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Fire station shooting suspect’s home burned to the ground

Los Angeles firefighters, deputies, SWAT teams and other law enforcement swarmed the residence of a firefighter who earlier fatally shot a colleague and wounded a fire captain. The suspect barricaded himself inside the home and it was set on fire. He was later found dead. CBS Los Angeles’ Jeff Nguyen reports from the scene. Source

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Companies are allowed to require COVID vaccines, EEOC says

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is now allowing private companies to require COVID-19 vaccines for most in-person employees. The updated guidelines also grant employees the ability to offer vaccine incentives, including cash. But some workers are concerned about what these new rules could mean for their privacy. CBS News MoneyWatch reporter Megan Cerullo joined “Red and Blue” to discuss. Source

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Sicknick family criticizes GOP lawmakers, Trump over January 6 commission opposition

The family of deceased Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick is continuing their criticism of lawmakers opposed to the creation of a commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol assault. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joins CBSN’s “Red & Blue” host Elaine Quijano to discuss her interview with Sicknick’s mother and longtime companion. Source

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Commemorating 100 years since Tulsa race massacre leveled “Black Wall Street”

Monday marks 100 years since a white mob burned Black Wall Street to the ground during an attack on the affluent Black business district of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The economic impact set descendents of Greenwood’s Black community back for generations. CBS News’ Danya Bacchus, a descendant of survivors of the massacre, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak with more on how Tulsa is commemorating the tragedy. Later, national race and ethnicity writer for The Associated Press, Aaron Morrison, discusses the lasting damage and the ongoing debate over reparations. Source

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Special Report: Biden marks 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre

President Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the deadliest in U.S. history, when a White mob in 1921 murdered hundreds of African Americans and destroyed the area known as Black Wall Street. Mr. Biden also unveiled plans to help communities of color throughout the U.S. “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell anchors this CBS News Special Report from Washington with CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Karlos Hill, a professor at the University of Oklahoma and a board member for the Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission. Source

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