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Barry Petersen

Barry Petersen

Verified

News Correspondent, CBS News

New York

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Total articles 54

  • Fighting for the return of Nazi-looted art

    By Barry Petersen Verified| CBS News Verified Few who see Picasso's "The Actor "at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art know its complicated history. Paul Leffmann, a German Jewish businessman, sold it in 1938. "It used to hang in the home of my great-granduncle," said Laura Zuckerman. "He needed money to escape the Nazis.""Did they get out?" I asked. "They did get out. And they did survive.

    By Barry Petersen Verified · CBS News

    Mar. 09, 2025

  • Millions of Americans are family caregivers. A nationwide support group aims to help them

    By Barry Petersen Verified, Kerry Breen Verified| CBS News Verified How the pandemic impacted family caregivers An estimated 38 million Americans are family caregivers. Among them is former minister Jim Meadows, who went from helping his entire community to focusing his efforts on his wife, Georgie, who has Alzheimer's. As Meadows cared for his wife, he soon realized he also needed help.

    By Barry Petersen Verified, Kerry Breen Verified · CBS News

    Mar. 02, 2024

  • Fighting for the return of Nazi-looted art

    By Barry Petersen Verified| CBS News Verified Few who see Picasso's "The Actor "at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art know its complicated history. Paul Leffmann, a German Jewish businessman, sold it in 1938. "It used to hang in the home of my great-granduncle," said Laura Zuckerman. "He needed money to escape the Nazis.""Did they get out?" I asked. "They did get out. And they did survive.

    By Barry Petersen Verified · CBS News

    Mar. 09, 2025

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CBS News

CBS News is a leading American broadcast journalism organization and a division of CBS, established on September 18, 1927. Headquartered at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City, it has played a significant role in television and radio news for nearly a century. CBS News began as a radio service and expanded into television, becoming known for its live coverage and national news reporting. The organization offers a variety of television news programming, including the flagship *CBS Evening News*, which has featured prominent anchors like Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather. It also produced notable series such as *United Nations In Action*, which provided live coverage of UN proceedings, and *Douglas Edwards with the News*, the first nightly newscast broadcast coast-to-coast. CBS News has maintained a strong presence in radio journalism and has created documentary content through CBS News Productions. Under the leadership of President Wendy McMahon, CBS News continues to innovate while upholding its legacy in journalism.

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