Investigators say the suspect doesn’t have any terrorist ties Source
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French authorities arrest Afghan man following deadly knife attack
Police in France arrested an Afghan man after a deadly knife attack near the city of Lyon on Saturday. Authorities say the suspect fatally stabbed one person and injured nine others. At a news conference Sunday, prosecutors said the attack was not an act of terrorism; instead, they believe the suspect was mentally unstable. Source
Anderson Cooper hits 30-foot waves (sort of)
Correspondent Anderson Cooper wanted to get a feel for the water as he and his producer profiled surfer Garrett McNamara for this week’s 60 Minutes. The record-breaking waves in Nazare, Portugal aren’t for the average surfer though, so Cooper and McNamara improvised. Source
Is an invisible weapon targeting U.S. diplomats?
How do you report on an attack that you can’t see? “60 Minutes” producers say they approached it with skepticism. Source
What’s it like to surf a 78-foot wave?
This week on 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper visits Nazare, Portugal, home to some of the largest waves in the world. That’s where surfer Garrett McNamara rode a 78-foot swell, a world record at the time. McNamara tells Cooper what the ride was like, Sunday at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. Source
From the archives: The millionaire beach bum
Before big wave surfer GMac, “60 Minutes” profiled another famous name in wave riding —surfboard maker Hobie Alter. Source
Pope late for Sunday sermon after getting stuck in elevator
“First of all I must excuse myself for being late. I was blocked in an elevator for 25 minutes,” Pope Francis explained Source
Aid worker: U.S. returning migrants to “war zones” in Mexico
Doctors Without Borders’ Sergio Martin has worked in war-torn countries for years. He never imagined witnessing so much violence in areas the U.S. is sending thousands of asylum seekers back to Source
Pope gets stuck in Vatican elevator and arrives late for Sunday address
Pope Francis said he was trapped in a Vatican elevator for 25 minutes Sunday apparently because of an electrical issue. He apologized to the waiting crowd that gathered in St. Peter’s Square and thanked the Fire Brigade for rescuing him. Source
Bahamas official says Hurricane Dorian is “situation that is hard to describe”
Hurricane Dorian has made landfall at Elbow Cay in the Bahamas. Joy Jibrilu, director general of the Bahamas ministry of tourism, joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to talk about how the island is bracing for the monster Category 5 hurricane storm. Source