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In 2018, Steve Kroft reported on the immense power of Google, which had captured 90% of the market share for internet search and search advertising. At the time, Google's business practices were criticized by some as anticompetitive conduct. On Monday, a federal judge ruled in a landmark antitrust decision that Google has maintained an illegal monopoly over online search.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with 60 Minutes' Bill Whitaker in October about Israel, Ukraine, and the 2024 presidential election. At the time, Harris said she had "no doubt" that she and President Joe Biden would win the race against former President Donald Trump. On Sunday, President Biden announced that he was exiting the race and formally endorsed Harris to be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.
In 2020, Scott Pelley reported on the investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The passenger jet was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people. In 2022, a Dutch court found two Russians and one Ukrainian guilty for the shootdown and murder of the passengers and crew.
In 2000, Scott Pelley reported on U.S. Secret Service research aimed at stopping presidential assassins before they strike.
Bob Simon profiled Jeff Bezos for 60 Minutes in 1999, when Amazon was known as "Earth's biggest bookstore."
In 2020, 60 Minutes checked in on the groundbreaking 90+ study and its members, a group of Americans age 90 and above still thriving in old age. Lesley Stahl revisited the participants, whom she first met in 2014, and caught up with the scientists expanding their findings on what leads to a longer, healthier life, with a special focus on memory and dementia.
Steve Kroft interviewed Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks who shook the world when he began releasing government secrets online, in 2011. Assange has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act, ending his longstanding legal battle with the U.S. government.
Morley Safer profiled actress Meryl Streep for 60 Minutes in 2011. Safer spoke with Streep about her many acting roles, which have ranged from Margaret Thatcher to Julia Child.
Anderson Cooper profiled actor Donald Sutherland for 60 Minutes in 2017. Sutherland, who has been called one of the greatest actors never to be nominated for an Oscar, passed away today. He was 88 years old.
Morley Safer traveled to England in 1973 on a quest to understand the game of cricket.
