We’re sad to announce that, after more than 40 years with “Sunday Morning,” our editorial producer Cathy Lewis is retiring. Source

Following the October 7 attack in which more than 1,400 Israelis were killed and more than 220 were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum was quickly created to assist hostages and their families. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with a few of the 4,000 volunteers mobilizing to help, and with family members anxiously awaiting word about their loved ones held captive. Source

The singer-songwriter who has fifty Top-40 hits (along with a Grammy, a Tony and two Emmys) is about to debut his Broadway musical, “Harmony,” the true story of a pre-World War II singing group in Germany whose fame was obliterated by the Nazis. Source

Over his long career Barry Manilow has earned fifty Top-40 hits, along with a Grammy, a Tony and two Emmys. Today, at 80, he is about to debut his Broadway musical, “Harmony,” the true story of a pre-World War II singing group in Germany whose fame was obliterated by the Nazis. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Manilow about his pop career, and his long interest in musical theater. Source

In Lewiston, Maine, three people were murdered in all of 2022. But in one night this past week, a gunman gave the Lewiston area the sad distinction of being the site of the country’s deadliest mass shooting so far this year: 18 murdered, with 13 more injured – husbands, wives, children. Correspondent Lee Cowan looks at how we are responding to the all-too-familiar cycle of gun violence in America. Source

“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including actors Matthew Perry (“Friends”) and Richard Roundtree (“Shaft”). Source

A millionaire enamored with bats, and concerned about threats to their natural habitat, built the world’s largest manmade bat cave on his sprawling Texas ranch. After years of waiting, the bats showed up. Source

Texas millionaire David Bamberger was so enamored with the bats he saw at the renowned Bracken Cave Preserve outside San Antonio, and was so concerned about threats to the flying mammals’ natural habitat, that in the late 1990s he built the world’s largest manmade bat cave on his sprawling ranch near Johnson City. For a long time, no bats showed up. Correspondent Conor Knighton reports on what happened once they did. Source

The Israeli military said Sunday it had struck over 450 militant targets over the past 24 hours, including Hamas command centers, observation posts and anti-tank missile launching positions. Source

They play in the background, or are called up when the stars aren’t available. But sidemen musicians, backup ball players and Broadway understudies have traits in common that allow them to shine even when they’re not number one. Source