On May 12, 1874, the prolific African-American inventor Elijah J. McCoy patented an “ironing “table” Source

It’s not an Olympic sport (yet), but as correspondent Bill Geist discovered, adherents of extreme ironing go to herculean extremes as they wield their irons in ever-more challenging situations, pressing on in their quest to remove wrinkles. Originally broadcast on “Sunday Morning” November 7, 2003. Source

The following is a transcript of the interview with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates airing Sunday, May 12, 2019, on “Face the Nation” Source

The Harris County jail website said Derion Vence​ was being held on charges of tampering with a human corpse, although police have not said if Maleah’s body has been found Source

The cause was cancer, her daughters Rashida and Kidada Jones said in a statement Source

A train derailed north of Poplarville, Mississippi due to high water Source

Milano’s call wasn’t totally received with open arms, with many writing criticism like “I hate this” and saying it promoted a narrative of straight women who withhold sex as punishment to men Source

Riley Howell’s family accepted an honorary degree on his behalf Source

A California real estate investor accused of killing his wife and staging a kidnapping leads U.S. Marshals on a global manhunt. Have you seen him? Source

Real estate investor Peter Chadwick is accused of killing his wife and staging a kidnapping scheme and then, he vanished. Where in the world could he be? Source