The Pan American Health Organization warned the misinformation spreading online about the coronavirus pandemic is fueling vaccine hesitancy. CBSN tech reporter Dan Patterson joined “CBSN AM” to discuss how conspiracy theories reach millions of people and why they are so hard to stomp out. Source

At 23 years old, Owen Hurcum is not only the youngest mayor in Wales, but “first ever openly Non-Binary Mayor of any city anywhere,” they said. Source

It seems the U.S. is entering a new phase of the pandemic as it faces a post-vaccination world. A recent opinion piece in the Washington Post takes a closer look at the gradual shift taking place. Joseph Allen, an associate professor at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, wrote that piece, and he joined CBSN to discuss the use of masks in everyday life. Source

Fewer than 600,000 people filed for first-time benefits last week, but nearly 17 million are still receiving assistance. Source

Hamas continues to fire rockets at Israeli cities as Israel targets Gaza with airstrikes in what is now the worst violence in the region since the 2014 war with civilian and military deaths on both sides. CBS correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from a Tel Aviv suburb where usually Israelis and Arabs live together peacefully, but have recently erupted in violence. Source

“I was younger and did not think about the actions, but that’s not an excuse,” Kennedy said. Source

“You’ve got to be careful when you make the requirement of something, that usually gets you into a lot of pushback — understandable pushback,” he warned. Source

Protesters in Colombia are expanding their list of demands from the government. Meanwhile, an American climber has died on Mount Everest and Nepal is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joined “CBSN AM” with details. Source

In a new study, researchers are warning about the dangers of more intense heat waves and power grid failures as the climate warms. One of the authors of the study, Brian Stone Jr. from the School of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology, joined “CBSN AM” to talk about the findings. Source

Bike sales surged in the early months of the pandemic, and with so many stores sold out, one Virginia pastor wondered if a thief who stole his bike may have needed it to get to work. So Pastor Robbie Pruitt began to fix up donated bikes for free. Christina Ruffini has the details for the “CBS This Morning” series A More Perfect Union. Source