’60 Minutes’ Staff Wants to Get Back to Stories After Season of Tumult

As a correspondent for “60 Minutes,” Bill Whitaker isn’t known for his juggling skills. At this moment, however, the CBS News veteran has several ambitious assignments for the venerable newsmagazine up in the air.

There’s one he hopes will be picked for the season premiere of the show’s 58th season, for which he recently traveled to Finland and the Baltic Sea, about a group of ships that have broken critical undersea internet and electricity cables in recent months. Authorities suspect the attacks are part of a campaign by Russia to rupture NATO allies’ underwater infrastructure. He has…