When Fred Smith, a former Marine captain and decorated Vietnam veteran, started his next-day delivery company in 1973, he flew less than 190 packages to customers. Today the FedEx fleet moves 15 million packages a day to more than 200 countries around the world.
When Fred Smith started his next-day delivery company Federal Express in 1973, flying packages to customers, it was not an overnight success. Today FedEx moves 15 million packages a day aboard its fleet of aircraft, through hubs in Memphis and other cities, to more than 200 countries around the world. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin talks with Smith about how the former Marine captain and decorated Vietnam veteran transformed the shipping industry.
"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including songwriter Cynthia Weil, who - with her partner and husband Barry Mann - wrote such classics as "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'."
The collision and derailment of several passenger trains in eastern India has left hundreds dead, with many hundreds more injured. We get the latest from our British broadcast partner, BBC correspondent Archana Shukla.
The Emmy-winning star of "Killing Eve" is now an Olivier Award-winner and Tony-nominee for her performance in the one-woman play "Prima Facie," as a British barrister confronting injustice in the legal system with regards to victims of sexual assault.
Jeanne Gang, arguably the most important female architect working today, heads her own firm, Studio Gang, which is pushing the boundaries of the good that architecture can do, for connecting communities and for the environment. Gang talked with correspondent Martha Teichner about her most recent project, an expansion of New York's American Museum of Natural History, and about the skyscrapers, airport terminal, and other civic spaces she has designed in her hometown of Chicago meant to transform spaces, outside and within.
With the Supreme Court poised to decide two cases challenging the consideration of race in college and university admissions, advocates both for and against discuss maintaining or eliminating the policy.
With the Supreme Court poised to decide two cases challenging the use of race as a consideration in college and university admissions, correspondent Rita Braver talks with the man responsible for launching multiple cases against affirmative action in higher education, as well as with advocates for and against maintaining the policy.
The "Sunday Morning" book reviewer offers his picks from this month's new fiction and nonfiction titles, including Jonathan Eig's new biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "King: A Life."
China's vessel overtook the U.S. ship and then veered across its bow at a distance of 150 yards in an "unsafe manner," according to the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
Recommendations from our book reviewer of new fiction and non-fiction titles, including the latest by New York Times bestselling novelist Emma Cline, "The Guest."
The author of "The Girls," the New York Times bestseller about the Manson Family murders, returns with a smoldering thriller about a young escort's search for a new sugar daddy.
This latest biography, drawing upon more than 200 interviews and previously-unseen FBI documents, creates a deeper study of the civil rights leader's upbringing and mission.
This wickedly comic debut novel presents a day in the lives of a husband and wife, and the wife's best friend, whose respective narrations offer very different takes on the sturdiness of the marriage.
The Newbury Medal-winning author of books for young readers has written an unusual memoir for adults, about his parents, and his own struggles to be a good husband and father.
Viktoria Nasyrova is accused of using cheesecake as a murder weapon. Her motive was to steal the identity of Olga, who looks a lot like her. "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports.
Megan Hargan was suspected of killing her mother and sister. Her defense had an unusual theory: her sister was the one who pulled the trigger – with her toe.Peter Van Sant reports.
Video shows Chinese warship coming near U.S. missile destroyer in Taiwan Strait; 2 killed in Mississippi plane crash
California Gov. Gavin Newsom met with the migrants Saturday, saying that the state is working to determine who planned the trip and whether any criminal laws were violated.
Viktoria Nasyrova attempted to murder a woman with cheesecake. As one private investigator would find out, she had a list of alleged victims — including her ex-boyfriend's dog.
Video showed the Chinese warship speeding towards the USS Chung-Hoon.
New video showed a Chinese warship on Saturday coming within 150 yards of hitting the USS Chung-Hoon in the Taiwan Strait.
Meta this week announced that it was mandating that all workers return to the office for three days a week starting in September.
Some U.S. company leaders are calling for their remote workers to return to the office. Meta this week announced that it was mandating that all workers return to the office for three days a week starting in September. Carter Evans has more.
June is Pride month, a celebration of LGBTQ life. But after years of hard-won civil rights gains for the LGBTQ+ community, there is a backlash that includes violence and tests of corporate commitment. Elise Preston has more.