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Amazon responds to investigation on delivery driver safety

An ongoing investigation by ProPublica and BuzzFeed News found Amazon delivery drivers have been involved in more than 60 crashes causing injuries or death since June 2015. That joint investigation found that drivers reported feeling tremendous pressure to meet deadlines and that Amazon often contractually avoids liability for accidents. Mola Lenghi reports. Source

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Generation Equality: 2019 Women Leaders Global Forum

Participants in this discussion at the 2019 Women Leaders Global Forum in Reykjavik, Iceland, include: Anita Bhatia, Deputy Executive Director of UN Women; Patricia Milligan, Senior Partner and Global Leader of When Women Thrive and Multinational Client Group, Mercer; Afke Schaart, VP and Head of Europe, Russia and Eurasia at GSMA; Catherine Gotani Hara, Speaker of the Parliament, Malawi. Source

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Reading minds with an MRI machine

Ten years ago, 60 Minutes met a team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University who had begun to decode simple thoughts inside the brain. Now they’ve moved on to identifying complex thoughts from spirituality to suicide Source

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Netanyahu says fraud allegations are an attempted coup

Benjamin Netanyahu says he’ll fight to stay in power after becoming the first sitting prime minister in Israel’s history to be indicted on criminal charges. Netanyahu faces allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of public trust. If convicted, he could serve up to 10 years in prison. Roxana Saberi reports. Source

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Trump pushes back against impeachment inquiry after second week of public hearings

President Trump has pushed back against House Democrats in an interview on “Fox & Friends,” maintaining his position that he did nothing wrong concerning Ukraine. This comes after Democrats and Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee made their closing arguments at the end of the second week of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry. CBS News chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes, CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang and CBS News legal analyst Kim Wehle joined CBSN to recap the week’s hearings. Source

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Story behind photo of drowned father and daughter

A widely seen photograph of a father and his 23-month-old daughter who drowned trying to reach the U.S. was seared into memory this summer. Now, Tania Avalos, the wife and mother of the drowned migrants, is telling her story to 60 Minutes Source

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