As COVID-19 cases rise across the country, Americans offer some of their most dire views on the pandemic to date: record numbers say efforts against the outbreak are going badly. CBS News elections and surveys director Anthony Salvanto joins CBSN to discuss Americans’ views on the ongoing pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. Source
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Do probiotics actually do anything?
Probiotics, manufactured mixtures of “good bacteria” that help digest food, have become a growing multibillion-dollar industry. But do they work? Source
Flawed COVID-19 antibody tests shipped without FDA review
A 60 Minutes investigation has found that federal officials knew many COVID-19 antibody testing kits had flaws, but allowed them to enter the U.S. market. Source
Coronavirus death toll surpasses 500,000 worldwide
The staggering milestone comes as virus cases have surged in the U.S. in recent weeks, and as South America has emerged as a virus hotspot. Source
Full interview: Vice President Mike Pence on “Face the Nation”
“60 Minutes” correspondent John Dickerson sits down with Vice President Pence to talk the latest on COVID-19. Source
California orders bars in LA, other counties to close due to COVID surge
The order from the state’s governor comes as the global death toll from the coronavirus nears 500,000. Source
Suspect in custody after man shot dead during protest in Kentucky
Tyler Charles Gerth, 27, of Louisville, died after being shot at Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville, authorities said. Source
6/28: Mike Pence, Gov. Jay Inslee, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Sen. Tim Scott, Sherrilyn Ifill
This week on “Face the Nation”, a record number of new coronavirus cases explodes in the U.S., while governors in multiple states hit pause on reopening and the White House downplays the dangerous spread. Source
“Sunday Morning” Matinee: “Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz”
The cast of the Broadway-bound musical “Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz,” about the early life of Judy Garland, performs the “Wizard of Oz” star’s signature song, “Over the Rainbow,” presented by Garland’s daughter, actress Lorna Luft, and recorded especially for “Sunday Morning” viewers. Source
All her sons
When the AIDS crisis hit in the 1980s, Ruth Coker Burks — who’d inherited 262 plots in a family cemetery in Hot Springs, Arkansas — became a mother of sorts to countless sons, many abandoned by families and churches because they were suffering from what was then called “the gay cancer” — and in many cases she gave them a final resting place. Seth Doane reports on the woman who has been called “The Cemetery Angel,” who gave – and received — so many precious gifts. (This report, originally broadcast December 1, 2019, received an Excellence in Journalism Award from NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists.) Source