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Whisky Island | 60 Minutes Archive
In 2015, 60 Minutes visited the Scottish island of Islay, home to some of the world's finest single malt whisky distilleries.CBS News - 22h -
Elfstedentocht | 60 Minutes Archive
In 2020, Bill Whitaker reported on the Elfstedentocht, a 125-mile skating marathon across frozen canals through 11 cities, one of the Netherlands' greatest traditions that may not be held in the ...CBS News - 4d -
"Flying Blind" | 60 Minutes Archive
In 2022, 60 Minutes met Jacob Smith, a legally blind 15-year-old freeride skier. A brain tumor robbed Smith of his vision, but as Sharyn Alfonsi reported, that didn't stop him from making a name ...CBS News - 4d -
"Taking on the Eiger" | 60 Minutes Archive
In 2015, Anderson Cooper reported from the Swiss Alps, where 60 Minutes cameras captured an extreme sportsman using a three-sport technique for the first time to descend the Eiger, one of the most ...CBS News - 4d -
Mason Cox: "An American Down Under" | 60 Minutes Archive
In 2023, 60 Minutes' Jon Wertheim traveled to Australia and met Mason Cox, a Texas man who became an unlikely Australian rules football star.CBS News - 4d -
Clint Hill: "Secret Service Agent Number 9" | 60 Minutes Archive
In 1975, 60 Minutes' Mike Wallace spoke with Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who jumped onto JFK's limousine after the president was shot. Hill, who was forced to retire early because he ...CBS News - 4d -
Inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone (2014) | 60 Minutes Archive
In 2014, almost 30 years after the nuclear power plant disaster, Bob Simon went to the Chernobyl exclusion zone to report on the cleanup there. Chernobyl has become a focal point of Russia's ...CBS News - 5d -
Sportswriter Dave Kindred: "Kindred in the Bleachers" | 60 Minutes Archive
Renowned sportswriter Dave Kindred covered the biggest moments and brightest stars in sports for more than half a century. In 2021, he told Jon Wertheim he found his most fulfilling work in ...CBS News - 3d -
The Danish island of seaweed cottages, salt and seafood
The remote North Sea isle of Læsø is world-famous for the gastronomic delights that come from its waters – so the best way to explore it is in waders. After just 10 minutes in the company of ...The Guardian - 5d -
Stranger than fiction MI5 tales revealed in first National Archives collaboration
From Guy Burgess’s briefcase to microdots secreted in talc, an exhibition reveals remarkable items from the agency’s archives – and the extraordinary stories behind them. The agency that would ...The Guardian - 3d -
Why These Islanders Hunt Dolphins
The residents of Fanalei Island, in the Solomon Islands, say the lucrative hunts will help them buy land elsewhere and move off their sinking home.The New York Times - Mar. 26 -
Islanders Bring Prospect Berg To Bridgeport
The Bridgeport Islanders have signed center Cameron Berg to an amateur tryout agreement.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Lightning beat Islanders 4-1
The Lightning started their four-game roadtrip off with a 4-1 win over the New York Islanders on Tuesday.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Dachshund Lost on Australian Island Is Still Alive, but Elusive
A year after getting loose on Kangaroo Island, Valerie is still out there.The New York Times - Mar. 28 -
Drone footage shows scale of Greek island flooding
Flash flooding caused significant damage on the Greece's Paros island.BBC News - 3d -
Hostages | Sunday on 60 Minutes
Lesley Stahl dispatches to Israel to interview freed Israeli and American hostages, who are now fighting for a renewed ceasefire and to bring back the remaining hostages. 60 Minutes, Sunday.CBS News - 2d -
The Prisoners | Sunday on 60 Minutes
Who are the men President Trump sent to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador using a wartime law dating to 1798? 60 Minutes found no criminal records for most of the men. Cecilia Vega ...CBS News - 17h -
Boat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island
Greece’s coast guard says a broad search and rescue operation is underway near the eastern Greek island of Lesbos after a boat carrying migrants capsized while heading to the island from the nearby ...ABC News - 2d -
Trump levies tariffs on uninhabited islands
President Trump, as part of his expansive package of new tariffs, levied taxes on a number of uninhabited or sparsely populated islands that have little-to-no exports. The announcement of new ...The Hill - 2d -
'Nowhere's safe': How an island of penguins ended up on Trump's list
The remote Heard and McDonald Islands haven't been visited by humans in almost a decade.BBC News - 1d -
Death Flights | Sunday on 60 Minutes
60 Minutes reports on how the flight logs found in a plane in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, uncovered Argentina’s merciless death planes operation under its dictatorship in the mid-1970s. Sunday.CBS News - 1d -
Left Behind | Sunday on 60 Minutes
60 Minutes was with the Environmental Protection Agency as crews removed hazardous waste left behind after the Los Angeles wildfires – including electric vehicles with batteries that can explode ...CBS News - 7h -
A Killer’s Archive Is Offered for $80,000. Who Should Profit?
Albert Jones’s 11 books describe life in prison. His victims’ relatives say his family should not benefit from a sale of his story.The New York Times - 13h -
NI need 90 minute performance in Romania - Magill
Northern Ireland captain Simone Magill says her side are focused on a "90 minute performance" in Friday's Nations League game in Romania.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica
Australian prime minister surprised after external territories – including tiny Norfolk Island and remote islands home to penguins – targeted by US president. A group of barren, uninhabited ...The Guardian - 2d -
Cameron Berg to begin pro career with Bridgeport Islanders
Apr. 4—GRAND FORKS — Another UND senior is headed to pro hockey. Center Cameron Berg of West Fargo has signed with the Bridgeport Islanders. He will finish this season on a tryout deal. Bridgeport ...Yahoo Sports - 19h -
Islanders Fight Past Wild For 3-1 Win
ELMONT N.Y. -- The New York Islanders, despite recently slipping in the standings, fought well Friday at UBS Arena and eventually picked up two hard earned points by defeating the Minnesota Wild 3-1.Yahoo Sports - 18h -
Islanders Ink Michigan State Forward To One-Year Entry-Level Deal
The New York Islanders have signed Joey Larson to a one-year, entry-level contract beginning in the 2025-26 season.Yahoo Sports - 5d -
Severe storms batter Greek islands for a second day, with Crete hardest hit
Severe storms battered the Greek islands for a second day, with Crete experiencing the most intense rainfallABC News - 3d -
10 dead as landslide hits passing cars on Indonesia's Java island
Indonesian rescuers have recovered 10 bodies after a landslide struck vehicles on a hilly road on the country’s main island of JavaABC News - 1d -
Wild's Jake Middleton Exits Islanders Game With Upper-Body Injury
Wild defenseman Jake Middleton exited Friday's game against the New York Islanders with an upper-body injury.Yahoo Sports - 19h -
60 Minutes reports on the bourbon barrel business
Next week, 60 Minutes will explore the fascinating life of the bourbon barrel. New oak barrels are built, charred, then filled with what will become bourbon through years of aging.CBS News - 1d -
(4-4-25) Wild Vs Islanders: Game Preview, Line Combinations
The Minnesota Wild (41-28-7) is on the road tonight against the New York Islanders (32-32-10) for a 6:30 game. The Islanders have lost four-straight games and are 3-4-3 in their last ten games.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Islanders' 6-4 loss at Hurricanes extends skid to five games
Seth Jarvis scored twice, Sebastian Aho had a goal and two assists, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Islanders 6-4 on Sunday.Yahoo Sports - 5d -
Fugitive wanted over deadly prison escape caught on tropical island
Police arrested a fugitive on the tropical holiday island of Phuket over a deadly prison breakout that freed a notorious drug lord nicknamed "The Fly."CBS News - 5d -
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.Wired - 2d -
U.S. tourist lands on forbidden island to give Diet Coke to remote tribe
A U.S. tourist sneaked onto a highly restricted island carrying a coconut and a can of Diet Coke to a tribe untouched by the modern world, police said.CBS News - 1d -
U.S. tourist lands on forbidden island to give Diet Coke to remote tribe
A U.S. tourist sneaked onto a highly restricted island carrying a coconut and a can of Diet Coke to a tribe untouched by the modern world, police said.CBS News - 1d -
YouTuber Is Arrested After Leaving Diet Coke on Isolated Tribe’s Island
A 24-year-old American man went to a far-flung island in hopes of filming an encounter with the Sentinelese, the Indian authorities said. It is illegal to make contact with the tribe.The New York Times - 1d