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Retired Navy Admiral William McRaven was the architect of the mission that tracked down Osama bin Laden. He’s also a bestselling author. Now, McRaven and his daughter, Kelly, have thoughts about children and storytelling: WILLIAM: When I was a boy, my father, an Air Force fighter pilot, would tell me stories before bedtime, making up
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Sarah Snook set the record straight for us: Her last name is pronounced “Snuke” (like nuke), not “Snook” (as in book or took). On Broadway this spring, she’s neither Snuke nor Snook, but 26 completely different people. The 37-year-old Australian is chameleonic in Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” changing accents, wigs, and gender
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If it looks like the set of some Hollywood sci-fi show, perhaps that’s fitting, because what they are doing here is making stars on Earth. “We are able to make miniature stars, ’cause fusion is the same reaction that powers the Sun and stars,” said Tammy Ma, who leads the Fusion Energy Initiative at the
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Extended interview: Sarah Snook on “The Picture of Dorian Gray” – CBS News Watch CBS News In this web exclusive, the Emmy Award-winning star of “Succession,” Sarah Snook, talks with correspondent Faith Salie about returning to her many roles in “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” a technologically ambitious adaptation of the Oscar Wilde novel, as
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Fusion energy: Unlocking the power of the stars – CBS News Watch CBS News Scientists are conducting experiments to generate clean energy through fusion, the same sub-atomic reaction that powers our Sun, with the aim of constructing plants that produce more energy than they consume. Correspondent Ben Tracy visits the National Ignition Facility, in Livermore,
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Sarah Snook on “The Picture of Dorian Gray” – CBS News Watch CBS News Sarah Snook, the Emmy-winning star of “Succession,” earned an Olivier Award for playing multiple characters in “The Picture of Dorian Gray” in London. And now, she’s bringing her chameleonic performance to Broadway. The Australian actress talks with correspondent Faith Salie about
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A federal judge on Saturday night temporarily blocked President Trump from removing immigrants under a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 after the president announced earlier in the day that he would enforce the law. The judge’s ruling was in response to a federal civil lawsuit filed Saturday by a group of five
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President Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to order the swift detention and deportation of all Venezuelan migrants suspected of being members of the Tren de Aragua prison gang, treating them like wartime enemies of the U.S. government. In his proclamation, the president argued the Venezuelan gang was “perpetrating, attempting, and
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The U.S. launched strikes Saturday in Yemen as President Trump said the U.S. would use “overwhelming lethal force” until Houthis cease shipping attacks. “Today, I have ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen. They have waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism
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All full-time employees with the government-funded Voice of America, the nation’s largest international broadcaster, were informed Saturday that they have been placed on administrative leave, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News Saturday. The employees were notified in an email sent out by Crystal G. Thomas, director of human resources for the U.S. Agency of Global
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