This week on “Sunday Morning” (September 2)

Guest Host: Lee Cowan       COVER STORY: The growing acceptance of autism in the workplaceNearly three years ago, after tech giant Microsoft announced that it was starting a pilot program to hire autistic workers, they received more than 700 resumes within a few weeks. German software maker SAP has instituted a program to bring people with autism into its workforce,…

Calendar: Week of August 27

Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar:        On Monday, the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament begins in Flushing Meadows, New York. American Sloane Stephens and Spaniard Rafael Nadal defend their titles.        Tuesday, an early taste of fall: Starbucks launches its annual Pumpkin Spice Latte.        Wednesday sees the…

Woman who tricked men on Tinder explains ruse

Last week, Natasha Aponte gained national attention as the woman who tricked thousands of men on Tinder.  Aponte used the dating app to invite men to meet her in New York City’s Union Square last Saturday. When they all got there at the same time, Aponte revealed that they were actually invited to take part in her public dating competition….

Video shows man charged in family's slayings giving talk on relationships

DENVER — Christopher Watts, who is charged with killing his family and dumping their bodies at an oil worksite, taped a video presentation six years ago about saving or abandoning relationships. A YouTube video posted in April 2012 shows Watts giving a PowerPoint presentation that he titled, “Communication Speech, Relationship Deterioration and Repair.” He opened the presentation by saying it…

Dozens of men duped by woman on Tinder

“Get some popcorn,” Twitter user @bvdhai tweeted on Sunday. What followed was a Twitter thread chronicling his odd Tinder interaction and the calamity that ensued when he showed up for a “date.” The story he told was so cinematic, some may think it’s fictional. But this Tinder tale is real — and there are dozens of other men who can…

RNC breaks another record, builds on fundraising advantage

The Republican National Committee raised $14.2 million in July — the most it has ever raised in that month in a non-presidential year — bringing its total haul for the cycle to $227.2 million. Despite historic odds and voter enthusiasm favoring Democrats, the RNC is finding record-setting support among its donors, according to numbers shared first with CBS News. The…

Meet the YouTuber who became chief curiosity correspondent at a Chicago museum

Emily Graslie comes alive talking about dead things. As the star of her own YouTube channel, “The Brain Scoop,” the 29-year-old is part comedian and part science tutor. Her warm and witty delivery turns the most unappealing topics into entertaining science lessons, and her channel as almost half-a-million subscribers.  She also holds one of the coolest job titles: chief curiosity…

“Cold day in hell”: Arkansas lawmaker irked by Satanists' statue

The Satanic Temple unveils its statue of Baphomet, a winged-goat creature, at a rally for the first amendment in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. The Satanic Temple wants to install the statue on Capitol grounds as a symbol for religious freedom after a monument of the Biblical Ten Commandments was installed in 2017. Hannah Grabenstein / AP LITTLE…

New York Gov. Cuomo says America “was never that great”

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has worked to portray himself as a major antagonist to President Trump, offered an alternative to the president’s famous campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” at a bill signing Wednesday. “We are not going to make America great again. It was never that great,” he said. The audience, which was there to watch Cuomo…

The untold history behind Aretha Franklin's “Respect”

You know that Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” is one of the greatest Soul tracks of all time. You might not know the loaded gender history behind its lyrics.  Or that Otis Redding actually wrote and released the song first. Or that, by flipping the song on its head, Franklin gracefully pulled off one of the most important pop music reinventions in…

Chicago residents accuse cops of planting “bait trucks” to lure thieves

Some Chicago residents are outraged by a police operation that deployed a so-called “bait truck” to nab thieves in the city’s Englewood neighborhood last week. Angry residents allege police from a major railroad line left tractor trailers filled with expensive merchandise to lure people into stealing, but police say the operation was necessary to bust thieves who have broken into…

Trump stumps for Ron DeSantis in Florida — live updates

President Trump is in Tampa, Florida, Tuesday night to stump for GOP Rep. Ron DeSantis, who is running for governor. DeSantis has been a vocal advocate of Mr. Trump and his policies, as well as a vocal critic of the Justice Department and intelligence agencies. Florida’s primary is Aug. 28. It remains to be seen how much Mr. Trump will…

Jeanine Pirro says Whoopi Goldberg treated her “like a dog”

  Jeanine Pirro of FOX News makes remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, February 23, 2017. Mike Theiler / AFP/Getty Images Fox News host Jeanine Pirro said her argument with “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg was no less fierce off camera. Pirro, who was a guest on “The View” on Thursday, claimed Goldberg kicked…

Boys play catch with dog over fence

Video of two toddlers in Savage, Minnesota, playing an unconventional game of catch has gone viral online. The boys aren’t playing catch with each other, but instead they’re seen throwing a ball over their neighbor’s fence. Normally that would mean it’s game over  and your ball is lost. But in these videos, the neighbor’s dog is on the other side…

Soccer finally scores in the U.S.

It’s Croatia against France in today’s final round of the World Cup in Russia. “The Beautiful Game,” is what soccer fans call it. And as Jim Axelrod now tells us, you don’t have to travel far to find them: If you didn’t know any better, watching crazed fans packing bars to yell at TV screens showing soccer games, you might…

Lawmaker pulled over for speeding says he sometimes drives 140 mph

An image capture from a body camera video from the La Paz County Sheriff’s Office, via KLPZ/ParkerLiveOnline, shows Arizona state Rep. Paul Mosley during a traffic stop outside Parker, Arizona, on March 27, 2018. La Paz County Sheriff’s Office/KLPZ/ParkerLiveOnline via AP PHOENIX — An Arizona state lawmaker was seen telling a sheriff’s deputy he sometimes drives as fast as 130…

This week on “Sunday Morning” (July 15)

COVER STORY: Adolescence + social media = 😢The new dramedy “Eighth Grade,” about a painfully shy 13-year old stumbling through her last week of middle school, is the first film for writer-director Bo Burnham and for its young star, Elsie Fisher. But there’s more to the movie than the usual teen angst and acne. There’s the loneliness that, research tells…