Hurtling towards one-day shipping deadlines, Amazon is offering its employees $10,000 to start delivery businesses Source
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Author pays price for tweet about transit worker eating on train
Natasha Tynes is facing backlash after she posted a picture on Twitter of a public transit worker eating on a train Source
Jeff Daniels on “To Kill a Mockingbird”: “People walk out changed”
The actor is nominated for a Tony Award for the Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic story Source
Disciplinary trial for NYPD cop in Eric Garner’s death
Garner was the unarmed black man whose pleas of “I can’t breathe” became a rallying cry against police brutality Source
China retaliates against Trump trade tariffs
China is moving forward with its threat to retaliate against the U.S. by raising tariffs on $60 billion worth of American goods. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy joined CBSN with more. Source
From 2008: Doris Day, the “Girl Next Door”
One of the most popular and enduring stars of film, music and television was Doris Day (1922-2019), who in later years retreated for the most part from the public eye, devoting her life to animal rights causes. In this “Sunday Morning” report which originally aired July 13, 2008, correspondent Jerry Bowen talked about Day’s career, her Hollywood legacy, and her privacy with biographer David Kaufman, author of “Doris Day: The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door”; cabaret singer Mary Cleere Haran, who created a one-woman show dedicated to the songs of Doris Day; and Day’s friend and frequent co-star Kaye Ballard. Source
China slaps tariffs on $60 billion in U.S. goods
Beijing retaliates after Trump administration more than doubled levies on on $200 billion in Chinese imports Source
Stocks drop after China slaps more tariffs on U.S. products
Tech stocks were hardest hit, with the Nasdaq losing 2 percent, while the Dow opened 450 points lower Source
Viktor Orban, Hungary’s authoritarian leader, invited to White House
Viktor Orban has drastically altered democratic institutions in Hungary since winning power in 2010 Source
Doris Day, singer and Hollywood icon, dead at 97
Day was an accomplished singer and actress and one of the top box-office stars of her time Source