According to the Wall Street Journal, a group called the Amazon Smart Properties team is working with property managers to equip new apartments with Alexa smart speakers. Christopher Mims, technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal, wrote the article and joined CBSN to explain why some are concerned the move is a way to collect more data. Source
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D-Day Anniversary: Remembering CBS News Radio’s reporting from the front lines
We are remembering some of the heroes of World War II. On this day 75 years ago, they were making their final preparations for the largest seaborne invasion in history. CBS News Radio reported from the front lines on D-Day. The network was responsible for much of the information relayed to Americans back home. Anthony Mason reports. Source
“Twilight Zone” episode exposes America’s “dirty little secret”
Actress Sanaa Lathan told CBSN she cried when she first read the script of her “Twilight Zone” episode Source
Beverly Hills first U.S. city to ban tobacco sales
The city council unanimously approved a ban on tobacco sales with exemptions for hotels and cigar lounges Source
Woman fights for her brother’s honor after brutal N.C. murder
The Irish businessman was beaten to death with a brick paver and a baseball bat in 2015 by his American au-pair-turned-wife and her father, a former FBI agent – who claim it was in self-defense Source
Air pollution kills 100,000 Indian children every year, study says
Report by New Delhi-based NGO blasts government inaction on pollution and renewable energy, blames air pollution for 12.5 percent of all deaths Source
Why “Desperate Housewives” star is talking about anal cancer
“Mostly I want to talk about it because I know there are people who are ashamed” Source
Texas teacher fired after posting illegal immigration rant to Twitter
A Texas school board unanimously voted to fire an English teacher who posted racially insensitive tweets. Georgia Clark sent a series of tweets to President Trump claiming that the Fort Worth Independent School District was “loaded with illegal students from Mexico.” Erin Jones of CBS station KTVT reports from Fort Worth. Source
Texas teacher fired over tweets about “illegal students”
Georgia Clark tweeted to President Trump that the school district was “loaded with illegal students from Mexico” Source
Alabama mayor won’t resign after violent anti-LGBTQ comments
“I know it’s bad to say but with out [sic] killing them out there’s no way to fix it,” the mayor wrote in a now-deleted Facebook post Source