News Room

This is the most important lesson you can teach your kid
- Headlines & Highlights
- June 18, 2016
New York Post writer Mackenzie Dawson makes the case for why teaching children empathy is vital for their well-being–perhaps now more than ever.
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Our cellphones are killing us
- Headlines & Highlights
- June 18, 2016
Distracted walking or driving can literally end up killing you, as New York Post writer: Maureen Callahan points out with vivid examples of pedestrians and drivers who died with their cellphones in hand. Consider these headlines?
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A night of moving Tony tributes to Orlando from James Cordon, Frank Langella and Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Entertainment, Books & Humor
- June 16, 2016
It is a Broadway tradition that the show must go on. And so the Tony Awards did go on Sunday night as scheduled. But before the show officially started, host James Corden began on just the right note with his heartfelt tribute to those who died or were wounded in this nation’s worst mass shooting in Orlando:
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Prince, opioids and the rest of us: America needs a massive public education campaign to help people hooked on Percocet and related drugs
- Health & Healing
- May 11, 2016
Have you ever been prescribed a painkiller? Did the doctor tell you that opioids like Persoset, Vicatin and Fentanyl, while effective in the short term, can become highly addictive? Did you think that it couldn’t happen to you?
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The Endless Table: How recipes can keep your memories alive
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- April 22, 2016
When the father of celebrated Boston chef Joy Adams was nearing the end of his life, he chose hospice care in the home. Joy, along with the rest of her family, was there to support him. As CNN’s Ashley Strickland writes, Joy not only had fond childhood memories of several dishes her father made, but credited him with imparting to her a true love for food. So it should come as no surprise that that she used her culinary skills to comfort her dad by cooking for him.
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Newlyweds become medical researchers to find cure for wife’s disease
- Health & Healing
- April 5, 2016
Sonia Vallabj and Eric Minikel fell in love and married expecting to live happily ever after. But 5 years ago, she was diagnosed with genetic prion disease, which leads to a decline in memory that only worsens over time. As CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman reports, this husband and wife decided they couldn’t afford to sit back and wait for others to come up with a cure; they had to be part of the process.
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Patty Duke Died Of The Most Common Condition You’ve Never Heard Of
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- April 1, 2016
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says sepsis affects more than 1 million Americans each year–over 258,000 die from it. Yet many of us don’t even know what sepsis is, no less how to prevent it. The death this week of Academy award-winning actress, Patty Duke, put a spotlight on this all too common condition. The cause was listed as an intestinal infection that led to sepsis.
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Tell Congress to Shield the Grid Now: All of our lives depend on it.
- Causes, Environmental Well-Being, Featured
- March 24, 2016
There are certain things in life we take for granted. Flip a switch, the lights go on; our refrigerators and other appliances work and our tech devices get charged. But what if the electricity went out, not just for a day or two or a period of weeks, but months or even years? How many
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Grammy Music Educator Award goes to N.C. high school teacher
- Entertainment, Books & Humor, News Room
- February 11, 2016
There is a special Grammy Award that is announced in advance. It goes to the music educator of the year. And the 2016 winner is Phillip Riggs from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. He beat out over 4,500 other nominees for his “significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education.
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Get your New Year off to a good start with some quotes to inspire you
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- January 22, 2016
Get your New Year off to a good start with some quotes to inspire you.
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In the face of terror, the human spirit endures
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- November 20, 2015
CBS News Anchor, Scott Pelley, had a moving close to his November 18th newscast, where he was reporting from Paris in the aftermath of the horrific terrorist attacks. Somehow Pelley found just the right words and images to touch our hearts.
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Dr. Wayne Dyer: “The Father of Motivation”
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- September 8, 2015
Listen to the audio for my own personal remembrance of meeting Wayne Dyer, who later sent me a book he wrote that was a parable about life and choosing each day to be happy.
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New findings could lead to early pancreatic cancer test
- Health & Healing
- September 2, 2015
Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease. Usually by the time it’s diagnosed, it’s already reached an advanced stage. But now British researchers have announced that they’ve discovered several bio-markers that could lead to early detection.
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After losing parents, 6-year-old embarks on smile mission
- Making a Positive Difference
- August 11, 2015
Jaden Hayes is only 6-years-old, and he’s already known more than his share of heartbreak. His dad died two years ago and his mom just last month. But as Jaden’s aunt, Barbara DiCola, told CBS New correspondent Steve Hartman, her young nephew was tired of being surrounded by sadness and decided to do something about it.
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Why You Should Know About Berkeley’s Cell Phone Radiation Right to Know Ordinance
- Environmental Well-Being, Headlines & Highlights
- August 4, 2015
If you live in Berkeley, California and go to the store to purchase a cell phone, you’ll either be greeted by a sign or given a handout that warns you about the risk of carrying your cell phone in the pocket of your shirt or pants or in your bra. The concern is that by keeping the phone on your body, you’re exposing yourself to radio frequency radiation that “may exceed the federal guidelines.”
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