The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the problem of unequal health care in under-served areas of the country. Now a hospital in Pittsburgh is reviving a decades-old emergency medical service to help communities of color. CBS News’ Skyler Henry reports. Source
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The college wealth premium is vanishing for younger Americans
Getting a degree is now a “high-stakes decision,” one economist says. But those without degrees are even worse off. Source
Report details mishandling of Elijah McClain’s fatal arrest
Officers failed to develop reasonable suspicion a crime had occurred and used force nearly constantly, the report found. Source
Professor who taught Judge Merrick Garland at Harvard weighs in on nomination
Laurence Tribe, a professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, says Judge Merrick Garland’s would be “one of the greatest attorneys general in American history.” Tribe spoke with CBSN’s Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers about why Garland is right for the job and what he can do to fight extremism and racism. Source
Funeral home “running out of granite for headstones” amid pandemic
Ken McKenzie said traffic to his funeral home has “grown to the point that we actually have to give a reservation code to a family just so that they could be seen.” Source
USWNT players stand for national anthem ahead of win over Brazil
“We are now, I think, ready to move past the protesting phase and actually move into putting all of the talk into actual work,” USWNT defender Crystal Dunn said. Source
Jenny Han on romance and representation
Han spoke with CBS News before the Netflix premiere of “To All The Boys: Always and Forever.” Source
Vets surgically remove shoe from stomach of 341-pound crocodile
A 10.5-foot, 341-pound Nile crocodile in St. Augustine, Florida, swallowed a shoe that fell from a zipliner into her habitat. Veterinarians first tried to reach inside and pull it out, but then realized they’d have to surgically remove the sneaker. Source
4 women activists killed in ambush, Pakistan police say
The police said the attackers fled to nearby mountains in a former tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Source
Daft Punk is splitting up after 28 years
Daft Punk, the influential electronic group, is calling it quits after 28 years. Source