For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the U.S. has had to contend with historic dams in Oregon and California. These dams have been responsible for the death of dozens of the thousands of salmon due to poorer water quality. Anna Werner takes a look for the CBS News series Eye on Earth: Our Planet in Peril. Source

Pharmacist Mayank Amin has been racing to vaccinate everyone in his community with a pop-up clinic. Four hundred people have volunteered to man the phones and coordinate appointments to help him. Nancy Chen has the story. Source

The Syrian cease-fire agreement appears to be mostly holding after it went into effect midnight local time. The deal was brokered by Russia and Turkey, two countries on opposite sides of the civil war. If the cease-fire lasts, peace talks are scheduled for January. Holly Williams reports from Istanbul. Source

Northern New England is digging out from its strongest storm in more than two years. The nor’easter dumped heavy snow on many highways, leading to dozens of accidents around the region. Parts of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine expect a foot of snow or more. DeMarco Morgan reports from Henniker, New Hampshire. Source

The Obama administration announced a series of actions against Russia Thursday in retaliation for alleged Russian hacking which sought to disrupt the presidential election; Parmesan cheese is on the most-wanted list for many criminals in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Source

The coronavirus pandemic altered this year’s Academy Awards in big and small ways — but the stars still dressed up to impress. Source

Tributes to Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher filled social media on Thursday. Drawings depicted the late mother and daughter together — Reynolds as her “Singin’ in the Rain” character Kathy Selden and Fisher as Princess Leia from “Star Wars” Source

“Two Distant Strangers,” the Oscar-nominated short film on Netflix, was inspired by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe, the film’s creators, discuss the process of producing a film tackling the issue of police brutality. Jericka Duncan has more. Source

In this profile originally broadcast on February 1, 2004, actress and author Carrie Fisher (best known as Princess Leia of “Star Wars”) talked with correspondent Rita Braver about her novel “The Best Awful,” a thinly-fictionalized account of how Hollywood talent agent Bryan Lourd – the father of Fisher’s real-life daughter – left her for another man, and of her battle with mental illness. Source

CBSNews.com’s David Morgan picks the year’s top movies, from indie favorites, blockbusters and arthouse fare to compelling documentaries. Source