Popular trading app Robinhood is allowing limited trading Friday morning of GameStop stock. This comes one day after it banned the company’s stock from its platform, citing extraordinary market conditions. Vladimir Duthiers reports. Source
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Biden: Health care executive orders “undo the damage Trump has done”
President Biden signed another batch of executive orders Thursday, this time focused on health care coverage. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss. Source
“Science Moms” launch $10 million campaign to fight climate change
A group of climate scientists who are also moms launched a $10 million campaign to combat climate change. Their goal is to get other moms on board with saving the planet. Melissa Burt, a research scientist in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, is part of the group and joined CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss. Source
Six people killed in liquid nitrogen leak at northeast Georgia poultry facility
Six people are dead and a dozen others are hospitalized after a liquid nitrogen leak at a northeast Georgia poultry facility. Firefighters, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the state fire marshal are investigating the cause of the leak. Manuel Bojorquez reports. Source
CDC director on COVID-19 vaccine production, distribution in U.S.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky joined “CBS This Morning” to discuss the rollout and production of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States. Source
How detectives outsmarted a killer to find victim’s body after 15 years
Christie Wilson’s mother refused to bargain with her daughter’s murderer. Source
Iconic actress Cicely Tyson remembered
Legendary actress Cicely Tyson has died at the age of 96. Gayle King looks back at her decades-long career and her legacy as an African American icon. Source
First U.S. cases of COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa found in South Carolina
The first U.S. cases of the COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa have now been found in South Carolina. Experts say various variants will become dominant by late March. Mola Lenghi reports. Source
Eye Opener: First U.S. cases of COVID-19 variant from South Africa
A new coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa has been found in the United States. Also, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said additional funding is needed to protect lawmakers from violent threats coming from within Congress. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source
Black deputy denied burial in Louisiana cemetery due to his race
Cemetery’s sales contract said since its inception in 1950s it was for whites only. Now, that’s been changed. Source