“This past week, Americans made their first, tentative steps from beneath the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to be confronted by a much older toxic threat to life in this country – racial injustice.” Source
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Inside NASA’s new technology that it hopes will land the rover Perseverance on Mars
New technology created by NASA allows its 2020 Mars rover, Perseverance, to detect hazards based on images previously logged in its database. Source
National Guard patrolling LA after night of cops clashing with protesters
Cities across the country are imposing curfews while others are calling in the National Guard as chaos overwhelms peaceful protests. Jonathan Vigliotti reports. Source
Trump praises National Guard and blames violence on anarchists
President Trump on Sunday praised the National Guard for their response to protests nationwide, while blaming violence on anarchists. He said he wanted to declared Antifa a domestic terrorism organization, although it’s unclear how this designation could work since there are no domestic terrorism statues under federal law. Nikole Killion reports. Source
London and Berlin amoung cities showing solidarity with American protests
The protests are gathering attention well beyond the United States. In several cities around the globe, there were words of solidarity and marches. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports. Source
Toxic waste in the Tijuana River spilling into California
Beaches are being polluted and communities, including the Navy SEALs and Border Patrol, are getting sick from the waste. Lesley Stahl reports. Source
A different kind of border crisis: toxic waste in the Tijuana River spilling into California
Beaches are being polluted and communities, including the Navy SEALs and Border Patrol, are getting sick from the waste. Lesley Stahl reports. Source
NASA planning to launch a new rover to Mars in search of past life
The space agency is making final preparations for what one official calls “probably the most complex” scientific mission NASA has ever undertaken. Anderson Cooper reports. Source
Inside the plasma therapy doctors are using to treat COVID-19
With no vaccine, doctors have turned to plasma therapy to treat patients ill with the coronavirus. Bill Whitaker reports on one hospital’s program to infuse those who are sick with antibody-rich plasma from people who’ve recovered from the virus. Source
Police in Twin Cities clash with protesters in another violent night
Demonstrators who defied the curfew on Saturday night were met with tear gas and rubber bullets. One of those rubber bullets was aimed at a CBS News crew. CBS News chief justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues reports from Minneapolis. Source