In this web extra video, correspondent Seth Doane visits Madagascar, the world’s largest vanilla producer, and learns about processing vanilla beans at the Madagascar Spices Company in Ampandrozonana. He also talks with Josephine Lochhead, president of Cook Flavoring Company, about her personal fascination with the aroma of this popular spice. Source

In this web exclusive, actress Linda Lavin, who starred as a single mother working as a waitress in the TV sitcom “Alice” (1976-1985), talked with correspondent Mo Rocca about how her character was viewed as a role model for working moms, and how she became politicized to talk about the difficulties facing working women. Source

In recent years, Brimley’s pitchwork for Liberty Mutual had turned him into an internet sensation for his drawn out pronunciation of diabetes as “diabeetus.” Source

The bestselling author of “Thank You for Smoking” returns with a satire of the Trump administration “meddling” in the Russian election Source

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.’s bestseller – part biography, part memoir – examines the writer’s trenchant and undespairing voice for the civil rights movement against our nation’s current self-examination of race Source

The bestselling author of “Cloud Atlas” returns with a freewheeling novel about the emergence of a British band in the 1960s Source

Maggie O’Farrell’s literary novel explores the effect on the Bard, and his marriage, of the loss of his young son Source

Florida prepares for Isaias as state grapples with coronavirus infections; Wyoming’s lone remaining daily newspaper adjusts to changing times  Source

Just 1 1/2 weeks into a shortened 60-game season, the coronavirus has forced 19 postponements in 11 days, Source

Inside the shocking case against a Colorado man for the murder of his fianceé and how his secret girlfriend became the key witness against him — showing investigators how she cleaned up a bloody crime scene Source