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Reporter's Notebook: The importance of reading in a tech-obsessed world

Read Across America Day coincides with Dr. Seuss's birthday. Though designed for children, the day does what most of Seuss' works do: remind adults of what is important in their lives of constant distraction. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson discusses.

How New Orleans is handling security for Mardi Gras after New Years attack

Mardi Gras celebrations are about to reach their high point in New Orleans, and for the first time in history, Fat Tuesday's security designation will be as high as the Super Bowl. Katy Weis reports on the increased security.

How Supreme Court's affirmative action decision is affecting college admissions

It's been nearly two years since the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against the use of race in college admissions, ending affirmative action in higher education. Rose Horowitch, writer for The Atlantic, joins to discuss how the impact so far has been mixed.

A look at the historic mission to get private lunar lander on the moon

Over the weekend, a Texas aerospace company made the first fully successful landing on the moon by a private firm. Mark Strassmann looks at the mission behind the historic feat.

What NOAA cuts could mean for weather forecasts, natural disaster preparedness

The Trump administration's latest wave of cuts to the federal government hit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last week. Alan Sealls, president-elect of the American Meteorological Society, joins CBS News to discuss what the cuts could mean for the future of weather forecasting and how everyday Americans might feel the impacts.

Acting U.S. attorney for D.C. stirs controversy with prosecutor demotions

Ed Martin, the controversial acting U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is waiting for the Senate to confirm him for the permanent job.

"A Dirty War" | 60 Minutes Archive

In 1984, Mike Wallace reported from Argentina on the thousands of people who disappeared under the military dictatorship, and the families still searching for them. For years the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo marched weekly holding photos of their missing children: "It was the only way we had."

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Wildfires break out in the Carolinas; A look inside the Dr. Seuss archive

Human rights organizations face mass layoffs in Argentina

Argentine President Javier Milei's government laid off human rights workers who investigate, document, and educate the public about crimes committed by the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983.

Finding the plane used for Argentina’s dictatorship-era “death flights” | 60 Minutes

Argentines are unraveling what happened under the country’s ruthless dictatorship decades ago. One investigation led to a “death flight” plane, used to throw citizens to their deaths.