In wealthy Palm Beach County, White people are four times more likely than Black Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Source
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Former Republican officials consider splitting from GOP to form new party
Dozens of these party faithful are in talks to form an anti-Trump third party. Source
Jobless aid could cost Americans $50 billion at tax time
Unemployment benefits, stimulus checks, home office costs: Here’s how to prepare for a tax season unlike any other. Source
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Mohamedou Slahi gives 60 Minutes an uncensored account of the now-illegal enhanced interrogation he endured at Guantanamo Bay — and why he says it doesn’t work. Holly Williams reports. Source
House Democrats rest case in Trump impeachment trial
House impeachment managers concluded their arguments by tying the former president to the mob that attacked the Capitol. Source
Deadly pileup involves dozens of vehicles on icy Texas highway
At least five people were killed in a massive pileup on an icy highway in Fort Worth, Texas. The police said at least 75 and possibly more than 100 vehicles were involved in the crash. Nancy Chen reports. Source
Feds fight release of woman seen Capitol riot video
The FBI says Rachel Powell is shown in video wearing a pink hat and shouting instructions to the rioters through a bullhorn during the January 6 Capitol assault. Source
CBSN & CBS Sunday Morning take a look back at the landmark events of 1968
Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy assassinated. The Tet Offensive. President Nixon’s election. Apollo 8 misison. Fifty years later, “CBS Sunday Morning” chronicles 1968, the year that changed the course of American history. Source
Voices of the shutdown: What’s Next?
A CBSN Special Report: David Begnaud asks federal workers dealing with the shutdown’s aftermath: What’s Next? Source
Jones Act is impacting shipments of aid to Puerto Rico
A law enacted in 1920 called the Jones Act requires shipments from U.S. ports to be carried out by U.S. vessels and crew – and it is now straining aid shipments to storm-ravaged Puerto Rico. Source