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By David Morgan May 3, 2024 / 11:11 AM EDT / CBS News The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.  “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET. (Download it here.)  Hosted by Jane Pauley Singer Randy Travis (right), with his longtime record producer Kyle Lehning. They’ve collaborated on a new song – Travis’ first single since he suffered a stroke in 2013.  CBS News COVER STORY: More than a decade after a stroke, Randy Travis sings again, courtesy of AI In 2013 country singer Randy Travis suffered a massive stroke, which paralyzed his right side and damaged an area of his brain that controls speech and language. He has not quite recovered the ability to sing, but working with singer James DuPre and a computer program that creates an AI-generated version of his voice, Travis and his longtime producer Kyle Lehning have created a new song, “Where That Came From,” that captures Randy’s country heart. Lee Cowan reports. To hear the new Randy Travis single “Where That Came From” click

By Kerry Breen May 3, 2024 / 11:09 AM EDT / CBS News Life after “Tiger King” Life after “Tiger King” for rescued tigers 03:33 A New York City man has pleaded guilty to attempting to sell prohibited wild animal parts, including a cougar head.  Usher Weiss, 26, met with an undercover investigator for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Nov. 2, 2023, according to a news release from the department. The two met at a basement in Brooklyn, where Weiss gave the undercover investigator a cougar head mount for $900. Weiss also offered a “full cheetah head mount” for $10,000, the news release said.  The cheetah head mount confiscated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.  New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Weiss and the investigator met a second time in December, where he handed the undercover investigator the cheetah head mount and multiple other animal remains, including the skull of a big cat, the skin of a seal pup and a bird mount.  Weiss also had a full taxidermied alligator, a tiger skin, a cheetah skin and

By Kerry Breen Updated on: May 3, 2024 / 11:04 AM EDT / CBS News Idaho murder house demolished University of Idaho demolishes house where four students were killed 01:58 During a recent court appearance, the attorney representing Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of murdering four students at the University of Idaho in November 2022, said that prosecutors were withholding information from the defense team.  As Kohberger’s lead attorney Anne Taylor argued that two upcoming hearings, set for May 14 and 16, should be made public, she said that Latah County prosecutors have not provided a full video that allegedly shows Kohberger’s vehicle by the residence where the four students were killed . Taylor said that the defense has only “received parts of” the video, which is described in the probable cause affidavit that was used to arrest Kohberger, and said that the video did not have sound. “This is the video that they say places this car near the residence. We’re received little tiny pieces of that and we think Bryan’s right to a fair trial means the public needs to know that they’ve

A Meow Wolf exhibition is designed as a dream space, a walk-through floor-to-ceiling collection of psychedelic art with a sci-fi bent and an anything-goes, punk rock spirit. Apples that melodically squeal when squeezed? One can find those in “Omega Mart,” Meow Wolf’s Las Vegas exhibition. A video game that grapples with an uncompromising, impossible-to-please parent? Head to “The Real Unreal” outside Dallas. A neon-soaked forest in a suburban backyard? That originated in Meow Wolf’s Santa Fe, N.M., home. “We are undefinable in so many ways, and it makes people think, ‘It’s just entertainment,’” says Meow Wolf curator Han Santana-Sayles, 31, sitting in her newly rented Pasadena home. “But I truly believe we are a wild art experiment.” Pasadena-based Han Santana-Sayles recently returned home to SoCal to help curate Meow Wolf’s in-development West L.A. location. The centerpiece of her family room is a desk fashioned to look like a tapir, created by artist Miles Robinson. (Ethan Benavidez / For The Times) Meow Wolf spaces, of which there are currently four open, are warped visions of reality, designed to get guests to see the world, and hopefully

In the wake of the cancellation of the university’s main commencement due to “safety measures,” USC announced plans Thursday night to celebrate the Class of 2024 in a different way. Next Thursday, May 9, USC will hold what it calls the “Trojan Family Graduate Celebration” at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in place of the main commencement, which was canceled last month. Each graduate will receive up to six tickets to the event, which promises drone shows, fireworks, surprise performances, the Trojan marching band and a gift for the grads. The university says the coliseum became available for the event due to last-second adjustments from other groups. USC’s main commencement cancellation came as a wave of pro-Palestinian protests swept the nation’s college campuses. Asna Tabassum, USC’s 2024 valedictorian seen in a personal photo. (Asna Tabassum) The controversy began when the university decided to bar valedictorian Asna Tabassum from speaking at the commencement in mid-April. Tabassum was accused by pro-Israeli groups of liking and sharing anti-Israel posts on her Instagram page. USC’s treatment of Tabassum became the subject of even more protests, eventually leading to the

(FOX 5/KUSI) — A San Diego resident and two Australian brothers went missing last weekend during a surfing trip south of Ensenada, Mexican officials said. Authorities became aware of the three missing persons through publications made on social networks, the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Baja California said in a press release Thursday. “It should be noted that, although the official report was made 48 hours after the disappearance, the FGE acted immediately upon learning of the facts through publications on digital platforms,” the release read. During a press conference Thursday, State Attorney General María Elena Andrade said they are “making every effort” and “have made progress in the investigation.” Bloody spear found at grisly double homicide in Southern California Three Mexican nationals are under investigation “to obtain information that will allow them to locate the missing persons,” according to prosecutors. Mexican authorities confirmed one of the people detained was a 23-year-old woman who allegedly was in possession of drugs and a cellphone that had a wallpaper photo of one of the missing men. Tents and some evidence found in the area of

At an event near Hollywood, Airbnb introduced new features to make group booking easier and new places to book that are out of this world. “I think that’s what we’re trying to do, is just bring magic into the real world,” said Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky, who made the announcements. When asked if he ever thought Airbnb would come this far when he started it, Chesky replied, “When I inflated three air mattresses with my roommate, absolutely not.” The platform, now synonymous with vacation rentals, has places in more than 200 countries and tens of thousands of cities. Eighty percent of Airbnb’s business is group trips, and new tools make it easier. This includes shared wish lists and the ability to let the people you’re traveling with join the reservation. “That way, your co-travelers see the same information from the host about the address, how to check in, how to open the door, that kind of thing,” Jay Carney, Global Head of Policy and Communications at Airbnb explained. But the biggest wow is a new category called Icons, featuring whimsical places to stay inspired by

Jurors in Karen Read murder trial to visit site where John O’Keefe’s body was found – CBS News Watch CBS News Jurors in Karen Read’s murder trial will travel to the scene of the alleged crime Friday. Read is accused of killing her police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe, in 2022 by hitting him with her SUV, but Read’s lawyers claim that she is being framed as part of a cover-up. CBS News Boston reporter Penny Kmitt has more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Kindness 101: A look at leadership – CBS News Watch CBS News Now to the series “Kindness 101,” where Steve Hartman and his children share stories built around kindness and character, and the people who’ve mastered those qualities. Today’s lesson is leadership. To find out what that means, Steve went to a skate park, where one middle school boy showed us what leadership with compassion looks like. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Crime scene analyst says wife’s hair holds clues in ex-detective’s murder trial – CBS News Watch CBS News Brian Fanion, a former police detective from Westfield, Massachusetts, was found guilty in the shooting death of his wife in their dining room. CBS News correspondent Nikki Battiste revisits the unusual 2018 murder case where a respected detective becomes the suspect in an upcoming episode of “48 Hours.” Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Eye Opener: Police crack down on campus protests against the war in Gaza – CBS News Watch CBS News Another police crackdown on campus protests against the war in Gaza. Also, powerful storms in Texas bring tornadoes, flash flooding and mandatory evacuations. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On