Iranian officials are trying to contain a third day of angry protests after the country admitted it accidentally shot down a Ukranian airliner. All 176 people on board, including 82 Iranians, were killed when the plane went down shortly after takeoff. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer joined CBSN AM from London with more. Source
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U.S. will screen passengers from China for new illness
There is growing concern about a rare, flu-like virus that has caused at least two deaths and has spread from China to other countries in Asia. Errol Barnett reports. Source
CDC screening airport passengers for mysterious new virus
The rare pneumonia-like virus has caused at least two deaths, and has spread from China to other countries in Asia. Source
J&J Risperdal damages slashed from $8 billion to $6.8 million
Original settlement stemmed from the case of a man who said taking the drug as a boy caused him to grow breasts. Source
The change MLK Jr.’s children hope to see in the world
Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter Yolanda King shares what issue she hopes to help change. The civil rights leader’s daughter Bernice King comments on the need to be a responsible citizen and his son Martin Luther King III says he’s inspired by movements like Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and others. Source
What MLK Jr.’s American dream speech means to his children
Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter Yolanda King, daughter Bernice King and son Martin Luther King III comment on the civil rights leader’s famous speech on his dream for America. They share what it means to them and how it is still relevant today. Source
What would MLK Jr. say today?
Martin Luther King Jr.’s son Martin Luther King III is asked what he thinks his father would say if he were alive today. King said his father would be “concerned” about the direction some leaders have taken, but added that he believes “we would be on a different trajectory” if his father had not been killed. Source
Supreme Court to hear Obamacare birth control case
The high court will review whether the Trump administration was on solid ground when it gave religious employers and universities broader religious and moral exemptions to the Obamacare contraception mandate, which requires health care plans to offer free birth control. Source
Trump welcomes LSU Tigers to the White House
LSU’s victory against Clemson Monday night capped one of the greatest seasons in college football history. Source
Twitter suspends Grindr over privacy concerns
Dating apps gave advertisers data about user “personalities, predispositions and secret desires,” privacy group claims. Source