CBS News national security correspondent David Martin provides more context on what Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death means for the U.S. fight against ISIS, and how the raid played out. Source
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The brutal life and death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Reporting live from Istanbul, CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports on the life of the gruesome ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Source
Repopulating a Japanese town
As the Japanese populace shrinks and ages, and young people leave the suburbs and rural areas for cities, more and more communities are becoming ghost towns, with abandoned houses and declining populations. The municipality of Okutama, on the outskirts of Tokyo, has come up with a novel solution: Give away houses to young families for free. Ben Tracy talks with the man in charge of giving away homes, who isn’t averse to playing Cupid to get people to move into his shrinking town. Source
A friend in need
Life has its ups and downs, but rarely do you see a swing as dramatically as what 66-year-old Coy Fetherson just went through. Recently homeless in Austin Texas, a photo in a local newspaper alerted old friends he hadn’t seen in years. Steve Hartman reports. Source
Nature: Spider webs
For Halloween, “Sunday Morning” takes us to Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida, where spiders are weaving their webs. Videographer: Charles Schultz. Source
The Islamic State, part one
Scott Pelley reports from the front lines in the fight against ISIS in northern Iraq. He speaks with Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and victims of ISIS atrocities. Source
Pages from Prince’s life
Begun just months before his death in 2016, a memoir by the legendary singer-songwriter Prince is now being published as “The Beautiful Ones.” Jamie Yuccas reports on how the manuscript by Prince Rogers Nelson came to light, and talks with editor Dan Piepenbring, who helped Prince tell his story, including how the people in Prince’s life made him the artist he was. Yuccas also talks with representatives of Prince’s estate about the vault of previously-unreleased music that is now being made public. Source
How scary music makes movies scarier
Composers and scientists discuss how the scores for such horror films as “The Shining” and “Get Out” work their magic Source
One shrinking Japanese town’s plan: Give away houses for free
As the country’s population ages and birthrate declines, drastic measures are being implemented to address a demographic time bomb that is already going off Source
ISIS leader died “like a coward” in U.S. raid, Trump says
As U.S. forces and dogs approached him, al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest, killing himself and a group of children Source