Firefighters in California are making progress in preventing the Caldor Fire from reaching South Lake Tahoe. Fire officials say lighter winds have helped them keep the fire at bay. As of Saturday morning, the Caldor Fire was 37% contained. Wildfire and climate photographer Stuart Palley spoke with CBSN’s Lana Zak about what it’s like covering California’s wildfires. Source

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Both players are now able to return to Saint Thomas Sports Park and resume practicing with the team. Source

He will make the trip on Tuesday, days after visiting Louisiana, which was also battered by Ida. Source

The attendant also needed four stitches for a cut on her face, the criminal complaint alleges. Source

As the protesters’ shouts grew louder, several Taliban officials waded into the crowd to ask what they wanted to say. Source

The Biden administration has announced plans to admit roughly 50,000 Afghan refugees into the country. However, the process has proven difficult even for those with American citizenship. CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini spoke with two Afghan citizens about their experience fleeing the country. Then Liz Landers, chief political correspondent for Vice, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak from Frankfurt, Germany, to describe her time at the Ramstein Air Force Base where thousands of Afghan evacuees have been held as they await processing. Source

Texas is in the national spotlight as several new controversial laws have taken or are about to take effect in the state. Some people wonder if these new, conservative-backed laws represent the majority of Texans. Executive Director of the Texas Politics Project Jim Henson joins CBSN to break it all down. Source

Thousands of Afghan refugees have been taken to Qatar, where concerns remain high over the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan. The Biden administration says it plans to admit about 50,000 Afghan refugees to the U.S. But the process of leaving the country is complicated and full of twists and turns, even for people with dual citizenship. Christina Ruffini reports. Source

A total of 40% of the global population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. And while distribution has been moving quickly in richer nations, efforts have been slow in poorer countries. Less than 2% of people in low-income countries have gotten at least one shot. The U.S. has donated and shipped vaccines to dozens of countries. Jeremy Konyndyk, executive director of USAID’s COVID-19 task force, joined CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss the agency’s vaccine distribution efforts. Source