Panama recently approved a nationwide law giving nature rights, allowing people to defend ecosystems in a court of law. Source

The war in Gaza has entered its third month, and the United Nations is warning of a “humanitarian catastrophe” in the region after the U.S. vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution for a ceasefire. Aid operations in the region are at risk of total collapse, the U.N. secretary-general said. CBS News’ Ramy Inocencio is in Tel Aviv with more. Source

A growing global movement is fighting to give nature the same legal protections as humans. Panama is one of the only countries in the world where this exists, with a country-wide rights of nature law. The law was recently used to shut down a large copper mine. CBS News’ Ben Tracy has more on the law and the woman who made it happen. Source

As coal production jobs continue to shrink amid an otherwise positive job market, a new program is working to teach former miners new skills to help them find other work. Mark Strassmann has more on the training program that restores both land and labor. Source

Doug Melville’s new nonfiction book “Invisible Generals” takes a look at the father-and-son team who helped integrate the U.S. military and were the institution’s first Black generals. Their story was ignored for decades — until Melville got the surprise of a lifetime a decade ago. Jeff Glor has more. Source

A Texas woman agreed to have her pecan tree decorated for Christmas to bring some joy to her terminally ill father. Now, more than 15 years later, the tree is a Christmas staple, drawing visitors from hundreds of miles away. CBS News’ Janet Shamilian reports from Bartonville, Texas. Source

More Republican presidential debates will be held next month, but it’s not clear which major candidates will be appearing. Source

Hundreds of protesters in Spain made a human mosaic of the Palestinian flag and the Pablo Picasso anti-war painting, Guernica. Meanwhile, a Jewish customer at a coffee shop said she was asked to leave after finding antisemitic graffiti in the establishment’s restroom. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Source

Javier Milei will be sworn in as president of Argentina Sunday. Milei, a former TV personality and libertarian populist, has been polarizing and and led to comparisons to former U.S. president Donald Trump and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro. CBS News’ Cristian Benavides has more. Source

The suspect barricaded himself in an apartment after the incident, sparking an hours-long standoff with Minneapolis Police. Source