As search and rescue efforts at the site of the Florida building collapse continue, families are sharing stories of those who are still unaccounted for. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez joins CBSN from Surfside with one family’s story. Source
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Health workers report being threatened during pandemic
Politically charged response to COVID-19 added to the stress on medical professionals, researchers say. Source
Ethiopia declares immediate, unilateral cease-fire in Tigray
The cease-fire could calm a war that has destabilized Africa’s second most populous country and threatened to do the same in the wider Horn of Africa. Source
2021 BET Awards: Recap and highlights
The 21st annual BET Awards returned Sunday night with the theme “Year of the Black Woman.” Actress Taraji P. Henson hosted, and Queen Latifah accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award. CBS Los Angeles has a recap. Source
Live Updates: 10 dead, 151 still missing after Florida building collapse
More information was emerging about those who lost their lives in the disaster, and new clues about what may have caused it. Source
Gavin Grimm discusses Supreme Court victory in transgender bathroom dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court opted not to hear a Virginia school district’s legal challenge over transgender bathroom access, giving a win to the student behind the case, Gavin Grimm. Grimm joined CBSN’s Tanya Rivero with his reaction to the decision. Source
University professor dies after falling 150 feet in Alaska park
David Shrider was a professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and the school’s director of global business programs. Source
“White Fragility” author Robin DiAngelo on new book “Nice Racism”
New York Times best-selling Author Robin DiAngelo is calling on White Americans to address the subtle ways she says they cause racial harm every day. First on “CBS This Morning,” Robin DiAngelo joins to discuss her new book “Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm” and the ways in which subtle racism is more harmful than overt racism. She’ll give examples from her own life and offer guidance to viewers on how to address the “nice racism” they perpetuate daily. Source
A spectator’s sign caused a crash at the Tour de France. Now officials want to sue her.
A spectator’s sign caused a major crash at the Tour de France, and she could face legal consequences. Officials are searching for the spectator who left on a flight after causing the pileup, which involved dozens of cyclists. Tour de France deputy director Pierre-Yves Thouault says they plan on suing her. Source
Economist talks small business boom after the pandemic
The U.S. is seeing a boom in new small businesses despite the economic and health care challenges the country has faced over the past year. John Haltiwanger, a professor in the economics department at the University of Maryland, joined CBSN to discuss his latest research on the boom. Source