Pillorying targets on social media serves the outrage of both the left and the right, and it’s not going away. Senior contributor Ted Koppel explores what it means for our politics and our society. Source
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Doctor proposes smartphone ban for kids under 13
A campaign is underway in Colorado to make it the first state to ban sales of smartphones for children. A proposed ballot initiative would make it illegal for stores to sell smartphones to kids under the age of 13 or to adults who intend to give the phones to pre-teens. Vladimir Duthiers reports. Source
A new airport art installation takes off
Sarah Sze has created public art for display in New York City before, but never of this magnitude: a 50-foot-tall, five-ton constellation of images of the city she loves, in the newly-revamped Terminal B of LaGuardia Airport. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Sze about her airborne sculpture, titled “Shorter Than the Day,” that serves as a welcome for visitors to the Big Apple. Source
Judge to decide whether to reveal names of Bill Cosby trial jury
A judge will decide whether to release the names of jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial. In a motion filed on Monday, the prosecution argues revealing their identities could make selecting “a fair and impartial jury” more difficult in Cosby’s retrial. The defense agrees. Under Pennsylvania law, the public has the right to know their names. Jericka Duncan reports. Source
Georgia special election viewed as referendum on President Trump
Polls are now open in Georgia for the U.S. House special election. Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel are fighting to fill the seat left empty by Tom Price after he became secretary of Health and Human Services. Mark Strassmann reports. Source
Will GOP rush to draft health care bill behind closed doors backfire?
Democrats took to the Senate floor Monday night to call out Republicans for crafting their health care bill behind closed doors. A CBS News poll shows 73 percent of Americans say Senate Republicans should discuss their health care bill in public. Nancy Cordes reports. Source
Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish on comedy, friendship, and a bat mitzvah
Billy Crystal co-wrote, directed and stars in “Here Today,” in which he plays a legendary comedy writer opposite Tiffany Haddish as a young singer – two of the funniest people on the planet here having to deal with a completely un-funny situation. Their on-screen chemistry trades on their very real off-screen bond, as correspondent Tracy Smith learned firsthand. Source
The Flaming Lips’ “Space Bubble Concert”
The psychedelic rock group Flaming Lips have established themselves as one of music’s most prolific (and delightfully weird) bands. And don’t think a global pandemic might have slowed down their creative output. Correspondent Luke Burbank talked with band members Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd about their latest effort, the Space Bubble Concert, recently held in Oklahoma City, in which the band and audience were sealed into giant bubbles. Source
NPR turns 50
On May 3, 1971, the National Public Radio news program “All Things Considered” premiered. To mark NPR’s 50th anniversary, correspondent Faith Salie interviews some of the network’s leading voices, including Susan Stamberg, Audie Cornish and Eric Deggans, and talks with other network veterans who blazed a trail in radio programming, and who continue to reinvent news and storytelling, including “This American Life” host Ira Glass. Source
Brooks Koepka wins the 2017 U.S. Open
CBS Sports’ Bill Reiter, host of “Reiter Than You,” joins CBSN to discuss U.S. Open winner Brooks Koepka, as well as the NBA draft kicking off this week with the Sixers acquiring the overall first pick Source