On the front lines of America’s fentanyl crisis
With fentanyl’s cheap availability fueling a surge in overdose fatalities, Carter Evans gets an inside view of a Los Angeles task force’s efforts to combat the epidemic by pursuing homicide charges against dealers. Viewer discretion advised due to disturbing content.
Potential impacts to IVF treatment after Alabama court’s frozen embryo rule
In a landmark decision, Alabama’s all-Republican Supreme Court has ruled that embryos from in-vitro fertilization treatments hold the same rights as children, a move critics argue could drastically restrict IVF access.
2/21: CBS Evening News
Alabama hospital pauses IVF treatment after embryo ruling; Insulin still unaffordable to some after price caps
Alabama hospital pauses IVF treatment after embryo ruling
The University of Alabama’s hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatment after the state’s Supreme Court ruled frozen embryos are considered people. Meg Oliver takes a look at what the ruling means in Alabama and nationwide.
20 state attorneys general call on FDA to toughen baby food industry
ST. LOUIS – 20 state attorneys general are asking the Food and Drug Administration to “issue guidance to the baby food industry on finished product testing for lead and other toxic elements.” The group’s request of the FDA comes as the agency investigates hundreds of lead-poisoning cases linked to recalled applesauce products from Wana-Bana, Schnucks, […]
Best meal kits for people with allergies
Allergies making dinner more trouble than its worth? Give one of these allergen-friendly meal kits a try.
Alabama seeks to perform second execution using nitrogen hypoxia
Alabama asked the state’s Supreme Court to approve a date for Alan Eugene Miller’s execution, which would be done using nitrogen hypoxia.
2/21: Prime Time with John Dickerson
John Dickerson reports on IVF treatments up in the air after Alabama’s Supreme Court decision on frozen embryos, testimony from James Biden in the House GOP impeachment probe, and the effectiveness of sanctions against Russia.
Deadly St. Charles apartment fire remains under investigation
ST. CHARLES, Mo. – A day after a deadly apartment fire at the Sherman Square apartments in St. Charles, it remains under investigation. Tuesday’s blaze took the lives of Richard Martin, 79, and Mary Martin, 78. Some displaced residents were able to return to their units Wednesday. “It was a big struggle,” Mariah Smith, apartment […]
Sinkhole in south St. Louis: reported problems since 2011
ST. LOUIS – A sinkhole that caved in Tuesday night next to Interstate 55 in south St. Louis may have been years in the making. Records show residents have made more than a dozen reports to the City of St. Louis for sidewalks and streets caving in, as well as potholes, since 2011. All of […]
