The number of people without homes has risen 5.5% between 2016 and 2020. Many of those who are on the streets are youth within the LGBTQ community. According to the organization True Colors United, 40% of youth experiencing homelessness are LBGTQ, despite making up only about 7% of the country’s youth population. Heather Wilkie, executive director of the nonprofit Zebra Coalition, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss her organization’s efforts to combat this issue. Source

Amazon launched new technology called Sidewalk that connects supported devices together with your neighbors using a small part of your internet connection. But it has led to questions concerning consumer privacy. Meg Oliver reports. Source

Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe is a step closer to getting his old job back after winning the Democratic nomination. Richmond Times-Dispatch politics columnist Jeff Schapiro spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBSN about what kind of candidate McAuliffe is, what to expect from his opponent, Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin, and what the Virginia governor’s race has historically said about national politics. Source

The rate of coronavirus vaccinations in the U.S. continues to slow down. This comes as President Biden’s goal to get at least 70% of Americans partially vaccinated by July 4 looms. CBS News reporter Alex Tin joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” with the latest updates on the COVID pandemic. Source

Infrastructure talks break down between White House and GOP; Arizona’s ​2020 election audit enters seventh week Source

A watchdog report found that federal authorities forcibly clearing protesters from Lafayette Park in 2020 was not related to President Trump’s walk across the park for a photo-op in front of a church. Kris Van Cleave has the latest. Source

A recent study found disease-carrying ticks in unexpected places: near the beaches in Northern California. Carter Evans has the details. Source

Disease-carrying ticks are turning up in areas that were long believed to be tick-free. Source

A high school student was headed to Harvard with a $40,000 scholarship. She asked her high school to give it to another student. Nikki Battiste has the story. Source

There’s growing concern about falling coronavirus vaccine rates across the U.S. In San Francisco, it’s a different story. Anna Werner takes a look. Source