Rescue animals offer comfort to children with disabilities
Last Updated Feb 24, 2021 7:18 PM EST Leander, Texas — Some superheroes need a sidekick. For 5-year-old Harper, it’s Halo, a white fluffy dog with one leg and an unlimited supply of love. “She has lucky fins like me,” Harper said of Halo’s superpower. Harper’s superpower is her hand that formed differently. More...
Sports arenas begin reopening in New York City
Tuesday was a turning point for New York City, the epicenter of the first deadly wave of COVID-19. Fans are allowed in sports arenas for the first time in nearly a year. The New York policy allows 10% capacity More...
Biden commemorates 500,000 U.S. lives lost to COVID-19
Hours after the U.S. crossed the threshold of 500,000 deaths from COVID-19, President Biden commemorated the lives lost over the past year on Monday night. No other country has lost more lives to the yearlong More...
Widows find support in one another after losing husbands to coronavirus
To fully comprehend the loss of so many lives to COVID-19, it helps to see the faces, to learn the names of the dead and to hear from some of the loved ones they left behind. Some of the women widowed by the More...
Overcoming COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy – CBS News
Sometimes a cliché is just right. The Sandtown neighborhood of West Baltimore, for example, does look like a war zone. Most of the residents are African American, and what that means, not just here but nationally, More...
South Carolina House passes bill restricting most abortions
The South Carolina House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill banning nearly all abortions, following the lead of other states with similar measures that would go into effect if the U.S. Supreme Court were More...
COVID-19 is pushing struggling rural hospitals to the brink
Hospitals in rural communities across the U.S. have long faced financial woes, with dozens of cash-strapped facilities closing over the past decade. But COVID-19 is threatening to close many more small hospitals More...
Vatican employees could lose their jobs for refusing COVID vaccine
Rome — The Vatican has taken a hard line against employees who refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19, warning they risk losing their jobs. According to a decree by Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, whose role More...
Biden pledges up to $4 billion to help get poorer countries vaccinated against COVID-19
In a reversal of his predecessor’s U.S.-centric approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic, President Biden is ramping up pressure on America’s wealthiest allies Friday to get COVID-19 vaccine More...
Vincent Jackson’s brain to be donated for CTE research
The brain of former NFL receiver Vincent Jackson is going to be donated for CTE research, a spokesperson for his family confirmed to CBS Tampa affiliate WTSP-TV. Evidence of CTE has been found in the brains More...