Texas is in the national spotlight as several new controversial laws have taken or are about to take effect in the state. Some people wonder if these new, conservative-backed laws represent the majority of Texans. Executive Director of the Texas Politics Project Jim Henson joins CBSN to break it all down.
A total of 40% of the global population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. And while distribution has been moving quickly in richer nations, efforts have been slow in poorer countries. Less than 2% of people in low-income countries have gotten at least one shot. The U.S. has donated and shipped vaccines to dozens of countries. Jeremy Konyndyk, executive director of USAID's COVID-19 task force, joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the agency's vaccine distribution efforts.
The Biden administration has announced plans to admit roughly 50,000 Afghan refugees into the country. However, the process has proven difficult even for those with American citizenship. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini spoke with two Afghan citizens about their experience fleeing the country. Then Liz Landers, chief political correspondent for Vice, joins CBSN's Lana Zak from Frankfurt, Germany, to describe her time at the Ramstein Air Force Base where thousands of Afghan evacuees have been held as they await processing.
Chef Ashley Christensen was born and raised in the state and grew up in a food-loving family. But she didn't know she'd make her cooking her career until her first culinary job at 21 years old. Since then, she's opened six acclaimed restaurants and, with her wife and business partner, is a co-author of two cookbooks including their latest, "It's Always Freezer Season." Jamie Wax reports.
After nearly two weeks of competition for more than 4,000 of the world's top disabled athletes, the Paralympic Games come to a close tomorrow. Lucy Craft introduces one U.S. athlete who's a star both inside and far beyond the sports stadium.
Artist Bisa Butler has been called a modern-day Griot – but instead of using words to tell stories, she uses stitches and cloth. Her quilts have graced the covers of magazines and she created the striking illustration for the soon-to-be-released book "Unbound," the memoir of activist and Me Too movement founder Tarana Burke. Nancy Chen reports.
Thousands of Afghan refugees have been taken to Qatar, where concerns remain high over the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan. The Biden administration says it plans to admit about 50,000 Afghan refugees to the U.S. But the process of leaving the country is complicated and full of twists and turns, even for people with dual citizenship. Christina Ruffini reports.
Josh Ritter has been called one of the greatest songwriters – now, he's set his sights on writing for a different audience. His second novel, "The Great and Glorious Goddamn of It All," is set to be released on Tuesday. The book is set in Idaho, where Ritter was raised, in the early 1900s before modern machines changed the logging business forever. Jeff Glor reports.
The MH-60S helicopter was on a routine flight from an aircraft carrier when it crashed into the Pacific Ocean some 60 miles off the coast of San Diego Tuesday.
Senior business analyst Jill Schlesinger joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss the August unemployment numbers and the state of the economy.
Experts on how the United States can weather future climate-linked disasters; Chef Ashley Christensen on how her North Carolina roots inspired her culinary career
Airing five days after September 11th, 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley reported on the day’s impact on Summit, a New Jersey town, where many residents worked in or near the Twin Towers.
The airport has set aside and fenced in 180 acres just for the endangered animals.
He will make the trip on Tuesday, days after visiting Louisiana, which was also battered by Ida.
"We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg tweeted.
About one in 10 play tennis themselves at least occasionally.
Butler's art celebrates the craft of quilting as well as the beauty and pride of the Black lives they depict.
Scotting synth-pop trio Chvrches is marking a decade since they came together in Glasgow. Aware of each other's talents, they got together in a basement studio, started crafting songs and realized they might have a future as a band. Since then, they've released four albums including their latest, "Screen Violence," which came out last week. Chvrches performs "Good Girls."
Scotting synth-pop trio Chvrches is marking a decade since they came together in Glasgow. Aware of each other's talents, they got together in a basement studio, started crafting songs and realized they might have a future as a band. Since then, they've released four albums including their latest, "Screen Violence," which came out last week. Chvrches performs "California."
The mayor encouraged residents to return to the city as their power comes back, saying they could help the relief effort by taking in neighbors and family who were still in the dark.
Scotting synth-pop trio Chvrches is marking a decade since they came together in Glasgow. Aware of each other's talents, they got together in a basement studio, started crafting songs and realized they might have a future as a band. Since then, they've released four albums including their latest, "Screen Violence," which came out last week. Chvrches performs "He Said She Said."
President Biden visited Louisiana to assess the damage from Hurricane Ida. Also, health officials are asking the White House to scale back a COVID-19 booster shot plan. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds.
There are over 1,300 endangered or threatened species in the United States today. Although some are teetering on the edge of extinction, many safely live on millions of acres held in trust by the federal government. Not all of that land is as remote as you may think. In fact, if you're an air traveler you may have driven – or flown – right by it.
Along Florida's Space Coast, east of Orlando, much of the attention is focused on flight and rockets taking off from the Kennedy Space Center. But adjacent to that very facility, scientists have a much more terrestrial concern: how to preserve a once-thriving population of oysters, which are vital to the health of the state's most beloved waterways. Lonnie Quinn reports.
Americans are scaling back their travel plans this Labor Day weekend as concerns spread about the highly contagious Delta variant. There were a little more than 92,000 COVID-19 infections in the U.S. during the week of July 4, but the number of cases topped 1 million this week. That's more than 10 times the number of weekly cases from the last big U.S. holiday. Nancy Chen reports.
