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COVER STORY: The beginning of the American Revolution
On April 19, 1775, British troops confronted off towards colonial militias within the Massachusetts cities of Lexington and Harmony, and exchanged fireplace, setting off America’s Battle of Independence. Correspondent Mo Rocca explores the dramatic occasions of that fateful day 250 years in the past; and hears from reenactors about why the colonists’ beliefs nonetheless maintain true at present.
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ALMANAC: April 20
“Sunday Morning” seems to be again at historic occasions on this date.
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ARTS: Contained in the transformation of the Frick Assortment
Considered one of New York Metropolis’s most beautiful museums, the Frick Assortment, positioned within the former house of a Gilded Age metal baron, has reopened following a four-year, greater than $200 million renovation. “Sunday Morning” nationwide correspondent Robert Costa goes behind the meticulous restoration of an ornate mansion housing masterpieces that could be a masterpiece itself.
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WORLD: The hazards posed by cuts to U.S. international assist
Elon Musk’s proverbial chainsaw and President Trump’s insurance policies have focused American international assist, and with it the humanitarian teams whose work its funds world wide. “Sunday Morning” senior contributor Ted Koppel talks with humanitarian assist staff in Africa and Afghanistan, and with former U.Okay. international secretary David Miliband (now president and CEO of the Worldwide Rescue Committee), concerning the impacts each overseas and at house.
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TV: Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino: Curtain up on “Étoile”
“Étoile,” a brand new Amazon Prime sequence about two struggling ballet corporations in New York and Paris, is the most recent comic-drama from Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino, the Emmy-winning couple behind such hits as “Gilmore Girls” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Correspondent Religion Salie talks with the writers a couple of partnership that at all times manages to search out the comedian reduction.
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PASSAGE: In memoriam
“Sunday Morning” remembers a few of the notable figures who left us this week.
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SWEETS: Chocolate Easter eggs: Cracking open a sweet custom
Based in 1824, the candymaker Cadbury produces roughly one million chocolate crème eggs a day, year-round, at its manufacturing unit in Bournville, England. Correspondent Seth Doane delves into some chocolate historical past, and finds out why chocolate eggs bought to People are completely different from these bought to shoppers in different international locations.
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HARTMAN: Chook child
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STAGE: David Hyde Pierce, the very mannequin of a contemporary major-general, in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical”
“Frasier” star David Hyde Pierce is again on the Broadway stage in “Pirates! The Penzance Musical,” a jazzy re-working of the Gilbert & Sullivan traditional, transplanted to New Orleans. The previous aspiring live performance pianist talks with correspondent Martha Teichner concerning the thread that Gilbert & Sullivan has run all through his life. He additionally talks about his comedy influences, and what it means to him to make folks giggle.
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LIFESTYLE: GenSpace in Los Angeles re-imagines what a senior heart will be
GenSpace, a brand new neighborhood heart for seniors in Los Angeles based by philanthropist Wallis Annenberg, gives up the form of house and actions through which older folks can thrive. Correspondent Allison Aubrey talks with Annenberg about GenSpace’s intergenerational method, and whether or not her mannequin for a contemporary senior heart is replicable throughout the nation.
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FASHION: How hat fashions ruffled feathers and spurred a conservation motion
Within the late 1800s, feather trend was fashionable, particularly amongst girls in excessive society, with some feathers price greater than their weight in gold. The recognition of colourful plumes in hats and equipment led to the slaughter of birds, driving some species near extinction by the early twentieth century. Correspondent Conor Knighton seems to be on the historical past of the plume commerce and the conservation efforts that had been instrumental in making it unlawful.
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COMMENTARY: Jim Gaffigan: When will it’s protected to retire from parenting?
The comic, a self-described workaholic, displays on the calls for of his different job, that of mum or dad to 5.
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NATURE: TBD
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MARATHON: Adventures in outer house (YouTube Video)
Launch into outer house with “CBS Sunday Morning” and discover the world of NASA, astronomy and extra. Tales embody:
- The seamstress who made Apollo’s spacesuits
- Eating on house meals
- The revolutionary Webb Area Telescope
- Astronaut prepares for a 12 months in orbit
- Clearing the heavens of house junk
- Apollo 8 crew on capturing the Earthrise photograph
- Aboard the Worldwide Area Station
- Mars beckons
- SpaceX and Nasa’s new period in crewed spaceflight
GALLERY: Notable deaths in 2025
A glance again on the esteemed personalities who left us this 12 months, who’d touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
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