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Will Croxton

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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Will Croxton

    6 takeaways from our interview with the Air Force officer shot down in Iran (opens the original)

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    In April, five weeks into a costly and unpopular war, an American fighter jet was shot down over Iran, leaving two aviators stranded behind enemy lines. The officers on board — a pilot and a weapons systems officer, who we are referring to by their mission call signs Alpha and Bravo for security reasons — ejected from their F-15E jet, call sign Dude 44, after it was hit by an Iranian missile. The crewmates were then stranded miles apart in a mountainous desert region with Iranian bounties on the

  2. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Will Croxton

    How Boom Chicago launched Seth Meyers to "Saturday Night Live" (opens the original)

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    You would never think some of America's biggest comedy stars found their start in the Netherlands — a country not known for its sense of humor. And yet, there's Boom Chicago, an unassuming improv theater in the heart of Amsterdam that helped launch the careers of Jordan Peele, Ike Barinholtz, and Seth Meyers, now the host of NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers." In an interview with correspondent Jon Wertheim, Meyers said his time at Boom gave him a "road map" to his big break: a job with "Saturd

  3. Article · Aug 16, 2026 · Will Croxton

    The anatomy of a Mardi Gras showdown (opens the original)

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    On Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, if you're lucky or in the know, you can see a dazzling procession of Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, marching through the streets, resplendent in suits that are covered in beads, feathers, and rhinestones. "The makers of the suits work on them all year long for the display on Mardi Gras day," correspondent Bill Whitaker told 60 Minutes Overtime. "And they are elaborate, and meticulous, and colorful, and beautiful." The suits worn by big chiefs, the

  4. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · Will Croxton

    Anderson Cooper on the assassination of his Haitian math teacher Yves Volel (opens the original)

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    In Port-au-Prince, hidden in a guarded enclave, the orphanage Have Faith Haiti stands as a refuge from the gang violence just outside of its walls that has nearly consumed the country's capital. "Most of these kids have not left this orphanage for four years because of the security situation in Haiti," correspondent Anderson Cooper told 60 Minutes Overtime. Founded by bestselling author Mitch Albom, Have Faith Haiti gives Haitian children from the most desperate circumstances food, shelter and a

  5. Article · Aug 9, 2026 · Will Croxton

    What author Michael Pollan thinks we should and shouldn't eat (opens the original)

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    This week, correspondent Bill Whitaker reported on ultraprocessed foods, the plastic-wrapped, ready-to-eat items that line our grocery store shelves. Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler told 60 Minutes that these products, made with highly processed ingredients like corn syrup and maltodextrin, have been making people sick for decades. Kessler told 60 Minutes that they've "altered our metabolism and have resulted in the greatest increase in chronic disease in our histo

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