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The Central Park Five: A cautionary tale of injustice

Wrongly convicted as teenagers for a crime that shocked New York City, the five men who came to be known as the “Central Park Five,” who were exonerated by a jailhouse confession and DNA tests, are the subjects of a new Netflix miniseries. Correspondent Maurice DuBois talks with Yusef Salaam, Antron McCray, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and Kevin Richardson, and with Ava DuVernay, director of “When They See Us.” Source

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Lessons from Admiral William H. McRaven

Admiral William McRaven, now retired, thought commanding the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound would be the crowning achievement of his 37 years as a Navy SEAL, until he gave a 2014 commencement speech at the University of Texas at Austin that went viral – a lesson in personal responsibility that spoke to millions across the globe and became a bestseller, “Make Your Bed.” David Martin talks with Admiral McRaven about the long, long road from making your bed to missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his latest book, “Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations.” Source

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The Central Park Five speak

Wrongly convicted as teenagers for a crime that shocked New York City, the five exonerated men are subjects of a new Netflix miniseries, “When They See Us” Source

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How Howard Stern became a new man

Over the past 13 years, Howard Stern helped SiriusXM satellite radio grow from a fledgling experiment into a 33 million-subscriber empire. But Stern, who made a name for himself as a potty-mouthed shock jock, has evolved – as a celebrity interviewer and as a person. He talks with Tracy Smith about his new book of interviews, “Howard Stern Comes Again”; his psychotherapy; a health scare that demonstrated he “wasn’t Superman”; and how he and his wife are guardian angels to a thousand rescue cats. Source

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Winning hearts and minds over vaccines

The World Health Organization listed vaccine hesitancy – when parents delay or withhold vaccines for their children – as one of the Top 10 health risks for 2019. Now, with more than 700 confirmed cases of measles in 23 states, public health officials are scrambling to put a stop to it. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on health experts using science as an antidote to misinformation about vaccines. Source

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Up, up and away at the TWA Hotel

The Trans World Airlines Flight Center at JFK Airport, designed by architect Eero Saarinen, has been reimagined as a nostalgic trip into aviation’s glamorous past Source

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The evolving Howard Stern

The broadcasting giant discusses his latest book, “Howard Stern Comes Again,” and how psychotherapy and a serious health scare changed the way he approaches celebrity interviews – and himself Source

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