American farmers have long struggled with high costs and low prices for their crops. But this year, there is even greater uncertainty in the fields. China stopped buying all US soybeans in May. Retaliation for President Trump's tariffs. Many American farmers were left without their largest export market. President Trump and China's President Xiinping came to a temporary truce. But farmers told us that whatever happens next with tariffs, the problems on their farms continue to run deep. We went to rural Tenn ...

Book Overview - "The Handmaid's Tale," published in 1985, depicts a near-future America under religious dictatorship, impacting fertile women [1] - The book sold over 10 million copies and inspired an Emmy-winning Hulu series [2] - The author Margaret Atwood gathered hundreds of news clippings to substantiate the plots in the book [2] Inspiration and Influences - The inciting event was in 1981 after Reagan's election, when the religious right was organizing as a political force [3][4] - Atwood was influenced by the vision of women being back in the home and her reading of 1984 [4] - Totalitarianism and how it develops were of great interest to Atwood during the Cold War [7] Symbolism and Setting - The outfits in the book, including the scarlet cloaks and bonnets, were inspired by cults and totalitarian regimes [5] - The colors for the wives (blue) and handmaids (red) were inspired by the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene/Scarlet Letter, respectively [6] - Harvard University was chosen as a central location to represent the antithesis of the USSR [6][7] Historical Context - The details in "The Handmaid's Tale" are based on real events from other countries and times [8] - The Puritans of New England were not democrats, and power was held by church leaders [9] - The book is dedicated to Mary Webster, a 17th-century New England woman accused of witchcraft [9][10]

60 Minutes overtime. This spring we introduced you to Fury, a jet with no cockpit and no pilot built by the defense tech startup Andre. Now this futuristic fighter has taken a very real step forward, its first test flight.This is the moment Andrew's unmanned jet Fury left the runway for the first time. Andrew calls Fury semi-autonomous and says it isn't piloted remotely. Instead, it operates by itself, carrying out mission plans and adjusting its flight without human input.It returns to land when commanded. ...

So this is your lab. Yes. This is where we >> inside the labs where scientists are conducting life-saving research they worry will become collateral damage in a political war between the White House and the nation's elite universities including Harvard.The attack on universities is a tragic blunder for all the foibless of universities and there are many universities research makes life better massively so. Why would you want to it. ...

Here she is taking a flamethrower to her own book. Margaret Atwood was firing back at wouldbe book burners. Her books have been banned for content deemed overly sexual, morally corrupt, anti-Christian.>> The government put out an edict to all school boards saying that they couldn't have any books in the library that had either direct or indirect sex. What is indirect sex. ...

American farmers have long struggled with high costs and low prices for their crops. But this year, amid trade wars and tariffs, there is even greater uncertainty in the fields. >> I heard it's affecting your health.>> Yes. Four blood pressure pills a day. >> Three different medicines.Two years ago, none. >> What do you think about when you go to bed at night. >> What's going to be left in a year.Am I the one that that broke what started in the late 1800s. ...

Sir, Mulu, that's Mr. . Eats everything in French. He held the record for the world's strangest diet.>> The guy who' you know, he'd supposedly eaten a Cessna cuz he could eat metal and glass. >> A Cessna plane. >> Well, apparently it took him 2 years.We couldn't quite get >> sound very healthy. >> Well, I mean, he his wife wouldn't let him use the toilet at home cuz if he'd been eating metal, it tends to come out like bullets and it would chip the porcelain. So, he'd have to use a hotel with metal toilets n ...

The idea for the book began during a hunting trip at this country estate in Ireland, where the manager of the Guinness Brewery got into an argument over who could name the fastest game bird in Europe. To settle future pub debates, he commissioned a book of superlatives, which eventually became the Guinness World Records. The first one was published in 1955.>> The initial reaction from the book trade was not that positive. In the first sales meeting ever, the the salesperson wrote six on the slip and they sa ...

Many of the record holders you know, Usain Bolt for the fastest 200 m, Beyonce for the most Grammys, and many you've probably never even imagined. Go. >> Like serial record breaker David Rush, an Idaho tech worker who has broken more than 350 records and counting, including most bites taken from three apples while juggling for a minute.>> Just passed the 2-m mark. And most t-shirts worn during a half marathon. ...

Not everyone chooses to break records. >> I'm 5'10". So, what was she. >> She's just on seven foot.>> The tallest and shortest people often have had genetic conditions. The woman with the longest fingernails, 43 feet, hasn't cut them since her daughter, who painted her nails, passed away in 1997. So, she still holds the record. >> Still has the record.And I think that's the longest ever measured. ...