60 Minutes

Ohio has been hit hard in the heroin epidemic and is taking extra measures, including drug courts, to reduce the deaths and the incarcerations caused by the drug. Bill Whitaker talks to former users and law enforcement.

Congressmen rail against the tedious task of fundraising, which many feel compelled to do to raise enough money to be re-elected. Some of them have sponsored a bill to outlaw members of Congress from personally asking for donations. Norah O’Donnell reports. 

People who have lost loved ones in military service are attending an annual gathering where they can remember their fallen family members with other “Gold Star” people who share their pain. Scott Pelley reports from San Francisco. 

Lesley Stahl investigates the life insurance industry; then, Bill Whitaker reports on a disturbing pattern of neglect and excessive force at Rikers Island; and, everything is hackable -- including your phone.

Steve Kroft reports on possible Saudi support for 9/11 hijackers; Holly Williams looks at China's fast-growing film industry; Lesley Stahl profiles Harvard swimmer Schuyler Bailer, the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an NCAA Division I men's sport.

Bill Whitaker meets some of the people behind the popular organization that grants the wishes of seriously ill children; Then, Scott Pelley meets nurse practitioners who are providing badly needed health care to the uninsured, working poor in Appalachia; and, Charlie Rose reports on new club for billionaires.

Lara Logan asks Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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Scott Pelley reports on the making of a Smithsonian museum dedicated to African-American history and culture. Morley Safer takes a look at how the fashion business is rescuing Italy's most iconic sites, such as The Colosseum in Rome. Lara Logan brings listeners to the Sagrada Familia, a church in Spain that has become the longest running architectural project on Earth.

Steve Kroft sits down with FBI agents about their 16-year search and capture of Boston mobster, Whitey Bulger.

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The United States is becoming known as a go-to place for crooked foreigners, like corrupt officials, to launder their ill-gotten money. When non-profit watchdog Global Witness wanted to see how easy it was to move questionable funds, they sent their investigator posing as a representative of a fictitious African government minister into the offices of American lawyers to see if they would be willing to assist. Steve Kroft reports.

Sharyn Alfonsi goes to the top of the world to report on scientists trying to get to the bottom of climate change and sea level rise by studying one of the largest glaciers in Greenland.  

Economic espionage sponsored by the Chinese government is costing U.S. corporations money and jobs; then, Sean Penn on his controversial meeting with the drug kingpin known as "El Chapo"; and Los Angeles is the only megacity in the world where mountain lions live side-by-side with humans

Bill Whitaker reports from inside the Syrian base where Russia is launching air strikes in support of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad; Scott Pelley interviews three people who were unjustly imprisoned; Charlie Rose takes a look at the Broadway musical "Hamilton".