“My heart still hurts. I can’t sleep at night because I’m desperate,” said the sister of an ICE detainee who died of coronavirus complications. Source
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Graham Nash: “It’s never been this weird, has it?”
With his sold-out tour cancelled due to coronavirus, the singer-songwriter discusses socially isolating in New York City, and the best part of being 78 years old Source
Health secretary aiming for 300 million coronavirus vaccine doses by 2021
The Trump administration has launched Operation Warp Speed to speed up the development and distribution of a coronavirus vaccine. Source
Nature: Sharks in Fiji
“Sunday Morning” takes us to Beqa Lagoon in Fiji, where sharks are enjoying a quick bite. Videographer: Ziggy Livnat. Source
Jim Gaffigan on living in unprecedented times
The comedian, now in Week 9 of his quarantine, reflects on just how many precedents have been broken in 2020 Source
The New Yorker Cartoons: A coronavirus diary
For some 95 years, cartoons in The New Yorker magazine have captured the spirit of their times. This time is no exception. “Sunday Morning” presents a recent sampling from cartoonists Roz Chast, Victoria Roberts and Danny Shanahan. Source
Class of 2020: A graduation season like no other
Rituals matter, and the time-honored rituals of a high school or college graduation have been taken away from seniors and their families because of the 2020 pandemic. Correspondent Rita Braver talks with students and educators about how this generation is responding to a defining societal event. Source
Atlas 5 launches military spaceplane on secret mission
Officials lifted the veil slightly before Sunday’s launch, saying two experiments from NASA were on board. Source
Jerry Seinfeld on missing audiences, comedy before smartphones, and Zoom backgrounds
The comedian’s new Netflix special, “23 Hours to Kill,” offers a time capsule of life pre-COVID – which, he tells “Sunday Morning,” he’s confident will return Source
In conversation: Jerry Seinfeld
In his new Netflix special, “23 Hours to Kill,” comedian Jerry Seinfeld offers a hilarious standup act recorded before the world shut down – a time capsule that, through his on-point observational humor, is a piquant reminder of what performers and audiences are now missing because of the coronavirus pandemic. Correspondent Tracy Smith chats with Seinfeld (via Zoom, of course) about what he gets excited about now; having only his family as an audience; and whether he believes we will ever get back to “normal.” Source