The New Year is a good time to make resolutions for healthy tech use. The average American adult now spends more than three hours a day on smartphones. Sharon Profis, executive editor and director of content for our partners at CNET, joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss healthy tech practices for 2020. Source
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How to keep your New Year’s financial resolutions
Many Americans are ringing in the New Year with resolutions. One Fidelity Investments survey of financial resolutions found 53% of Americans hope to save more in 2020, 51% hope to pay down debt and 35% hope to spend less. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss how to make those goals happen. Source
Real estate heir wrote incriminating “cadaver” note, lawyers concede
Robert Durst’s lawyers concede he had written the note directing police to the home where his best friend, Susan Berman, was shot just before Christmas of 2000 Source
Eye Opener: The world rings in 2020
People around the globe ring in the new year and new decade. Also, violence continues outside the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source
Vaping tax could deter adults from quitting cigarettes
Economists estimate taxing vape products the same as cigarettes could deter 2.75 million from quitting over a decade. Source
Troops at U.S. Embassy in Iraq fire tear gas at pro-Iran protesters
Violence continues outside the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. Demonstrators led by Iranian-backed militias are protesting for a second straight day. The protests followed deadly U.S. airstrikes responding to a militia attack that killed a U.S. contractor. Holly Williams reports. Source
North Korea promises to reveal a “new strategic weapon”
In another challenge to the U.S., North Korea’s leader is promising to reveal a “new strategic weapon.” Kim Jong Un’s vow was announced after North Korea’s capital celebrated the new year. According to the state-run media, Kim threatened shocking action and said North Korea could end a moratorium on testing nuclear weapons and missiles, but he also left the door open to dialogue with the U.S. Source
U.S. seeks review of state DMV laws on immigration enforcement
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf has asked components of the department to study the effects of new state laws that allow immigrants to get driver’s licenses without proof they’re in the U.S. legally. Source
Headless torso identified as outlaw who escaped jail in 1916
Joseph Henry Loveless killed his wife with an ax and was last seen after escaping from jail from than a century ago Source
Mexico says 7 now held over slaughter of U.S. Mormon family members
One of the suspects is believed to be a local police chief on the job for 13 years, who was apparently working for a cartel. Source