These United States: Broadway’s George M. Cohan

Mo Rocca celebrates the career of a founding father of American theater: George M. Cohan (1878-1942), an actor, playwright, producer, and composer of such standards as “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “The Yankee Doodle Boy,” and “Over There.”

“Ragtime”: A timeless musical – CBS News

For Tony Award nominees Brandon Uranowitz, Caissie Levy and Joshua Henry, the Morgan Library in New York City – built by financier J.P. Morgan at the turn of twentieth century – represents the grandeur of the Gilded Age, a period of American history that lends itself especially to drama. “There was just, like, a lot …

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Help wanted: The difficulties facing job applicants

The unemployment rate for young workers is about twice as high as the national average. With young workers seeking entry-level positions being thwarted by a crushing job market, correspondent David Pogue talks with recent graduates from across the country about how AI is affecting both their prospects and the hiring process itself. He also talks …

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Israel Kills Five in Gaza as Egypt Hosts New Ceasefire Talks

CAIRO, June 7 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas-led police ⁠station ⁠in the Gaza Strip killed five Palestinians ⁠and wounded at least 16 others on Sunday, health officials said, as mediators began new ​efforts to salvage a fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. Medics did not say how many of the casualties were police. The …

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US Resolution Text at IAEA Demands Iran Open up on Sites, Uranium Stocks

PARIS/VIENNA, June ⁠7 (Reuters) – ⁠A draft ⁠resolution the United ​States has prepared and ‌sent to other ‌countries ⁠on ⁠the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board ahead ​of a meeting this week demands ​Iran provide “precise information” on ⁠its ⁠bombed nuclear ⁠sites and ​enriched uranium stocks. Iran must “provide the (International ​Atomic ⁠Energy) Agency with precise information …

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Israeli Military Has Struck ‘Terrorist’ Headquarters in Beirut, Government Says

June ⁠7 (Reuters) – ⁠The Israeli ⁠military has ​struck ‌on Sunday “terrorist” ‌headquarters ⁠in the ⁠Lebanese capital Beirut’s southern ​suburbs, ​a Hezbollah stronghold ⁠known as ⁠Dahiyeh, ⁠in response ​to the group’s ​fire ⁠toward ⁠Israeli territory, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ⁠and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a ⁠joint statement. (Reporting by Steven ScheerEditing by Tomasz …

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Taiwan Coast Guard ‘Expels’ Chinese Ships From Restricted Waters

TAIPEI, June 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s coast guard said on ⁠Sunday ⁠that its ships had “expelled” four Chinese ⁠government ships that entered restricted waters off the island’s south after ​the two sides broadcast testy warnings to each other, in an escalation of tensions. China, which views democratically ‌governed Taiwan as its own territory, ‌has been …

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One Person Killed in Attack in Central Israel

JERUSALEM, June 7 (Reuters) – A 35-year-old man ⁠was ⁠killed and five others ⁠injured in a series of shootings on Sunday ​in central Israel near the occupied West Bank that police described ‌as a suspected terror attack. A ‌police spokesperson said the suspected gunman, an Israeli Arab ⁠from the ⁠nearby Israeli city Tayibe, was also …

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