ACT OF LOVE: This 99-year-old man walks six miles every single day -- no matter the weather -- to visit his wife in the hospital. And listening to him talk about her will renew your faith in love. cbsn.ws/2N3XGIN
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When she dropped to one knee to propose, her girlfriend didn't say yes -- she did something better. cbsn.ws/2sfb0ia
Every day, this elderly woman says "hello" to school kids as they pass by her house. When they found out their beloved neighbor was moving, hundreds of kids left school to give her one last "goodbye." cbsn.ws/2JcETJ7
ELEPHANT RESCUE: A veterinarian and national park staff saved an elephant mother in Thailand after they performed CPR on her Wednesday The elephant fainted from stress after her calf fell and got stuck in a hole. They were both rescued and safely walked back into the wild.
Stranger stops to offer 20-year-old ride to work; days later, he returns with surprise that brings the man to tears cbsn.ws/2seRnZB
BEST DAD: When his son wanted to dance to "Frozen" songs, this dad put on an Elsa costume and danced with him – because it's important to just "let it go" and be yourself 💙 cbsn.ws/2RKYNvR
“If I get corona, I get corona. At the end of the day, I'm not gonna let it stop me from partying”: Spring breakers are still flocking to Miami, despite coronavirus warnings. cbsn.ws/33sb67i
Barcelona's Liceu Opera House reopened its doors for the first time in over three months to hold a concert for an audience of nearly 2,300 house plants cbsn.ws/37RJV82
PURE HAPPINESS: This 16-year-old girl was disappointed that she had to miss a Jonas Brothers concert because she's undergoing chemotherapy treatment. But then, she got a surprise right in her hospital room ❤️ cbsn.ws/2Ztu3YH
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"I am here to acknowledge & represent the African-American girls whose stories don't make the front page of every national newspaper, whose stories don't lead on the evening news," says Naomi Wadler, an 11-year-old from Alexandria, Va. cbsn.ws/2pDCfAK #MarchForOurLives
"I know that leaders aren't supposed to cry...But we are having a humanitarian crisis here," San Juan mayor tells
WARNING: This video of Congressman John Lewis dancing may make you -level "Happy." 🎵
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Dad bikes 1,400 miles to hear deceased daughter's heartbeat on Father's Day cbsn.ws/2sCuaNU
This 2-year-old's family couldn't afford his $20,000 electric wheelchair, and their insurance didn't cover it. So, a high school robotics team built him one for free ❤️️ cbsn.ws/2TNEMp6
Aurora police chief shows the photos of three former officers smiling and reenacting a chokehold near the site of Elijah McClain's arrest cbsnews.com/live
The family of this 4-year-old says they did everything right, but the little boy still contracted coronavirus and had to fight for his life in a Denver ICU cbsn.ws/2Y6bRSO
Little girl sobs for her father after he was taken during the Mississippi ICE raids. She pleads for him to be let go: "I need my dad." cbsn.ws/2M8xpsJ
In tears, a nurse says she quit her job after she was asked to work in a coronavirus ICU without a face mask: “America is not prepared, and nurses are not being protected” cbsn.ws/3bH5bya
The blue macaw parrot that inspired "Rio" is now officially extinct in the wild cbsn.ws/2NUFUFb
. surprised Lizzo with her high school band director, who encouraged her to apply herself when she was learning to play the flute — and her reaction was priceless: “Wow, I did it, didn't I?” cbsn.ws/2ItmCGi
STUNNING: Fireworks filled the sky above the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Independence Day. 🎆 cbsn.ws/2RW7uVb
These 12-year-old twins from Sicily put on a violin concert while in quarantine, performing Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" cbsn.ws/39l84Di
BREAKING: CBS News and The Washington Post have obtained copies of numerous texts between Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Ginni Thomas, and Pres. Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows about efforts to overturn the 2020 election. cbsn.ws/3D9qgQI
Pentagon formally releases 3 Navy videos showing "unidentified aerial phenomena" cbsn.ws/2KFa3bC
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In a tense exchange, bystander Donald Williams pushed back when the Derek Chauvin's attorney asked whether he grew more and more angry with Chauvin during the fatal arrest of George Floyd.
"I stayed in my body. You can't paint me out to be angry."
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CBS News asked — who is campaigning in California during the Iowa Caucuses — about his feud with President Trump, and whether people want to see two billionaires fighting on Twitter.
Bloomberg: "Two billionaires? Who's the second one?"
JUST IN: Omicron COVID variant was in Europe before South African scientists detected and flagged it to the world
For the first time in 115 years, overnight subway service in New York City has been shut down to clean trains amid the pandemic cbsn.ws/2SHpEvx
"This is my charge to everyone: We have to be better. We have to love more. Hate less. We got to listen more and talk less," Megan Rapinoe says. "It's our responsibility to make the world a better place." cbsn.ws/2YNw6Cq
EARLIER: Actor Ashton Kutcher gives emotional testimony discussing child trafficking at Senate hearing cbsn.ws/2lPx6Te
Betty White turns 97 today. So to celebrate, here are 5 times she was the cutest human on earth. cbsn.ws/2CnG1nY
HEARTWARMING: A teacher breaks down in tears after the mother of a student buys her a car so she can get to work every day. ❤️️cbsn.ws/2MxAorz
Philadelphia Mayor: “Our officers need help. They need help. They need help with gun control. They need help with keeping these weapons out of these people’s hands.” cbsn.ws/2OWvd9Z
An investigation is underway after surveillance video captured bags of mail being dumped in a parking lot in the Los Angeles area cbsn.ws/328lUsd
After the Kansas City Chiefs won on Sunday, this player made snow angels in the confetti, then paid off the adoption fees for more than 100 shelter dogs – which is probably one of the most wholesome Super Bowl celebrations of all time ❤️ cbsn.ws/2ufCE2C
WATCH: Kindergarteners in Tennessee learned how to sign "Happy Birthday" to celebrate the 60th birthday of their beloved elementary school custodian, who is hard of hearing. His incredible reaction to the surprise says it all. 💛 💛
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Eugene Goodman, the Capitol Police officer who led rioters away from the Senate chamber, will escort Kamala Harris at the inauguration as the new acting deputy House Sergeant at Arms, reports
BREAKING: CBS News and the Washington Post have obtained White House records turned over to the House, which show a gap in President Donald Trump's phone logs of seven hours and 37 minutes on January 6.
BREAKING: Brittney Griner released by Russia in 1-for-1 prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout, U.S. official says
RACE UPDATE: CBS News estimates the governor race in Arizona moves from toss up to leans Democratic. cbsn.ws/3teSDst
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says the violent demonstrations in Atlanta are “disgracing the life of George Floyd”: “When you burn down this city, you’re burning down our community. If you want change in America, go and register to vote.” cbsnews.com/live/
This is the moment Ben and his husband Aaron met their daughter Charlotte for the first time 🥺 ❤️
Readers added context
Ben & Aaron became legal fathers of Charlotte through adoption. She was not conceived through surrogacy; Charlotte's mother chose to give her up for adoption, and she was already 6 months pregnant before she got in touch with Ben & Aaron through an adoption agency.
Source: scoop.upworthy.com/heartwarming-v… & mom.com/news/gay-dads-…
For the first time in its 246-year history, the Marine Corps has its first Black four-star general as Gen. Michael Langley takes charge of Africa Command. cbsn.ws/3A2HW0z
"In an ideal world, the 20 first graders and kindergartners who died at Sandy Hook would be in middle school... The 17 victims from Stoneman Douglas would probably be eating lunch right now," student says at #NationalWalkoutDay rally cbsn.ws/2tODaDB
Trump praised "pure American glory" at Daytona 500 before taking lap in "The Beast" cbsn.ws/2HpZAiy
Amateur sketch from witness helps Pa. police identify theft suspect cbsn.ws/2nViljN
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warns people not to loot homes amid hurricane recovery: "You never know what may be lurking behind somebody's home...we're a Second Amendment state." cbsn.ws/3dTfiH1
This 8-year-old boy didn't know he was being filmed when he selflessly stopped to help an elderly woman struggling to walk up steps.
Now, his random act of kindness is going viral cbsn.ws/2xrU9NN
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters in first briefing: "There will be times when we see things differently in this room...That's okay. That's part of our democracy, and rebuilding trust with the American people will be central to our focus in the press office"
A police chief in Texas was brought to tears when he swore in a 6-year-old girl as an honorary officer. She has an incurable cancer, and wants to become a cop so she can fight the "bad guys in her body" 💖 cbsn.ws/2DZCs9P
NEW: Women who have publicly accused President Trump of sexual harassment and assault will speak at a news conference, hosted by , Monday at 10:30 a.m. ET. The women are calling for an investigation by Congress of sexual misconduct by the president.
Two days before he’s sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden volunteered with his family at a Philadelphia food bank, packing boxes as part of National Day of Service cbsn.ws/3qwvgrc
WATCH: The father of victims of ex-USA Gymnastic doctor Larry Nassar lunges at Nassar in court after saying to judge, “I would ask you to as part of the sentencing to grant me 5 minutes in a locked room with this demon.” cbsn.ws/2E6uywh
"Tonight in this room full of music's dreamers, we remember that this country was built by dreamers, for dreamers, chasing the American dream." calls for support of Dreamers at #Grammys cbsn.ws/2FrtAHX
The dog who played Duke in commercials for Bush's Baked Beans has died cbsn.ws/2KDtiE9
“Just ask the French football team that just won the World Cup… Not all of those folks looked like Gauls to me. But they're French! They're French,” Obama says on looking past race to embrace our common humanity cbsn.ws/2JvbZjQ
WATCH: Laughter breaks out in the Senate Chamber after Trump attorney Michael van der Veen insists that any impeachment trial depositions should be done in person in his office in Philadelphia
"I don't know why you're laughing," he says cbsnews.com/live-updates/t
CBS News projects Joe Biden wins the presidential election with the projected win in Pennsylvania. The current electoral vote count is Biden 273 and Trump 213. cbsnews.com/results
"Game of Thrones'" Gwendoline Christie submitted herself for an Emmy — after HBO didn't — and got the nomination cbsn.ws/2LXar7e
WATCH: The casket of Rep. John Lewis has made the final journey across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. cbsn.ws/2WW5a4z
Maria Mercader, our beloved CBS News colleague, died from COVID-19 on Sunday at age 54.
"It's nearly impossible to be someone EVERYONE loves, but Maria was." cbsn.ws/3bFJa2R
French mayor defends holding massive Smurf rally despite coronavirus spread: "We must not stop living" cbsn.ws/3aNVGwF
Sen. Ted Cruz says he doesn't think additional witnesses should be called for impeachment trial and that testimony from John Bolton is not "necessary" cbsnews.com/live-updates/i
“Do you think we’re bad for America? You think I’m bad for America?” - Sean Hannity
"Yes." - Ted Koppel
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Biden told a 9-year-old girl her stutter doesn't define her. Now, her mother says she feels "so empowered." cbsn.ws/3dcnPkd
ALL THE FEELS: An abandoned dog anxiously paces across a porch surrounded by Florence's floodwaters, when someone finally arrives to rescue him. His reaction is all heart. cbsn.ws/2MPch6K
World leaders congratulate President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris cbsn.ws/35juKF0
Schumer says he will turn down McConnnell's request for Democrats to protect the filibuster as part of the 50-50 Senate: "Leader McConnell's proposal is unacceptable, and it won't be accepted" cbsnews.com/live-updates/s
HERSTORY: Astronaut Christina Koch returns to Earth after spending 328 days aboard the International Space Station, setting a record for the longest single flight by a female cbsn.ws/2tACDWL
