First patients injected with potential Covid-19 vaccine in clinical trial

The first person to receive the experimental shot was a 43-year-old mom from Seattle. | Continue reading


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Penguins go on a ‘field trip to meet other animals’ in Chicago aquarium

Wellington the rockhopper penguin was particularly excited to see the fish in the Amazon exhibit. | Continue reading


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Talking Toy or Spy? (1999)

U.S. Spy Agency Bans Furby From Its Offices | Continue reading


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Quarantined Italians singing together from their windows while on lockdown

"The Italians are experiencing a very difficult time," David Allegranti told CBS News. "People cling to what they can, including a traditional song like this." | Continue reading


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China covered up coronavirus, costing the world “two months,” says Trump's NSA

National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien said China's failure to sound the alarm about the coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan, "cost the world community two months to respond." | Continue reading


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Baby dolls given to Alzheimer and dementia patients to give them comfort (2018)

The gift of a baby doll "revives a part of their memory from when they were parents ... a lot of them just start crying," said one organizer of the nonprofit | Continue reading


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SpaceX Starship prototype blows its top during test at Texas launch site

A dramatic test mishap damages a SpaceX Starship prototype in Texas | Continue reading


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Google secretly monitors millions of schoolkids, lawsuit alleges

New Mexico AG claims the company uses its dominance in educational software to track millions of future customers. | Continue reading


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Five wrongly convicted in 80s Central Park rape look back (2012)

Men who spent years in prison for a brutal 1980s Central Park rape they didn't commit reflect and move on | Continue reading


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Ted Turner: Never a quitter (2018)

On the eve of turning 80, the multi-faceted businessman and founder of CNN talks about the ambitions he achieved (and didn't), and the symptoms of his Lewy body dementia | Continue reading


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Google, YouTube and Venmo Send Cease-and-Desist Letter to Clearview AI

The tech companies join Twitter in trying to block Clearview AI from taking pictures from their platforms. | Continue reading


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At 71 the legendary singer-songwriter has recorded a new audio memoir, and an album of songs he loved while growing up in North Carolina, "American Standard" | Continue reading


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Twitter bans Zero Hedge after it posts coronavirus conspiracy theory

Finance blog published article pushing misleading idea that a Chinese researcher might be to blame for outbreak. | Continue reading


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The following is a transcript of an interview with Rep. Adam Schiff that aired Sunday, February 2, 2020, on "Face the Nation." | Continue reading


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Mary Higgins Clark, “Queen of Suspense,” Has Died at 92

Her publisher, Simon & Schuster, announced that she died of natural causes in Naples, Florida. | Continue reading


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How household wealth in America is distributed: “It's very depressing”

If a pie represented the wealth in the United States, nine pieces, or 90% of the pie, would go to the wealthiest 20% in the country. | Continue reading


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24 facts about amazing Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant is one of the most well known athletes on Earth, but there are still some facts about him you probably don't know | Continue reading


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Millennials are the biggest – but poorest – generation

Millennials have only a sliver of America's financial pie compared to what baby boomers had at the same age | Continue reading


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Wuhan quarantines 11M people as coronavirus spreads

The virus has infected more than 500 people. At least 17 have died. | Continue reading


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Papyrus to close all stores nationwide in latest sign of retail woes

The 70-year-old stationery and greeting card chain to shutter 254 shops in coming weeks and lay off 1,400 workers. | Continue reading


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New planet TOI 1338 b discovered by 17-year-old NASA intern Wolf Cukier

NASA's planet hunter satellite TESS has discovered an exoplanet orbiting two stars instead of one — and it was identified by a high school intern. | Continue reading


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Weather service issues alert for falling iguanas as temperatures drop in Florida

As the weather gets colder in parts of the state, the cold-blooded animals slow down or become motionless and can drop from trees onto unsuspecting pedestrians. | Continue reading


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Planned Parenthood launches $45M investment in 2020 elections

Planned Parenthood has launched the biggest electoral effort in its history: a $45 million spend to support 2020 candidates who support abortion rights. | Continue reading


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Giving birth in America now costs more than a woman earns in a month

A typical woman with health insurance from her job can expect to pay $4,500 out of pocket, a new study finds. | Continue reading


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The US isn't the best country to raise kids – by a long shot – survey says

America is preceded by Australia, Canada and many European nations. | Continue reading


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Top-secret UFO files could cause “grave damage” to national security if released

In November 2004, several U.S. Navy pilots stationed aboard the USS Nimitz encountered a Tic-Tac-shaped UFO darting and dashing over the Pacific Ocean. | Continue reading


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Ring fires four employees for abusing access to customer videos

The company is already facing criticism after hackers targeted cameras. | Continue reading


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Hackers deface website for U.S. government library with pro-Iranian message

The homepage for the U.S. Federal Depository Library Program was briefly altered Saturday evening to show a pro-Iranian message and an image of bloodied Donald Trump being punched in the face. | Continue reading


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Judge halts California “gig worker” law from taking effect for truckers

Truckers and others have sued to stop the law, which makes it harder for companies to treat workers as independent contractors. | Continue reading


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Greyhound offers free bus tickets home to runaway kids

Bus company partners with National Runaway Safeline in giving a lift to young people wishing to go home. | Continue reading


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Still too expensive for most people to buy or rent

Progress seen as mortgage rates fall and some incomes rise, but home prices expected to jump another 2.2% next year. | Continue reading


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Some lower-paid workers will start getting overtime in the New Year

About 1.3 million more workers will get paid time-and-a-half when they work more than 40 hours a week, thanks to a new rule. | Continue reading


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All activity in Baltimore to be recorded by persistent video surveillance planes

The pilot program will begin in May 2020. | Continue reading


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Joseph Segel, founder of home shopping network QVC, has died at 88

Segel also founded more than 20 other companies, including The Franklin Mint. | Continue reading


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Facebook still won't let you “friend” Christopher Wylie

The Cambridge Analytica whistleblower remains banned from Facebook more than a year after revealing how the social media giant was used to manipulate voters | Continue reading


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Homeless population rises for third year in a row

The increase is largely driven by California, where the Trump administration is mulling major changes. | Continue reading


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Iowa man used his life savings to send 33 strangers to college

Dale Schroeder had no children of his own to inherit his stash of money — but he did have a plan for it | Continue reading


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Feds bust illegal streaming service bigger than Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu

Site called iStreamItAll offered access to a vast trove of pirated movies and TV shows, ripping off copyright owners. | Continue reading


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Scientists say massive global reforestation may be the best way to fight global warming | Continue reading


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Boeing tries to restore confidence in 737 Max in stakeholders' presentation

Documents obtained by CBS News outline software changes to the MCAS system that were a factor in two 737 Max crashes, leading to the entire fleet being grounded. | Continue reading


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Harvard geneticist's goal: to protect humans from viruses,genetic diseases,aging

George Church's lab at Harvard Medical School is working to make humans immune to all viruses, eliminate genetic diseases and reverse the aging process. Scott Pelley reports on how close the geneticist's team is to a breakthrough. | Continue reading


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Performance artist eats banana duct-taped to wall that sold for $120k

Two of the three editions have been sold and last one is expected to go for $150,000. | Continue reading


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The Rise in West Coast Homelessness – Seattle

Anderson Cooper visits a tent city in the Seattle area and hears from some of America's more than 500,000 homeless people | Continue reading


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Art Basel: Banana duct-taped to wall sells for $120k in Miami Beach

Two of the three editions have been sold and last one is expected to go for $150,000. | Continue reading


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Almost half of all Americans work in low-wage jobs

The low-wage workforce is part of every local U.S. economy, but it takes the biggest toll in the South and West. | Continue reading


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300+ Trump ads taken down by Google, YouTube

60 Minutes finds over 300 video ads for President Trump were taken down, mostly over the summer, for violating company policy | Continue reading


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GPS III

Originally developed by the U.S. military, the Global Positioning System – now vital to nearly every facet of modern life – is being upgraded to GPS III, whose satellites will be better protected from cyber threats and signal jamming | Continue reading


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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and the Debate over Section 230

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act gives tech companies broad leeway over the content users post on their sites. Should it? | Continue reading


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