Fifteen years ago this weekend, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, devastating New Orleans and the surrounding region. Michelle Miller reports on one non-profit group that got to work in New Orleans and is still helping homeowners pick up the pieces. Source
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Two-week quarantine, scheduled outdoor time among Colgate University coronavirus precautions
A number of prominent colleges and universities have already welcomed students back for classes only to reverse course because of COVID-19 outbreaks. Colgate University in north-central New York has managed to open its campus and keep it open so far after some careful planning. Errol Barnett reports. Source
123 coronavirus cases linked to wedding reception in Maine
The wedding has been linked to COVID-19 outbreaks at a local jail and a nursing home. Source
Trump heads to Louisiana and Texas in aftermath of Hurricane Laura
His visit comes two days after the Category 4 storm smashed into the Gulf Coast. Source
Skydiving to celebrate women’s suffrage
100 years ago this month, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote. And to celebrate, a team of women skydivers has been touring the country, jumping in the various cities that played key roles in the fight for a woman’s right to vote. Nancy Chen has the story. Source
Frederick Douglass’s connection with Ireland
175 years ago, Frederick Douglass arrived in Ireland. Just seven years after his escape from slavery he wrote his memoir and hoped to connect to a nation’s people who supported his cause. That legacy is something his family still celebrates. Michelle Miller reports. Source
Massive protests taking place on Sundays in Belarus over re-election of strongman president
The largest demonstrations in the history of Belarus have taken place on recent Sundays. Hundreds of thousands are expected this week in the capital city of Minsk to protest the re-election earlier this month of the nation’s strongman president after a vote widely seen as corrupt. Protesters know they’re risking arrest or an even worse fate. Chris Livesay reports. Source
Sarah Frey’s journey from selling melons to building a multi-state farming phenomenon
As the harvest continues on America’s farms, it’s hard to believe that even the biggest melons and pumpkins started out as tiny sprouts. And the same can be said of one of the nation’s largest produce suppliers. It all began when a teenager named Sarah Frey took over her parent’s failing farm and built it into a multi-state phenomenon. She’s telling her story in “The Growing Season: How I Built a New Life — And Saved an American Farm.” Source
Saturday Sessions: Old 97’s perform “Turn Off the TV”
The alt-country legends Old 97’s got their start in the early-90’s, becoming a popular Dallas bar band. They soon started recording and earning fans nationwide. Twenty-seven years later, the original group is still intact and earlier this month released their latest album, “Twelfth.” They join “CBS This Morning: Saturday,” remotely from Dallas, Los Angeles and New York’s Hudson Valley, to perform “Turn Off the TV” Source
Saturday Sessions: Old 97’s perform “The Dropouts”
The alt-country legends Old 97’s got their start in the early-90’s, becoming a popular Dallas bar band. They soon started recording and earning fans nationwide. Twenty-seven years later, the original group is still intact and earlier this month released their latest album, “Twelfth.” They join “CBS This Morning: Saturday,” remotely from Dallas, Los Angeles and New York’s Hudson Valley, to perform “The Dropouts.” Source