Basketball courts are often a gathering place in urban communities, but many are in bad shape. That inspired one hoop-loving guy to start a nonprofit that changes blacktops from “drab to fab.” Jamie Yuccas shows how the transformations are also inspiring some kids to “aim higher.” Source

The Violence Project has studied every U.S. mass shooting since 1966. Its database, which is not publicly available yet, includes 160 mass shooters who have killed four or more people in a public place. Nearly all were male and the average age was 34-years-old. The study found most shooters shared common traits, like experiencing childhood trauma. The researchers also learned these shootings are “socially contagious.” Psychologist Jillian Peterson, co-founder of The Violence Project, joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the findings. Source

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,” ”Song of Solomon” and other works transformed American letters by dramatizing the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88. Source

Stocks tumbled on Monday after the value of China’s yuan fell. Reporter Tom Hanson has details, and CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger joins CBSN AM to explain the most recent escalation in the U.S.-China trade war. Source

“When it comes to actual serious criminal violence, there’s virtually no evidence that video games matter,” Virginia Tech professor James Ivory told CBS News Source

Company won’t change its policy regarding firearm sales despite the rampages, saying that “no retailer is immune” Source

Dartmouth College settlement includes $14 million for students who can prove they suffered abuse and can meet other conditions Source

President Trump blamed video games for the rise in gun violence, but research doesn’t back up such claims Source

Chadwick faces “25 years to life as presently charged,” according to Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer Source

Photographer Tyler Mitchell was the first African American to ever shoot a cover for Vogue Source