After two full weeks of demonstrations in Myanmar, anti-coup protestors paused to remember a young woman who died Friday. She was shot by police during a rally against the military takeover. Ramy Inocencio reports. Source
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Ani DiFranco on new album “Revolutionary Love,” career and marriage
Ani DiFranco’s “Revolutionary Love” is her 22nd album and is heavily influenced by jazz. Source
Kim Kardashian files for divorce from Kanye West
The split had been rumored following a tumultuous 2020 for the couple. Source
The Dish: Food writer Mark Bittman on new book, history and future of food
Food writer Mark Bittman has written dozens of cookbooks, but now he’s out with something different. In his new book, “Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal,” Bittman gives a revealing look at how our diet has changed, for better and worse, over thousands of years. Jeff Glor has more. Source
Vaccinating America: Tracking some of the latest developments
Vaccinating America: CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus joins “CBS This Morning: Saturday” to discuss what’s happening with COVID-19 cases and efforts to vaccinate the country. Source
Florida governor says flags will be at half-staff for Rush Limbaugh
The governor has previously ordered flags to be at half-staff to honor the deaths of law enforcement officers killed on duty, members of the Navy killed in a mass shooting and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, among others. Source
Florida governor faces criticism over granting special access to COVID-19 vaccines
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is facing a torrent of criticism for steering thousands of vaccine doses to communities developed by his political supporters. It comes weeks after DeSantis tapped a supermarket chain to be the sole distributor of vaccines in a handful of Florida counties following a $100,000 donation the company made to DeSantis’ reelection PAC. Jim Axelrod has the story. Source
Author Tamara Payne on Malcolm X, carrying on her father’s legacy
When author Les Payne died, he didn’t live to see his life’s work finished. Payne’s biography, “The Dead Are Arising,” about civil rights activist Malcolm X, recently won the National Book Award. Michelle Miller sat down with Payne’s family to discuss his Malcolm X biography and why Payne was the only man who could have written it. Source
Chinese government influence over Hollywood movie content
For the first time, the world’s largest film market is not the United States, but China. The pandemic sped up a trend that was already years in the making. It has also brought out the Chinese government’s growing influence over these films’ content, which has Congress members worried. Brook Silva-Braga reports. Source
Supplies needed in Texas after deadly winter storm
Fallout continues from a catastrophic winter storm that slammed the central and southern parts of the country. It brought dangerous cold, snow and ice to Texas, which is considered the epicenter. At least 46 deaths are tied to the storm. Omar Villafranca reports. Source