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A sick goat gets a second chance at life at The Gentle Barn, where rescued animals get a chance to heal – and so do humans. An abandoned apple orchard gets reinvented as a place to grow food for those in need. Plus, more heartwarming stories. Presented by Land O'Lakes.
NFL legend Steve Gleason shares his experience with ALS in a heartfelt conversation with David Begnaud. A man whose life changed drastically in a split second is using the life-changing event to inspire others. Plus, more heartwarming stories.
Paralympic swimmer Ali Truwit shares how she faced her fears and got back in the water after suffering a devastating incident. Plus, other heartwarming stories.
A girl trying to raise money to honor her late mother gets an outpouring of support from the community at her lemonade stand. A dog missing for 555 days is rescued thanks to help from the community. Plus, more heartwarming news stories.
A boy goes viral for his rendition of the National Anthem, with his voice -- and story -- gaining widespread attention. The founder of the Pan Mass shares his journey to creating the race that fundraises for cancer research.
In April, Sawyer McCarthy sang the national anthem at a Columbia Fireflies game, reaching millions of viewers — not only in America but around the world.
When Tim Bushe looks at a hedge, he sees "the shape within" the shrubbery - and then he teases it out with his trimmer to honor his late wife.
Mason Branstrator has always been an athlete, but three years ago, he was paralyzed in a skiing accident. It hasn't stopped him from playing sports.
As a trans teen growing up in Puerto Rico, Mila Hellfyre struggled to get support from her family, but she found family — and her partner Nick Alicea — through advocacy.
With Charlie Bird as the ultimate Swiftie and his husband Ryan Clifford's signature blonde locks, they are the perfect Taylor Swift content creators. And they've found a way to use their fandom to give back to others.
Their WNBA team calls them "the parents" because DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas are not only teammates on the Connecticut Sun — they're getting married.
Born in a crucial time of need at the start of the pandemic, this organization began with a scrappy operation. Four million meals later, the Seva Collective has continued to grow.
In 1961, Ed Dwight was selected by President John F. Kennedy to enter an Air Force training program known as the path to NASA's Astronaut Corps. But he ultimately never made it to space.
At his lowest moment, U.S. Army veteran and former teacher Billy Keenan found strength in his faith as he was reminded of his own resilience.
The So Much To Give Inclusive Cafe in Cedars, Pennsylvania employs 63 people — 80% have a disability.
Jeff Nebeker celebrates the success of his viral ceramic donuts, which sold out in just three minutes after being posted by gallery owner Michelle O'Brien. Over 9,000 people are on the email list for the next restock.
Shania Twain invited an 81-year-old superfan – who has been attending her shows for 25 years – onstage at her concert in England.
Mason Branstrator's life changed when he was paralyzed at 17. But that hasn't stopped him from playing sports and competing in a marathon. Mason, 20, just completed the wheelchair race at Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota.
The WNBA's DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas went from friends to teammates – and now, they're engaged. The Connecticut Sun stars share their love story for the Uplift's Pride Month series on LGBTQ Love Stories.
Republican Rep. John Rose's eldest son Guy stole the show when the boy was spotted smiling and making funny faces during his dad's House floor speech on Monday.
Back in March, two officers and a good Samaritan risked their lives to rescue a couple who were trapped in a burning home in Cape Coral, Florida.
A surfing accident left New York teacher Billy Keenan paralyzed, but when he received a call from a police officer, his life changed.
A mom was worried about what her son, who has autism, would do after high school. So she opened the So Much To Give cafe, a restaurant in Cedars, Pennsylvania, that employs people with disabilities – and helps them grow.
More than 2 million homes and businesses still had no power after Hurricane Milton hit Florida hard.
Lewandowski joined the Trump campaign in August, but quickly found himself in a power struggle.
A pair of giant pandas is set to arrive at the National Zoo on Tuesday less than a year after the Washington zoo sent Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji back to China.
Here's how to delete your data as company shake-up leaves customers wondering what will happen to their DNA info.
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, which trades under the DJT ticker, jumped 18% on Monday. Here's why.
Here's how to delete your data as company shake-up leaves customers wondering what will happen to their DNA info.
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, which trades under the DJT ticker, jumped 18% on Monday. Here's why.
True Value, a national hardware brand founded in 1948, said it has a deal to be acquired by rival Do it Best.
Delta scrapped meal service from hundreds of flights over weekend due to safety issue at food production facility.
U.S. stocks are rising in afternoon trading Monday building on its record set on Friday
Republicans mischaracterized a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department to protect voters from being removed from voting lists too close to Election Day, CBS News' election law expert says.
Lewandowski joined the Trump campaign in August, but quickly found himself in a power struggle.
Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, which trades under the DJT ticker, jumped 18% on Monday. Here's why.
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly used the "threat from within" label throughout his campaign to label his political opponents.
The letter comes as Vice President Kamala Harris is criticizing former President Donald Trump for a lack of transparency about his health.
Here's how to delete your data as company shake-up leaves customers wondering what will happen to their DNA info.
Delta scrapped meal service from hundreds of flights over weekend due to safety issue at food production facility.
How much is your caregiving worth? A new tool calculates the financial value of work devoted to aiding loved ones in need.
In 1974, a creative surgical procedure saved the career of L.A. Dodgers pitcher Tommy John after he tore his UCL. Today, an astonishing 35% of active MLB pitchers have had "Tommy John surgery." But more than half of the athletes getting the procedure are under 18.
In 1974, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tommy John was having a dream season until he tore his UCL, the ligament that supports a pitcher's arm while throwing. Following a creative surgical procedure, John recovered and went on to play 14 more seasons, forever changing the game. Today, an astonishing 35% of active MLB pitchers have had "Tommy John surgery." But it's not just major leaguers; about 60% of athletes who've had the surgery are under the age of 19. Correspondent Faith Salie looks at how a surgical procedure has changed how people view repetitive sports injuries.
North Korea blew up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use on Tuesday, South Korea said, as tensions between the two keep rising.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin was taken hostage on Oct. 7 at the Nova music festival. Israeli troops found his body in a tunnel in Gaza in late August.
Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of an ancient church in Armenia, which they believe originated in the 4th century A.D.
Authorities in Spain say a Briton plunged to his death after climbing the Castilla-La Mancha Bridge, an illegal stunt frequently attempted by social media content creators.
Police in western France say they're looking into what caused a Tesla that came off a road to catch on fire in a crash that killed the driver and all 3 passengers.
A new wave of lawsuits filed Monday accuses Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping men and women and molesting a 16-year-old boy.
With "Love Is Blind" and other dating shows dominating TV, experts Jared Freid and Serena Kerrigan share why these programs continue to captivate millions of fans.
Mornings Memory spooky edition travels back to 1993, when "The Early Show" gave us a glimpse into the making of a zombie movie on a shoestring budget.
Zoey Deutch joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about stepping onto the Broadway stage as Emily Webb in the revival of "Our Town," a Pulitzer Prize-winning play about life in a small fictional town in 1901.
Legendary actor Henry Winkler, fresh off his third Emmy win for "Barry," joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his latest children's book, "Detective Duck: The Case of the Missing Tadpole."
With up to 40% of online reviews found to be fake, the Federal Trade Commission is introducing a new rule to ban deceptive feedback. Nick Thompson, CEO of "The Atlantic," explains how it will work.
Endangered whale species face a major threat on the high seas: cruise and container ships that have difficulty avoiding collisions with whales. But there are new tools that may help reduce ship strikes.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
The author of the bestseller "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" returns with an examination of the power of intelligence to shape and control civilizations throughout history, and how artificial intelligence may change society, economics and politics.
Just days after multiple states sued TikTok for allegedly designing the app to addict children, new details have emerged about how they say the company does it. Jo Ling Kent reports.
Endangered whale species (like blue whales, humpbacks, and fin whales) face a major threat on the high seas: cruise and container ships that have difficulty avoiding collisions with whales. Correspondent David Pogue talks with a marine ecologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, whose fleet of autonomous vehicles helps track whales in shipping lanes; and finds out how container ships may be able to reduce striking whales.
The author of the bestseller "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" returns with an examination of the power of intelligence to shape and control civilizations throughout history, and how artificial intelligence may change society, economics and politics.
The 2024 World Wildlife Fund report found that animal populations are declining due to human-caused climate change and the global loss of nature. CBS News Los Angeles meteorologist and environmental reporter Marina Jurica reports on which species are most at risk and what can be done to reverse the trend.
Many Americans were able to spot the northern lights Thursday and may have another chance to do so Friday as the aurora borealis remains visible. CBS News Bay Area meteorologist Zoe Mintz breaks down the phenomenon and also looks at the latest U.S. forecast.
The ashes were released into the eye of the hurricane Tuesday night, less than 24 hours before Milton made landfall.
A man has been arrested and charged for allegedly threatening some of those involved in hurricane recovery efforts in North Carolina. Officials say the threats forced FEMA responders, who have been on the ground since Helene hit, to temporarily stop their work and relocate out of an abundance of caution. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga has the details.
A new wave of lawsuits filed Monday accuses Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping men and women and molesting a 16-year-old boy.
William Jacob Parsons, a 44-year-old man who was allegedly spotted armed with an assault rifle, was arrested and charged for making comments about possibly harming Federal Emergency Management Agency workers in North Carolina for Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office confirms. CBS News' Nicole Sganga has more on the allegations.
FEMA says it made some "operational adjustments" for safety reasons but said later it would resume normal operations after the threat turned out to be less serious than first feared.
Authorities are investigating the disappearance of a Colorado teen whose head and hands were found at her family's former home after they sold it.
NASA's solar-powered Europa Clipper took off Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft is projected to reach Jupiter by April 2030 and will study one of the planet's moons. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood explains what scientists are hoping to accomplish with the mission.
NASA successfully launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft Monday toward Jupiter where it will monitor a moon for potential habitable qualities. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more on the spacecraft expected to near Jupiter's moon Europa around April 2030.
A multi-billion dollar space mission launching Monday may reveal more about an icy moon circling planet Jupiter. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has more.
SpaceX launched its most powerful rocket ever built and then flew its first stage booster back to the launch pad where giant metal arms called "chopsticks" grabbed it, just seven minutes after lifting off in Boca Chica, Texas. The uncrewed test flight is a new milestone in SpaceX's vision of developing a fully reusable rocket to return astronauts to the moon and beyond.
The ambitious mission won't actually look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
The seesaw marriage between the former ballerina and her much older husband only lasted four years, until she shot him on Sept. 27, 2020.
A look at the evidence in "The Dexter Killer" case; plus, newly revealed letters from the man police say wanted to be like fictional serial killer Dexter Morgan.
A teenager's murder in Lowell, Massachusetts, goes unsolved for more than 40 years -- were the clues there all along?
Live performances are in full swing this summer. Scroll through our concert gallery, featuring pictures by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
Charlie D'Agata goes inside a training exercise at Fort Johnson in Louisiana with the Army's 101st Airborne Division to see how they're preparing for future conflicts.
NASA's solar-powered Europa Clipper took off Monday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft is projected to reach Jupiter by April 2030 and will study one of the planet's moons. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood explains what scientists are hoping to accomplish with the mission.
Several communities across Florida and North Carolina are recovering after back-to-back hurricanes. CBS News' Tom Hanson is in Manasota Key on Florida's west coast with the latest on recovery efforts.
The U.S. is sending an advanced missile defense system to Israel, along with about 100 troops to operate it. Their mission is to protect Israel from incoming ballistic missiles fired by Iran. Ramy Inocencio has new details about a deadly attack launched by Hezbollah from inside Lebanon.
The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old Israeli-American hostage who was killed by Hamas, are speaking out for the first time since their son's death. Elizabeth Palmer has more.
