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Italy goes to new extremes to fight coronavirus outbreak

Italy, which has the highest coronavirus death toll outside of Asia, has announced stringent new measures to fight the outbreak, quarantining about a quarter of its people, and even banning weddings and funerals. Charlie D'Agata has the latest.

• Mar 8, 2020
• 01:24

Calendar: Week of March 9

From presidential primaries to the Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, "Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.

• Mar 8, 2020
• 01:13

Passage: "Sunday Morning" remembers

We look back at the lives of noted figures from the WWII homefront, architecture and television who left us: Rosalind P. Walter, an inspiration for "Rosie the Riveter"; architect Henry Cobb; James Lipton, longtime host of TV's "Inside the Actors Studio"; and jazz pianist McCoy Tyner.

• Mar 8, 2020
• 00:41

Sunday Profile: Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore was a certified teen pop star, and a regular presence on MTV, before stretching into acting. Just a few years ago, she had been so shaken by a divorce and lack of acting work she considered leaving Hollywood. But that was before landing a starring role in a show that exceeded all expectations, the TV hit "This Is Us." Moore talked with correspondent Luke Burbank about a young girl's music dreams, and a woman realizing her dreams with her new album, "Silver Landings," a collaboration with her second husband, musician Taylor Goldsmith.

• Mar 8, 2020
• 07:11

New music from the unapologetic Dixie Chicks

The Dixie Chicks, comprised of lead singer Natalie Maines and sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer, are one of the biggest female music acts of all time, with tens of millions of records sold, and 13 Grammy Awards. They talk with correspondent Tracy Smith about the Iraq War controversy that led to boycotts and blacklists of their music over comments made about President George W. Bush, and how failed relationships became a source of inspiration for their upcoming album, "Gaslighter," their first studio album together since 2006's Grammy-winning smash "Taking the Long Way."

• Mar 8, 2020
• 08:12

The story of the 1918 flu pandemic

The pandemic of H1N1 virus in 1918 infected about one-third of the world's population, causing at least 50 million deaths, including more than a half-million in the United States. Martha Teichner reports.

• Mar 8, 2020
• 06:38

Norah and Dan

Four years ago, Dan Peterson was in his darkest days. His wife had just died, he was severely depressed, and was out grocery shopping for himself in Augusta, Ga., when he was spotted by four-year-old Norah Wood, who said, "Hi, old person!" and demanded a hug. The two struck up an unlikely friendship which continued through Norah's kindergarten graduation and weekly visits to his garden, with countless hugs along the way, even up to the day before Dan died last month at age 85. Steve Hartman revisits the friendship that touched the world, which offered a prescription for happiness.

• Mar 8, 2020
• 02:45

"Riverdance" steps up its 25th anniversary

In the 1990s "Riverdance," a boisterous celebration of Irish music and dance, became an unlikely show-biz phenomenon, with sold-out performances around the globe. Now it's back with a 25th anniversary show, headed for New York's Radio City Music Hall. Correspondent Mark Phillips talks with John McColgan and Moya Doherty, producers of the original "Riverdance" and its newest iteration, and with 22-year-old dancer Amy-Mae Dolan, who has never known a world without "Riverdance."

• Mar 8, 2020
• 07:53

Almanac: The Marx Brothers

March 8, 1959 marked a key date in the careers of the irrepressible Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx, for that was the day they appeared together for the last time on screen, on TV's "General Electric Theater" on CBS. Jane Pauley looks back at the careers of the comedy icons.

• Mar 8, 2020
• 02:45

The benefits of napping on the job

Whoever said "You snooze, you lose," never met Brian Halligan, CEO of a Boston-area tech company, who admits he sleeps on the job. And researchers say that can be a good thing: An afternoon nap has been found to improve performance, cognition and memory, and reduce frustration. Need proof? How about the 2013 Boston Red Sox, who put a nap room in the clubhouse, on their way to earning their World Series championship rings? Susan Spencer talks with Dr. Charles Czeisler, researcher Dayna Johnson, and "sleep historian" Roger Ekirch about the restorative effects of naps, how our sleep architecture has changed over time, and why sleep-deprived Americans spend almost $30 billion a year on items (from weighted napping blankets to odd-looking headgear) aimed at helping them catch some Zzzzzz.

• Mar 8, 2020
• 08:09