Billionaire Ron Lauder, chairman of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial Foundation and president of the World Jewish Congress, has made it his mission to preserve the artifacts of some of the 1.1 million people who were murdered at the Nazi concentration camp by opening a conservation lab at Auschwitz. In this web exclusive Lauder explains its importance to correspondent Martha Teichner. Source
Author Archives: Stonecom Interactive
Australia’s bushfires impact a 60 Minutes team
Journalists at 60 Minutes are accustomed to covering news around the world, but a recent report hit close to home for one team. Source
“West Side Story”: Behind the scenes of the 2020 revival
“West Side Story” is getting an update. Bill Whitaker reports on the new twists making their way to one of America’s most iconic musicals. Source
Climate change’s role in Australia’s fires
Scientists say climate change is behind the unprecedented intensity of the bushfires that have burned a reported 27 million acres in Australia. Source
President Trump, CrowdStrike and “the server”
The consensus view of the CIA, NSA, FBI and a Senate investigation is that Russians interfered in the 2016 election. But those findings don’t line up with the ever-evolving story President Trump has been telling about Ukraine. Source
Ousted Australian PM calls own party members conduct over climate change “idiotic”
Malcolm Turnbull, a political conservative who served as Australia’s prime minister up until August of 2018, was bounced out of office by the right-wing of his own party largely over his support for cutting carbon emissions. Source
2/16: CBS Evening News
Trump and first lady attend Daytona 500 in Florida; Mexican volcano El Popo erupts, triggering an earthquake. Source
After months of rehearsals, a new “West Side Story” faces the uncertainty of opening night
With a cast full of Broadway newcomers, fresh choreography, and daring vision, Broadway’s newest “West Side Story” prepares to take a big risk Source
“West Side Story”: The 2020 take on a Broadway classic
“West Side Story” is getting an update. Bill Whitaker reports on the new twists making their way to one of America’s most iconic musicals. Source
Author A.E. Hotchner has died at age 102
Novelist, playwright and editor A.E. Hotchner has died. He and his Connecticut neighbor and friend Paul Newman started “Newman’s Own” food company. Hotchner was 102 years old. Source