CBS Media Bias for Past 90 Days

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CBS     Mar 04, 2021

The COVID baby boom is looking more like a baby bust

social issue

Provisional birth rate data provided to CBS News by 29 state health departments shows a roughly 7.3% decline in births in December 2020, nine months after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. California, the most populous state, reported a 10.2% decline, falling to 32,910 births in December from 36,651 the year prior. In the same time frame, births declined by 30.4% in Hawaii.
CBS     Mar 03, 2021

U.S. judge's new action could offer hope for British family seeking justice in teen's death

crime, law and justice

There's a court hearing in Virginia Wednesday for the family of British teen Harry Dunn, who was killed in a motorcycle crash in the U.K. in 2019. The civil case centers around Anne Sacoolas, the
CBS     Mar 03, 2021

Biden's SEC pick calls out apps that treat stock trading like gaming

economy and finances

President Joe Biden's choice to head the Securities and Exchange Commission told Congress on Tuesday that the agency should address how to protect investors who use online stock-trading platforms with flashy tech gimmicks that entice them to trade more.
CBS     Mar 03, 2021

The SUV Tiger Woods crashed had a "black box." Sheriff's investigators have executed a search warrant for data from the device.

disaster and accident

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has executed a search warrant for data from the "black box" from the SUV Tiger Woods was driving when it crashed last week, CBS News has confirmed. The story was first reported by USA Today.
CBS     Mar 03, 2021

"Horrible conduct" but no charges after KKK flag hangs next to Black family's home, Michigan prosecutor says

3k 🔥       social issue

A prosecutor declined to file charges Tuesday against a suburban Detroit man who displayed a Ku Klux Klan flag in his window next to the home of a Black family, saying the "horrible conduct" doesn't violate Michigan law. An ethnic intimidation charge would require physical contact, property damage or threats of such activity, said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy.
CBS     Mar 03, 2021

Experts sound the alarm on declining birth rates among younger generations: "It's a crisis"

38k 🔥       economy and finances

New data is confirming a baby boom that some doctors expected was actually a "baby bust." Health departments in 27 states provided records to CBS News, showing a 7% drop in births in December — nine months after the first lockdowns began.
CBS     Mar 02, 2021

Watch Live: FBI Director Chris Wray testifies before Senate on Capitol attack

2k 🔥       politics

Washington — FBI Director Christopher Wray is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as lawmakers continue to examine the intelligence failures in the run-up to the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
CBS     Mar 02, 2021

Neera Tanden meets with senator who could sink or save her nomination to be budget chief

politics

The Republican senator who may determine whether or not Neera Tanden will be confirmed to be President Biden's budget director met with the embattled nominee on Monday. "I can tell you that I met with
CBS     Mar 02, 2021

Student wounded in Arkansas high school shooting

education

A 15-year-old boy was shot Monday morning at a junior high school in Arkansas. The suspected gunman, a fellow classmate who is also 15, was arrested a short time later, police said. The incident took place inside Watson Chapel Junior High School as students switched classes around 10 a.m., Pine Bluff Police Chief Kelvin Sergeant said.
CBS     Mar 02, 2021

Oldest Texas electricity co-op goes bust after getting hit with $2 billion bill

1k 🔥       environment, weather and energy

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, which serves 16 distribution member co-ops that cater to more than 1.5 million Texans, said Monday that it accumulated $2.1 billion in bills during the severe cold that hit Texas between February 13 and 19.
CBS     Mar 02, 2021

Winston Churchill painting owned by Angelina Jolie sells at auction for record $11.5 million

social issue

A Moroccan landscape painted by Winston Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sold at auction on Monday for more than $11.5 million, smashing the previous record for a work by Britain's World War II leader. "Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque" sold at Christie's in London for 8,285,000 pounds ($11,590,715).
CBS     Mar 02, 2021

Nigerian official says 279 schoolgirls released 4 days after mass-abduction

education

Gusau, Nigeria — Hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in the northwestern Zamfara state have been released, the state's governor said Tuesday. Zamfara state governor Bello Matawalle announced that 279 girls were freed. Gunmen abducted the girls from the Government Girls Junior Secondary School in Jangebe town on Friday, in the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation.
CBS     Mar 01, 2021

Jackson, Mississippi, residents remain without water for more than 2 weeks after storm

2k 🔥       environment, weather and energy

Winter storms that passed through the South last month caused long-term damage in several states, with millions in Texas without power and water for days. While the focus was on the Lone Star State, Jackson, Mississippi continues to suffer from storm-related issues as well.
CBS     Mar 01, 2021

U.S. condemns arrest of 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists charged with subversion conspiracy

crime, law and justice

Hong Kong — Hong Kong police on Monday brought 47 pro-democracy activists to court on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the national security law imposed on the city by Beijing last year. The cases represent the largest mass charge against the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's opposition camp since the law came into effect last June.
CBS     Mar 01, 2021

Virginia Commonwealth University fraternity suspended after student found dead

2k 🔥       education

Richmond police said on Sunday they're investigating the death of a Virginia Commonwealth University student in off-campus housing this weekend. Adam Oakes, 19, was found unresponsive by officers called to the residence about 9:15 a.m. Saturday. He was declared dead at the scene, according to a police news release.
CBS     Mar 01, 2021

A tragic milestone: 500,000 Americans lost to COVID-19

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This past Monday evening, the nation marked a tragic milestone – 500 thousand Americans lost to COVID. After a few words inside, the president, vice president and their spouses stepped outside the White House.
CBS     Feb 28, 2021

Inside the attack that almost sent the U.S. to war with Iran

4k 🔥       unrest, conflicts and war

The U.S. airstrike against Iranian-backed militias Thursday night was the latest chapter in the poisonous relationship with Iran President Biden inherited from the Trump administration. Thirteen months ago the two countries came perilously close to war. It began with an American drone strike which killed Iran's most powerful general and ended with an Iranian ballistic missile attack against U.S. troops in Iraq. It was the largest ballistic missile attack ever against Americans. Tonight, we will show you for the first time, drone video of the attack and talk to the troops who were there the night the U.S. and Iran went to the brink.
CBS     Feb 28, 2021