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Calendar: Week of March 25

Here's a look at the week ahead on our "Sunday Morning" Calendar: On Monday, feminist leader Gloria Steinem turns 85. Tuesday's the day the Supreme Court hears cases of alleged partisan gerrymandering of Congressional districts in Maryland and North Carolina.…

40 years ago: Three Mile Island nuclear accident

It happens this coming Thursday ... the 40th anniversary of the worst nuclear power plant accident in U.S. history. A series of mishaps had created an emergency at one of the two reactors at the Three Mile Island plant near…

March Madness: The origin of NCAA brackets

The NCAA Bracket is a March Madness tradition nearly as popular as the college basketball tournament itself. This year, some 70 million brackets are competing for cash prizes and office bragging rights. And best we can tell, it all started…

Almanac: Building the New York City subway

There are approximately 443 underground miles of track in New York City's subway system. CBS News On March 24, 1900 it was "Tunnel Day" in New York City, for that was the day Mayor Robert Van Wyck used a sterling…

New Zealand mosque killings spark debate over free speech

DUNEDIN, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders are debating the limits of free speech after their chief censor banned a 74-page manifesto written by the man accused of slaughtering 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. The…

Barr preparing a summary of Mueller report’s key conclusions

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr scoured special counsel Robert Mueller’s confidential report on the Russia investigation with his advisers, deciding how much Congress and the American public will get to see about the two-year probe into President Donald…

US-allied Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State

BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — U.S.-backed forces declared military victory over the Islamic State group in Syria on Saturday after liberating the last pocket of territory held by the militants, marking the end of a brutal self-styled caliphate the group carved…

Washington awaits results after Mueller wraps Russia probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency. The Justice Department was expected to release the main…

Man arrested for allegedly throwing water on Rep. Steve King

Police said a Colorado man was arrested Friday after allegedly throwing water on Rep. Steve King at a restaurant in Fort Dodge, Iowa. King was having a group lunch when 26-year-old Blake Gibbins, of Lafayette, Colorado, approached the congressman's table and…

White ex-cop found not guilty in death of unarmed black teen

A Pennsylvania jury found a white former police officer not guilty of criminal homicide in the 2018 shooting death of an unarmed black teenager outside Pittsburgh. A jury in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, reached their verdict after deliberating for about three and a…

Why the Mueller report could be good news for Trump

Nearly two years after Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Mueller's report was handed off to Attorney General William Barr. Since the investigation started, there have been indictments of 34 individuals and three…

FEMA exposed info of 2.3 million disaster victims

FEMA mistakenly exposed personal information, including addresses and bank account information, of 2.3 million disaster victims, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General said in a report released Friday. The breach occurred because FEMA did not ensure a private contractor only…

Here's who has been charged in Robert Mueller's probe

Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is finally complete, and a senior Justice Department official has told CBS News that Mueller is not recommending any further indictments. Mueller submitted the report on his findings into Russian meddling in the 2016 election…

Jury deliberates fate of ex-cop who shot unarmed black teen

A jury has begun deliberations in the criminal homicide trial of a white former police officer charged with killing an unarmed black teenager outside Pittsburgh last summer. In closing statements Friday, a prosecutor said former East Pittsburgh police officer Michael…

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