Coastal cities face biggest property losses, but so do inland areas that rarely see bad water damage. Annual tab: $20 billion — and rising. Source
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Funeral home “running out of granite for headstones” amid pandemic
Ken McKenzie said traffic to his funeral home has “grown to the point that we actually have to give a reservation code to a family just so that they could be seen.” Source
4 women instructors killed in ambush, Pakistan police say
Suspected militants on motorcycles ambushed a vehicle carrying instructors from a private vocational school in northwest Pakistan, police said. Source
Ben Jealous on Black History Month and protecting voting rights
Ben Jealous, president of People for the American Way, joined CBSN to discuss the significance of Black History Month and the “For the People Act” to protect voting rights. Source
Black veteran still waiting for Medal of Honor, 56 years later
Billy Waugh, the soldier whom Davis carried on his shoulders to safety, wrote in a 1981 statement, “I only have to close my eyes to vividly recall the gallantry of this individual.” Source
Watch live: Biden marks lives lost as U.S. nears grim COVID-19 milestone
No country has lost more lives to the pandemic than the U.S. Source
Professor who taught Judge Merrick Garland at Harvard weighs in on nomination
Laurence Tribe, a professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, says Judge Merrick Garland’s would be “one of the greatest attorneys general in American history.” Tribe spoke with CBSN’s Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers about why Garland is right for the job and what he can do to fight extremism and racism. Source
Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen launch podcast
The duo will discuss a wide array of topics like race, fatherhood and marriage. Source
Freedom House medical service makes comeback to help Pittsburgh community
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the problem of unequal health care in under-served areas of the country. Now a hospital in Pittsburgh is reviving a decades-old emergency medical service to help communities of color. CBS News’ Skyler Henry reports. Source
Merrick Garland pledges to pursue equal justice if confirmed as attorney general
President Biden’s nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, says pursuing equal justice for all and “battling extremist attacks on our democratic institutions” will be among his priorities if confirmed for the job. Watch his opening statement from his Senate confirmation hearing. Source