The parisite is the most common cause of human eosinophilic meningitis. CDC Three more cases of rat lungworm disease have been confirmed by the Hawaii Department of Health, a disease that could damage a victim’s brain or spinal cord in…
Bill Buckner, iconic Boston Red Sox first baseman, has died at 69
Bill Buckner, the Major League Baseball great most commonly remembered for a crucial error in the 1986 World Series, has died at the age of 69, the Associated Press reported according to a family statement. Buckner had been battling dementia, according to the statement.According to ESPN’s Jeremy Schapp, Bill Buckner’s wife, Jody Buckner, provided the following statement: “After battling the disease…
Calendar: Week of May 27
Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar: Monday is Memorial Day, honoring all who have died in military service to our country. GALLERY: Memorial Day 2018 – America honors the fallen “60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney offers his thoughts on Memorial Day: Andy Rooney rethinks Memorial Day by 60 Minutes on YouTube…
Van life: Making one's home on the open road
America is a land of vast, open spaces, best explored one mile at a time. But while we’ve long romanticized the open road, very few of us would want to live on it. But then consider the Schannep family: Robin, Robert and their four kids, all under the age of 10. Until recently, Robin was a stay-at-home mom, and Rob…
Linda Hamilton returns for first “Terminator: Dark Fate” trailer
The first trailer for “Terminator: Dark Fate” dropped Thursday in the latest installment of James Cameron’s blockbuster film franchise.
Leonardo DiCaprio narrates climate change doc trailer
HBO released the trailer for Leonardo DiCaprio’s upcoming environmental documentary Wednesday, which also coincided with International Biodiversity Day. DiCaprio produced and narrated “Ice on Fire,” which “offers hope that we can actually stave off the worst effects of global warming,” according to an HBO press release.”The melting of the world’s snow and ice has now triggered multiple climate tipping points, especially…
Howard Stern talks about “wild” Trump on Colbert
Stephen Colbert welcomed the self-declared “king of all media,” Howard Stern, on “The Late Show” last night, and the shock jock divulged several details about his experience interviewing the “wild” Donald Trump, the 2020 presidential race, and what first got him into entertainment.It took a few minutes for Colbert to get Stern into his seat — the radio host first…
9 year-old starts baking business in Vicksburg
De’Jonae sold over 60 cakes in a week before she decided to do more with her earnings.
Viral #YouKnowMe campaign asks women to post about abortions
The Alabama State Senate voted Tuesday to pass the nation’s most restrictive abortion bill and — before it was signed into law by the state’s governor less than 24 hours later — actress Busy Philipps took to social media to encourage women to speak about their abortion stories. With the hashtag #youknowme, a viral internet campaign was born — one some are…
Bill de Blasio announces 2020 run, says he knows how to take on “bully” Trump
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his 2020 presidential run in a three-minute long video on Thursday, making the case that he’s the only candidate that has already helped put “working families first.” A spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday that de Blasio would be making the announcement.”When we put working families first in New York City,…