In 2011, 60 Minutes met a pair of homeless Florida teenagers surviving the Great Recession in a van their father bought on Craigslist. An update on where they are now. Source
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Small businesses bear economic brunt of COVID-19
Small businesses are being hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. Joanne Canady-Brown, owner of the Gingered Peach Bakery in New Jersey, joins CBSN’s Tanya Rivero to talk about how her business is coping. Source
Questions about Trump’s firing of State Department Inspector General
President Trump’s dismissal of another one of his administration’s internal watchdogs is raising questions about White House accountability. On Friday, the president fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid joined CBSN to discuss the latest in a series of dismissals by the president. Source
Barr doesn’t expect investigations of Obama, Biden stemming from Russia review
Attorney General William Barr said Monday an ongoing internal Justice Department review into the origins of the FBI’s probe into President Trump and his 2016 presidential campaign is not expected to lead to a criminal investigation into former President Barack Obama or Vice President Joe Biden. “This cannot be and it will not be a tit-for-tat exercise. We are not going to lower the standards just to achieve a result,” Barr said Monday. Watch his remarks. Source
Barr doesn’t expect Obama, Biden probes stemming from Russia review
President Trump and his allies have accused former President Obama and other administration officials of committing crimes in a scandal he has dubbed “Obamagate.” Source
Cuomo urges pro sports teams to resume play without fans
Cuomo has urged New Yorkers to follow his lead as he pushes for more testing for many more people. Source
Titans Hopeful Pass Rusher Vic Beasley Can “Take His Game to Another Level” in 2020
The 6-foot-3, 246-pound Beasley had eight sacks in 2019, and five sacks in 2018. He led the NFL with a whopping 15.5 sacks in 2016, when the Falcons advanced to the Super Bowl. Beasley was named to his first Pro Bowl and earned AP All-Pro honors for his breakout performance in 2016. Source
Nursing homes’ “original sin” may be making virus crisis worse
Roughly one in 15 U.S. nursing homes was cited last year for failing to meet standards for “sufficient nursing staff.” Source
“Sunday Morning” Full Episode 5/17
Hosted by Jane Pauley. In our cover story, Susan Spencer talks with researchers who are studying pandemic-inspired dreams and nightmares. Plus: Anthony Mason sits down with singer-songwriter Graham Nash; Tracy Smith chats with comedian Jerry Seinfeld about his new Netflix special, “23 Hours to Kill”; Seth Doane examines how balconies have become a new performance venue for musicians living under lockdown; Luke Burbank looks back at the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens; Rita Braver visits with students and educators in a graduation season like no other; Lee Cowan explores how people are adapting to isolation; and Conor Knighton discovers how the Faroe Islands are responding to a drop in tourists with a unique technological innovation: Virtual tourism. Source
CBS Evening News, May 15, 2020
Trump to move forward with reopening country “vaccine or no vaccine;” Seniors find creative alternatives to traditional graduation ceremonies Source