Alcohol-free events are on the rise, as the CDC estimates alcohol is responsible for about 88,000 deaths a year. USA Today’s Jayne O’Donnell and Dr. Tara Narula joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss what’s behind the trend of booze-less bars. Source
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Caravan of Americans battling diabetes heads to Canada for affordable insulin
The high price of insulin across the country is forcing some families with type 1 diabetes to go north to buy the medication. From 2012 to 2016, the price of insulin nearly doubled in the U.S. – and last weekend, about a dozen people took a bus 817 miles from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to London, Ontario, to buy the life-saving drug. Mireya Villarreal reports. Source
Americans with diabetes head to Canada: “For us, insulin is like air”
“Getting diagnosed today in 2019 in America with type 1 diabetes – it is a death sentence for some people” Source
Investigators poring over cockpit recorder from deadly Texas plane crash
There is new information about the final moments before a plane crashed near Dallas killing everyone on board. The names of seven of the 10 victims have been revealed. The small plane dove into a hangar shortly after takeoff on Sunday. Kris Van Cleave reports. Source
Suspicious package sent to Facebook may contain deadly poison sarin
Hazmat crews in California are expecting results back Tuesday after a suspicious package possibly containing a deadly poison was found near Facebook’s main campus. Nikki Battiste reports. Source
“Kimono” a no-go for Kim Kardashian West’s underwear line
Pop culture icon changing name of latest fashion line after being accused of cultural appropriation, but Japan still isn’t happy Source
Video shows small plane making emergency landing in Calif. desert
Pilot’s wife records it through cockpit window as he brings plane to stop despite motionless propeller Source
Hong Kong wakes up as a city more divided than ever
Hong Kong is cleaning up after an anniversary spiraled into chaos and violence. Demonstrators stormed the city’s main government office building on Monday. Many of them say China’s government is taking away their unique freedoms. Ramy Inocencio reports. Source
How Trump is tackling dual nuclear threats from Iran and North Korea
President Trump is reacting strongly to one nuclear threat and saying little about another. The president says Iran is “playing with fire” for stockpiling uranium beyond the limits of the nuclear deal signed in 2015. But North Korea is still producing material for nuclear weapons despite U.S. efforts, including Sunday’s meeting between Mr. Trump and Kim Jong Un. Chip Reid reports. Source
Plane stowaway’s body lands next to sunbather in London backyard
Neighbor says he heard a “whomp” when the body landed like a “block of ice” after falling from landing gear of a Kenyan Airways jet Source