A University of North Carolina professor was shot and killed Monday and a suspect is in custody. The shooting prompted an hourslong lockdown of the campus. Jeff Pegues reports. Source
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Trump to appeal March 2024 trial date in federal election case
Federal judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday set March 4, 2024, as the start of the case alleging Donald Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 election — but the former president plans to appeal the date. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa reports. Source
Florida mourns victims of deadly racist shooting
Police have identified the victims of a racist shooting in Florida over the weekend. Officials say a white gunman killed two shoppers and an employee at a Dollar General store Saturday as a part of a premeditated attack on Black people. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez has the latest from Jacksonville. Source
American Airlines fined for making passengers sit on tarmac
American Airlines has been fined more than $4 million for making thousands of passengers wait on tarmacs for hours without being let off their planes. Source
2 killed in rescue helicopter crash in Florida
Two people are dead following a Broward County Sheriff’s Office fire and rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment building. One of the people killed was a woman who was in her apartment when the helicopter crashed. CBS Miami’s Joan Murray has the latest. Source
NASA exploring supersonic commercial passenger aircraft
The space agency is exploring the possibility of a commercial passenger jet that could fly up to “four times faster” than today’s airliners. Source
Community mourning 3 killed in racist attack
The FBI is investigating the fatal shooting of three Black people at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, as a hate crime. The gunman specifically targeted his victims because of their race and had first attempted to go to a historically black university, law enforcement said. Manuel Bojorques reports. Source
Eye on America: Photographer John Fielder reflects on life’s work, conserving D.C.’s honeybees
In Colorado, acclaimed nature photographer John Fielder reflects on his staggering collection of over 200,000 pictures shortly before his death. Then in Washington D.C., we see how conservation efforts to protect honeybees are yielding sweet results. Watch these stories and more on Eye on America with host Michelle Miller. Source
Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows takes the stand in Georgia case
Meadows is seeking to fight the charges in federal court rather than in state court. Source
Georgia students embrace new AI-driven curriculum
A school district in Georgia is teaching kids as young as kindergarten how to use artificial intelligence. Christina Ruffini takes a look at how the AI-driven curriculum works. Source