Fewer than 600,000 people filed for first-time benefits last week, but nearly 17 million are still receiving assistance. Source

“I was younger and did not think about the actions, but that’s not an excuse,” Kennedy said. Source

Protesters in Colombia are expanding their list of demands from the government. Meanwhile, an American climber has died on Mount Everest and Nepal is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta joined “CBSN AM” with details. Source

In a new study, researchers are warning about the dangers of more intense heat waves and power grid failures as the climate warms. One of the authors of the study, Brian Stone Jr. from the School of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology, joined “CBSN AM” to talk about the findings. Source

Bike sales surged in the early months of the pandemic, and with so many stores sold out, one Virginia pastor wondered if a thief who stole his bike may have needed it to get to work. So Pastor Robbie Pruitt began to fix up donated bikes for free. Christina Ruffini has the details for the “CBS This Morning” series A More Perfect Union. Source

Users can now add pronouns, including she, he, they, ze, ve and dozens more, to their Instagram profiles. Source

Violence is spreading to more cities and towns as airstrikes and rocket attacks escalate between Israel and Gaza. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab joins CBSN from the Tel Aviv area with the latest developments. Source

Award-winning writer, director and producer Barry Jenkins talks with “CBS This Morning” co-host Anthony Mason about his new Amazon limited series, “The Underground Railroad,” based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. He gives a behind-the-scenes look at creating the show, dealing with the darkness of slavery, and re-contextualizing the sacrifices of his ancestors to tell a story of survival and triumph. Source

Consensus is growing among experts that encouraging data could mean the U.S. is nearing the right time to lift indoor mask restrictions in most public settings Source

Colonial Pipeline’s fuel operations is back up and running Wednesday, five days after a cyber attack forced a shutdown. The ransom attempt is renewing focus on the need for enhanced cybersecurity in the private sector. David Begnaud reports. Source