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He teaches medical students about the importance of bedside manner, but he has another calling, as author of the New York Times bestselling novel "The Covenant of Water," a multi-generational tale of a family in India experiencing love and tragedy.
Dr. Abraham Verghese teaches medical students about the importance of bedside manner at Stanford University's School of Medicine. But he has another calling, as author of the New York Times bestselling novel "The Covenant of Water," a multi-generational tale of a family in India experiencing love and tragedy. Verghese talks with correspondent Tracy Smith about uprooting his family to take a writing program at the University of Iowa in order to pursue his dream of being a writer; and about receiving the news that his latest novel would be an Oprah's Book Club pick.
ChiTown Muslimah Athletics is a women's Muslim athletics group for women 23 and over.
Award-winning author Salman Rushdie describes his new memoir as a "reckoning." In 2022, he was stabbed in the neck and abdomen more than a dozen times in western New York and lost sight in his right eye. In Rushdie's new memoir, "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder," he writes about the attack. He and his wife, poet and author Rachel Eliza Griffiths, join "CBS Mornings" for their first joint live interview.
The British explorer who sailed the uncharted Pacific Ocean in the 1700s, and who was killed in Hawaii, initiated a period of colonization that obscured the histories of Native Islanders, a legacy that is being reexamined today.
The British explorer Captain James Cook, who sailed the uncharted Pacific Ocean in the 1700s, created detailed maps of places he was the first European to visit, including New Zealand, Australia, the Cook Islands (which still bear his name), and the islands of Hawaii. But Cook's legacy – initiating a period of colonization that obscured the histories of Native Islanders – is being reexamined today. Correspondent Ben Tracy looks back on Cook's voyages and imperial ambitions with historian Hampton Sides, author of a new book, "The Wide Wide Sea." He also visits the Big Island of Hawaii, and talks with native islanders about efforts to teach the history of Pacific island cultures.
The festival, which marks the arrival of spring, involve families and friends smearing powdered colors on each others' faces and drenching each other in colored water.
Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga series has sold millions of copies and was adapted into hugely popular animated TV shows, video games and films.
Mo Alkassar and Niven Patel are best friends who are bringing international flavors to South Florida, one restaurant at a time. The two have opened multiple restaurants together, each with its own focus, and their strong partnership has helped delight diners across the region. Jeff Glor has more.
As Lunar New Year festivities continue around the Bay Area, a student who grew up in San Francisco's Chinatown gave KPIX her unique perspective on the neighborhood's rich history, struggle and strength.
Whimsical and romantic, the music of Icelandic singer and cellist Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir blends pop, jazz, classical and bossa nova – a "mishmash," she calls it. Her latest album is "A Matter of Time."
Whimsical and romantic, the music of Icelandic singer and cellist Laufey Lín Bing Jónsdóttir, or Laufey, blends pop, jazz, classical and bossa nova – a "mishmash," she calls it, which has led to sold-out shows, bestselling albums, and a Grammy Award. With her third album, "A Matter of Time," being released this week, she sits down with correspondent Tracy Smith to discuss her musical tastes; her reaction to the response of young fans; and the thrill of singing a duet with Barbra Streisand of a song she composed, "Letter To My 13-Year-Old Self."
Artist Rashid Johnson has used multiple media and materials to create works that examine race, masculinity, identity, aesthetics, and (he says) his own anxiety. Now, Johnson's career is the focus of an exhibition at the Guggenheim New York, "A Poem for Deep Thinkers." Correspondent Alina Cho reports.
Chef Ana Sortun is a Seattle native who has made the Boston food scene her own with her restaurant Oleana, which earned her multiple James Beard Award-nominations.
Asha Walker founded "Help in the Hood" to bring fresh food to food deserts like Pinewood near Little Haiti. Her nonprofit now feeds hundreds of families each month and teaches gardening and cooking skills to the community.
CBS Saturday Morning's Dana Jacobson shows how three Houston Dash players are making powerful comebacks after becoming mothers, just in time for a pivotal stretch of the NWSL season.
In one of his most candid conversations in years, Kid Cudi tells "CBS Mornings" about some of the darkest moments from his new memoir, his relationship with Kanye West, taking the stand at Sean "Diddy" Combs's trial and more.
Actor Danielle Brooks speaks with "CBS Mornings" about how she landed her role in "Peacemaker," her influence in the show and motherhood.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday is expected to sign new legislation requiring more thorough background checks before hiring police officers, a law inspired by the shooting death of Sonya Massey.
Monica Seles is opening up about her journey with myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with three years ago.