This week on “Sunday Morning” (April 8)

Full episodes of “Sunday Morning” are now available to watch on demand on CBSNews.com, CBS.com and CBS All Access, including via Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon FireTV/FireTV stick and Xbox. The show also streams on CBSN beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET.  You can also download the free “Sunday Morning” audio podcast at iTunes and at Play.it. Now…

How Walter Cronkite covered MLK’s assassination

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was standing on the balcony of the old Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when he was shot dead 50 years ago today. King, an iconic pastor who led non-violent protests against racial inequality in the civil rights movement, later died at a hospital. He was 39. That night, Walter Cronkite — then-anchor of the…

For 2 weeks, women get full spotlight at the U.N.

UNITED NATIONS — The speakers for the United Nations’ International Women’s Day events appeared particularly emboldened this year, with Reese Witherspoon, Dania Guria and Emma Watson talking about sexual abuse and the need for women’s empowerment. It was an appropriate curtain raiser for the events kicking off Monday at the U.N., with the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)…

Could digitally-altered video become weaponized?

Alec Baldwin is to some a perfect stand-in for President Donald Trump. But in a digitally-altered video online, the president’s face has been digitally stamped onto Baldwin’s performance. Trump | Deepfakes Replacement by derpfakes on YouTube It’s part of a wave of doctored audio and video now spreading online. “The idea that someone could put another person’s face on an…

DNA links 1994 Montana killing to convicted murderer

In September of 2016, David Wayne Nelson pleaded guilty to fatally beating Greg Giannonatti with a hammer, and strangling his mother Beverly to death with a wire    KHLX HELENA, Mont. – Motions filed in court to overturn the homicide convictions of two men in a 1994 killing reveal that a man serving a life sentence for a double murder…

Rapper admits having weapon before Little Rock club shooting

Ricky Hampton, “Finese 2Tymes” WTHV LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Tennessee rapper has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge filed after he was arrested with a gun following a shooting at a Little Rock nightclub that left 25 injured last summer.  Ricky Hampton entered a plea Monday in Little Rock federal court. Under terms of a plea agreement, he will…

Video of police stop of black man draws ire from activists

BOSTON – A widely shared video showing a white Boston police officer stopping and questioning a black man who was on his way to a barbershop has roiled civil rights activists, who say the confrontation is indicative of the way law enforcement routinely view black men with suspicion. BPD negative stop by KeithAntonio Boston on YouTube The video, posted on Facebook…

Ole Miss Baseball Wins on Wild Walk-Off to Remain Perfect

(Photo Courtesy: Ole Miss Athletics) OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI/Ole Miss Athletics) –  No. 8 Ole Miss defeated Murray State in dramatic fashion on Tuesday, in a game that featured a back-and-forth affair before the excitement escalated with a walk-off finale in the bottom of the ninth. ***HIGHLIGHTS BELOW*** With the game knotted at six, Thomas Dillard ensured the victory by scoring…

Ellen surprises Jimmy Kimmel with a dedication to his son

Jimmy Kimmel seen with his son, Billy. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”/ABC Ellen DeGeneres surprised late-night host Jimmy Kimmel with a gift that honors his son. Kimmel has been open about how his son Billy needed heart surgery right after he was born. He has also championed the care Billy got at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles — so Ellen got a…

Video shows quick cop catch boy falling from window

Egyptian police officer  Kameel Fathy Geed, 45, outstretches his arms to catch a five-year-old boy who fell from a third-storey window in Asyut, Egypt, Feb. 17, 2018, in an image taken from security camera video released by the Egyptian Ministry of Interior. Handout An Egyptian police officer on patrol outside a bank likely saved a young boy’s life this week…

Las Vegas police catch suspect in slayings of homeless men

The most recent victim of a Las Vegas gunman who targeted homeless men  Las Vegas Metropolitan police LAS VEGAS – Las Vegas police have arrested a suspected gunman who they believe is responsible for fatally shooting two homeless men and wounding two more earlier this year. Police on Tuesday said 26-year-old Las Vegas resident Joshua Castellon was arrested Friday on…

“Run, hide, fight”: University video shows how to survive active shooter

A new video released by the California State University system offer tips on how to survive an active shooter situation, including confronting the shooter. CBS Los Angeles/YouTube NORTHRIDGE, Calif.  — “Run, hide, fight” — those are the keys to survival in an active shooter situation, according to a new video released Tuesday across the California State University system. As CBS…

Carnival to probe “all aspects” of cruise ship brawling

Australian police await the arrival of the Carnival Legend cruise ship, in background, at a port in Melbourne, Australia, Feb. 17, 2018. REUTERS MELBOURNE, Australia — Carnival Cruise Line has said “all aspects” of a series of incidents on a South Pacific cruise that was interrupted by brawls will be investigated, including the response of security personnel whom some passengers…

“Bloodbath”: Cruise liner brawl sends guests fleeing to cabins

MELBOURNE, Australia — A South Pacific cruise was interrupted by brawls apparently caused by a 23-member family who threw punches at other passengers, some of whom said they locked themselves in cabins to escape three days of violence. The Carnival Legend arrived in its home port of Melbourne on Saturday, a day after a family was offloaded in an unscheduled…

Infidelity: Why the oldest taboo continues to be broken

CHEATING HEARTS… it’s a side of romance less-spoken-of. And they’re more plentiful, it seems, than we might like to think. Our Cover Story is reported by Tony Dokoupil:  It’s a subject as old as marriage… and usually more taboo than divorce.  “It is the only commandment repeated twice in the Bible, right? Once for doing it, and once for thinking…

This week on “Sunday Morning” (Feb. 18)

Full episodes of “Sunday Morning” are now available to watch on demand on CBSNews.com, CBS.com and CBS All Access, including via Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon FireTV/FireTV stick and Xbox. The show also streams on CBSN beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET.  You can also download the free “Sunday Morning” audio podcast at iTunes and at Play.it. Now…

“We're doomed”: Internet reacts to robot that can open doors

WALTHAM, Mass. — Just a few months ago, Boston Dynamics introduced us to a robot that can do backflips. Now they can open doors, CBS Boston reports. A new YouTube video posted by the Waltham robotics company Monday shows a robot using its mechanical arm to turn a handle and open a door. It even kindly holds the door open so…

NHRA star Brittany Force hospitalized after crash

NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, left, jokes with NHRA drag racer Brittany Force, right, after beating her in a best of three drag race competition at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s ZMax Dragway in Concord, N.C., during a news conference Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016. Chuck Burton / AP POMONA, Calif. — Brittany Force escaped serious injury in a wall-banging crash Sunday in the…

Almanac: Crash test dummies

And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: February 11th, 2005, 13 years ago today … the day physicist and engineer Samuel Alderson died at the age of 90. Auto safety advocates honor Alderson to this day for developing the very first Anthropomorphic Test Device — popularly known as “the crash dummy.” He did it back in 1968. Endowed…

This week on “Sunday Morning” (Feb. 11)

Full episodes of “Sunday Morning” are now available to watch on demand on CBSNews.com, CBS.com and CBS All Access, including via Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Chromecast, Amazon FireTV/FireTV stick and Xbox. The show also streams on CBSN beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET and 1 p.m. ET.  You can also download the free “Sunday Morning” audio podcast at iTunes and at Play.it. Now…