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Easter Sunday mass returns to Cathedral of Notre Dame | 60 Minutes

It was just five days before Easter 2019 that a devastating fire swept through the Cathedral of Notre Dame. After extensive repairs, Easter Sunday mass was celebrated at the great church again today.

Inside the monarch butterfly migration mystery: flying to Mexico from Canada, the U.S.

Monarchs traveled to a remote part of Mexico, a journey they've made for thousands of years, and wintered there. Now tens of millions of the butterflies are on an epic aerial journey back north.

Google DeepMind CEO demonstrates world-building AI model Genie 2

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis showed 60 Minutes Genie 2, an AI model that generates 3D interactive environments, which could be used to train robots in the not-so-distant future.

Anderson Cooper on witnessing the monarch butterfly migration

The annual migration of monarch butterflies is one of science's great mysteries: millions of monarchs know the correct path even though they have never made the long journey themselves. As 60 Minutes found, the expedition to watch the migration can be its own challenge.

What's next for AI at DeepMind, Google's artificial intelligence lab | 60 Minutes

At Google DeepMind, researchers are chasing what’s called artificial general intelligence: a silicon intellect as versatile as a human's, but with superhuman speed and knowledge.

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Was an Oregon teen the mastermind behind her father's murder?

After Aaron Friar and his 15-year-old daughter Ellie vanished from their Medford, Oregon, home, investigators arrived to discover a horrific scene – and soon after, evidence of a murder plot is revealed.

Cop's offer of a cigarette leads to a confession and a body: "Smokin' and jokin'"

When Aaron Friar and his teenage daughter, Ellie, go missing in Medford, Oregon, Det. Bill Ford takes one of the suspects out for a cigarette break. It would break the case.

Witness, 11, points to father's suspected killer: Sister's forbidden boyfriend

In an exclusive interview, with "48 Hours," Sierra Friar recalls the day her sister and father vanished.

4/19: CBS Weekend News

Supreme Court blocks Trump from deporting alleged gang members, migrants from Texas facility; Commemorating 250 years since the start of the Revolutionary War reignites old debate