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Amid the chaos of Vietnam, Marine Corporal Scott Harrison clung to a vision of a carousel in a mountain meadow. Decades later, he brought it to life in Colorado. Now, his Carousel of Happiness spins to spread joy. cbsn.ws/4eZ8G4E

Writer Olga Khazan felt stuck—anxious, overworked, and joyless—so she set out to redesign her personality. In her book "Me, But Better," she explores how stepping outside her comfort zone changed her life, and how science says personality isn’t as fixed as we think.…

Mini watermelons may be small, but their story is anything but. First hitting the market in 2003, these pint-sized fruits were developed the old-fashioned way—through selective breeding, not genetic modification. cbsn.ws/4m1DiF2

A summer lark turns tragic, and a shattered family must carry on, in "Bug Hollow" (Penguin Press), the latest novel by Michelle Huneven, the author of "Round Rock" and "Blame." Read an excerpt now. cbsn.ws/4m1f0M5

Treat your shelves to the hottest seasonal reads with The Washington Post critic Ron Charles' picks from the summer's new fiction and non-fiction titles. cbsn.ws/4ohGdLY

We leave you this Sunday morning at Yellowstone National Park's Mammoth Hot Springs in Wyoming. Videographer: Michael Clark. cbsn.ws/4lGLLhl

Conor Knighton reflects on the American treasure whose preservation as our first national park inspired similar conservation efforts around the globe. cbsn.ws/44RGdJv

Bridget Everett’s HBO series "Somebody Somewhere" draws deeply from her own life—grief, family, and finding humor in hard places. In her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas, she opens up to Luke Burbank about love, loss, and how cabaret helped her heal when words couldn’t.…

Volcanic activity is rising near Naples, with over 2,000 earthquakes in February. Just west of Vesuvius, the vast Campi Flegrei caldera sits beneath a densely populated area. Seth Doane speaks with scientists tracking the looming threat. cbsn.ws/44VoG…

Tucked above a former boarding house in Washington, D.C., the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum marks a quiet but powerful chapter in American history. It was here, at the close of the Civil War, that Barton led a groundbreaking effort to locate thousands of missing…

A whip wielded by Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" that once belonged to Princess Diana has sold at auction for $525,000. cbsn.ws/4lEDiLB

CBS will end "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and retire "The Late Show" franchise in May 2026, the company announced Thursday, calling it "purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night." cbsn.ws/4lVm500

Kindergarten teacher Tiffany Fox of Galleon, Ohio, has a soft spot for Candy Land — and not just because of the sugar-coated characters like Queen Frostine, Princess Lolly and the long-lost Gloppy. For Fox, the classic board game is more than a whimsical trek through a candy…

Once reviled as a crustacean fit only to feed prisoners, lobster rolls are the culinary darling of coastal cuisine, blending succulent lobster meat with buttery rolls in a marriage of taste that's both indulgent and iconic. Mo Rocca checks in at Red's Eats in Maine where…

Connie Francis, the wholesome pop star of the 1950s and '60s whose hits include "Pretty Little Baby" and whose personal life was filled with heartbreak and tragedy, has died. She was 87. cbsn.ws/4eXdjwb

When 80-year-old Bob Becker crossed the finish line 135 miles from his starting point in the scorching Death Valley, he made history as the oldest runner to complete the Badwater 135. cbsn.ws/3TE5QZg

.@JamesGunn tells @vladduthiersCBS he feels a sense of relief now that @Superman is out, after spending three years working on the film. He said the movie business is unpredictable, but he’s grateful this project landed with audiences, critics and at the box office. More of the…

We leave you this Sunday Morning stalking the elusive Pumas at Chile's Patagonia National Park. Videographers: Michael Clark and Justin Grubb. cbsn.ws/44ZBLJX

The Dutch-American painter Joop Sanders was the last surviving member of the Abstract Expressionist movement when he died in 2023 at the age of 101. Now, his granddaughter Isca Greenfield-Sanders has curated a retrospective in New York City that brings light to the artist's…

Central Washington’s sunny days and cool nights are perfect for sweet cherries — until summer rain hits. To save their crops from getting waterlogged and rupturing, farmers call in helicopters to blow-dry the trees. cbsn.ws/4lNNr8b