Top Dem asks intel chief if Trump’s North Korea claims are true

The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee has asked the head of U.S. intelligence to assess whether North Korea’s posture and actions regarding denuclearization match up with the Trump administration’s claims. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Virginia, wrote to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats on Thursday, asking him to answer a number of questions related to North…

Homeless artist with no arms allegedly stabbed tourist

  Jonathan Crenshaw’s mugshot. A homeless artist in Miami Beach who has no arms managed to stab a tourist with a pair a scissors, police said. Jonathan Crenshaw, who is known in the touristy South Beach area for painting with his feet on the streets, allegedly attacked a visitor from Chicago after midnight on Tuesday. Crenshaw and the tourist, Cesar…

Starbucks plans to stop offering plastic straws by 2020

Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans. The company becomes the largest food and beverage company to do so as calls to cut waste globally grow louder. Plastic straws have become one of the biggest targets. Viral videos – including one depicting researchers extracting a plastic straw from…

Introverts and the making of a “Quiet Revolution”

Folk wisdom suggests that OPPOSITES ATTRACT, and sometimes they do. But our relationships with others aren’t always so predictable. Our Cover Story is all about personality, and it’s reported by Faith Salie:  When Bryan Baecker first laid eyes on Randi Johns in Sacramento, California, two years ago, it was love at first sight. “I was like, who is that? I’d…

South Carolina gov vetoes $15.7 million over funding for abortion providers

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. Alex Wong/Getty Images South Carolina’s Republican Gov. Henry McMaster issued vetoes on Thursday cutting nearly $16 million from the state budget to prevent taxpayer dollars from directly or indirectly subsidizing abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. McMaster defended the budget vetoes as keeping a campaign promise. “There are a variety of agencies, clinics and medical entities…

This week on “Sunday Morning” (July 8)

COVER STORY: Introverts and the “Quiet Revolution”Susan Cain, author of the bestseller “QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking,” is leading a “Quiet Revolution,” debunking myths about those who are quiet, compared to outgoing extroverts who appear to have all the advantages in today’s “culture of personality.” Faith Salie talks with Cain, and with a…

Valedictorian gets big audience after principal rejects speech

Jaissaan Lovett says he was denied a chance to give his speech as his high school’s first black valedictorian, so his city’s mayor invited him to give it at City Hall.  Youtube/City of Rochester, N.Y. Mayor’s Office When Jaissaan Lovett graduated last month as his high school’s first black valedictorian, he prepared a speech — but he says his principal…

Handicapped man donates wheelchair during World Cup trip

A Mexican-American soccer fan donated a wheelchair to a Russian man in desperate need of a new one during the opening round of the FIFA World Cup in Russia last month. His act of kindness went viral. California native Abel Vera, 44, who is paralyzed from the legs down and also uses a wheelchair, tells CBS News he is not…

This week on “Sunday Morning” (July 1)

COVER STORY: Mapping the genome of redwoodsThey are among the oldest living things on the planet: old growth redwoods, only a few of which remain. Now, scientists are trying to bring these majestic trees back. Correspondent Lee Cowan visits California’s Big Basin Redwoods State Park to report on a movement to map the genome of the coast redwood tree and…

Voices from inside San Quentin

“The Q” is shorthand for San Quentin, the notorious prison located just across the bay from San Francisco. Despite its reputation, some things are changing within its walls, as we hear from “Sunday Morning” senior contributor Ted Koppel:  It’s difficult to imagine a more forbidding place with a lovelier view than San Quentin. Alcatraz, perhaps; but that went from prison…

Trump will “likely” meet with Putin in “not too distant future,” Pompeo says

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that President Trump is “likely” to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the “not too distant future” and national security adviser John Bolton will head to Moscow in the next few days. While still uncertain, it’s a more definitive statement than the White House has offered lately, amid questions of whether the…

Calendar: Week of June 25

Here’s a look at the week ahead on our “Sunday Morning” Calendar:       Monday’s the night for the third annual “Arts for Autism” concert on Broadway, where top stars join with performing arts students on behalf of the charity Autism Speaks. Watch an announcement video for this year’s Arts for Autism concert:  Arts for Autism 2018 Annoucement Video by…

Cop detains daughter’s boyfriend, says “we’ll make s–t up”

  Screengrab of police video showing a Lorain, Ohio officer pulling over his daughter’s boyfriend in an April traffic stop later determined to be unwarranted Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN, Ohio — A white Ohio police officer has been fired after a department investigation found he conducted an unwarranted traffic stop on his teen daughter’s boyfriend, who is black, reports the Chronicle-Telegram. Lorain…

In border controversy, U.S. ignores tech alternative to detention centers

The U.S. government may have a more humane and cost-effective tech alternative to detaining families at the border. But it isn’t being offered to the thousands of immigrant families that have been forcibly split over the past two months. At least not yet. The majority of undocumented immigrants detained by border patrol agents are enrolled in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s…

Trump’s family separation policy already cost millions

President Donald Trump halted his policy of separating families at the border Wednesday by executive order following massive public outcry. But it may have already cost American taxpayers millions of dollars for a policy most of them oppose, according to media reports. Behind the immigration policy are a handful of companies and nonprofit groups earning tens of millions to house…

This week on “Sunday Morning” (June 17)

COVER STORY: Summer FridaysA few years ago, about 20 percent of companies offered their staff Summer Fridays, where employees would work a little later on Monday through Thursday before taking a three-day weekend. Now, more than 40 percent of companies offer this summer perk. And it’s not just out of the goodness of their hearts – companies find that the…

Valedictorian speaks out after claiming graduation speech censored

A high school valedictorian in Petaluma, California says administrators censored part of her graduation speech, when she spoke about the school’s handling of alleged sexual assault. Seventeen-year-old Lulabel Seitz says her mic was turned off when she spoke about an alleged sexual assault. Seitz says she wanted to use her graduation address at Petaluma High School to remind her classmates…