A man reportedly linked to the main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of missing teen Natalee Holloway was killed while trying to kidnap a woman in Florida, police said. John Ludwick was friends with Joran Van der Sloot, who was suspected in Holloway’s disappearance in Aruba, and a private investigator has claimed that Ludwick admitted helping dig up Holloway’s remains and cremate them. Kim Powell of CBS affiliate WINK-TV reports from North Port, Florida. Source

Ruth Bader Ginsburg turns 85 today. The “Notorious RBG” was the second woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and is currently the oldest justice on the bench. Source

Rex Tillerson’s two top staff members and his State Department deputy are following him out the door. The fired secretary of state says President Trump never spoke to him before revealing his decision on Twitter. Major Garrett reports. Source

Democrat Conor Lamb in the special congressional election in western Pennsylvania is claiming victory over Republican Rick Saccone, but the race is still razor thin. Nancy Cordes reports. Source

Students at more than 3,000 schools across the country will walk out of class Wednesday to protest gun violence. The 17-minute walkout is a tribute to the 17 victims killed last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Adriana Diaz reports. Source

Stephen Hawking, the best-known space scientist since Albert Einstein, died early Wednesday at his home in England. He was 76. Mark Phillips reports. Source

Rick Saccone, who is running as the Republican candidate in a special election in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, is a 60-year-old Air Force vet, former counterintelligence officer, and state representative who President Trump campaigned for over the weekend. Source

Actor Alan Cumming won a Tony Award in 1998 for his performance in the hit Broadway show, “Cabaret.” The many parts he’s taken on during his decades-long career include a James Bond villain, a mutant in “X-Men 2,” and a political operative in “The Good Wife.” Cumming joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss his new CBS drama, “Instinct,” and why he took on the leading role. Source

A day care owner in Oregon has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison for drugging children so she could go tanning and do CrossFit. January Neatherlin, 32, pleaded guilty after being accused of giving kids at her unlicensed day care the sleep aid melatonin. Vladimir Duthiers has details. Source

The first baby penguin to be born at the Oregon Zoo this year finally cracked through its shell. It took nearly four days to hatch into the world. Source