When the "Jurassic Park" writer died in 2008, he left behind an unfinished novel about a volcanic eruption that imperils all life on Earth. Enter bestselling author James Patterson, tasked with c...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-james-patterson-completed-michael-crichtons-eruption/
Writer Michael Crichton, whose blockbuster novels, films and TV series included "Jurassic Park" and "ER," died in 2008, leaving behind an unfinished thriller about a volcanic eruption that imperi...
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/james-patterson-on-completing-michael-crichtons-eruption/
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.
The new Broadway show "Illinoise" is a choreographed indie-rock musical with no dialogue, based on Sufjan Stevens' 2005 concept album. It's received four Tony Award nominations, including best mu...
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/illinoise-and-the-origin-of-an-unlikely-broadway-musical/
Being found guilty of 34 felony counts would normally mark the end of someone's political prospects. But this week's conviction is not stopping Trump (who has built his career, and brand, on grie...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-guilty-verdict-a-stress-test-for-democracy/
Being found guilty of 34 felony counts would normally mark the end of someone's political prospects. But as longtime Trump chronicler Michael Wolff notes, the former president has built his caree...
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trumps-guilty-verdict-a-stress-test-for-democracy/
Half the country says Trump is not fit to be president; Republicans call the trial unfair, according to CBS News poll.
Three C-47 transport planes, a workhorse of World War II, dropped three long strings of jumpers, their round chutes mushrooming open in the blue skies with puffy white clouds.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/d-day-80th-anniversary-parachute-jump-wwii-era-planes-commemorations/
The "Sunday Morning" book reviewer offers his picks from this month's new fiction and non-fiction titles, including "Eruption," a thriller started by Michael Crichton and finished, more than 15 y...
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/62-the-book-report-by-washington-post-critic-ron-charles/
South Korea says it'll take strong retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-korea-retaliate-north-korea-garbage-filled-balloons-border/
This month's fiction and non-fiction titles include an unfinished thriller by "Jurassic Park" author Michael Crichton, completed more than 15 years after Crichton's death by bestselling writer Ja...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-book-report-washington-post-critic-ron-charles-june-2-2024/
A delightful mix of historical fact and science fiction, this debut novel mixes historical fact and science fiction in the story of a secret British agency that plucks doomed people from the past...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/book-excerpt-the-ministry-of-time-by-kaliane-bradley/
The British journalist and author of "Midnight in Chernobyl" returns with his exhaustively-researched new book about the 1986 space shuttle disaster.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/book-excerpt-challenger-by-adam-higginbotham/
We head to SoCal to experience some of Tinseltown's most delicious eats, from a pizzeria introducing Los Angeles to Pittsburgh-style pies to a Santa Monica spot serving up a combination of flavor...
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-dish-los-angeles-restaurants/
The bestselling author of "The Emperor's Children" returns with a multi-generational story of family secrets spanning World War II to the 21st century.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/book-excerpt-this-strange-eventful-history-by-claire-messud/
When Becky Bliefnick was murdered, an answer her husband gave on "Family Feud" years earlier raised eyebrows. "48 Hours" correspondent Erin Moriarty reports.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-game-show-and-the-murder-1/
The problems began Friday morning, causing water problems at two hospitals, a city jail, a county jail and local shelters.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/atlanta-water-main-break-causes-major-disruptions-closures/
Prosecutors say evidence, including damning cellphone searches and texts, led them to Tim Bliefnick for the February murder of Becky Bliefnick.
Police say a photographer and one-time contestant on "The Dating Game" was also a chameleon and a serial killer —perhaps the deadliest in U.S. history.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/serial-killer-rodney-alcala-the-killing-game/
Last summer, otter 841 terrorized surfers in Santa Cruz, California, biting surfboards and even hijacking them. Now she has returned.
Two days after he was convicted of triple-murder, an Idaho jury on Saturday sentenced Chad Daybell to death in the 2019 killing of his first wife, Tammy Daybell, and the killings of the two young...
Following former President Donald Trump's conviction in his New York "hush money" trial, voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania spoke to Nikole Killion about whether Trump's legal troub...
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/pennsylvania-voters-respond-to-trump-conviction/
Former President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at his conviction in his New York "hush money" trial, making several false claims, while upside down flags, a symbol of protest adopted by the M...
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/presidential-election-enters-uncharted-territory-after-trump-verdict/
The African National Congress party, once led by the late Nelson Mandela, has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since 1994, when it helped bring about the end of apartheid.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday indicated that Israel would not agree to a cease-fire until certain conditions are met, including the return of all hostages and the elimination...
What was to be the maiden launch of the Boeing Starliner with astronauts on board was halted yet again Saturday, this time less than four minutes before liftoff, when a computer system triggered ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/boeing-starliner-launch-scrubbed-yet-again/
Here's a look at the top stories making headlines on the "CBS Weekend News" with Nancy Cordes.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/cbs-weekend-news-headlines-for-saturday-june-1-2024/
A new study has found that Colorado's fourteener mountains, which are those over 14,000 feet in elevation, are a bit shorter than originally thought. The new findings have wide implications. Shau...
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/colorados-famous-fourteener-mountains-get-new-elevations/
More than 16 million Americans served in World War II, but now only about 100,000 are still alive. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans is working to teach their stories to a new gener...
Last summer, otter 841 terrorized surfers in Santa Cruz, California, biting surfboards and even hijacking them. Now she has returned. Carter Evans has more.