Canada announces immediate ban on "military-grade" assault weapons
The prime minister said Canadians "need more than thoughts and prayers"
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Polar ice lost in last 16 years could fill Lake Michigan
The two landmasses have lost about 5,000 gigatons of ice in the last decade and a half, which could fill around 2 billion Olympic-sized swimming pools.
UN chief says lack of world leadership "allowed the virus to spread"
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says China and the U.S. may be the biggest powers in the world, but "leadership and power are not associated."
Trump says he's seen evidence virus started in Chinese lab
President refuses to offer details but U.S. intel agencies say COVID-19 wasn't manmade.
Huge auto plant cautiously ramps up after COVID-19 shutdown
The Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, is the size of New York's Central Park and usually staffed by 70,000 people. But things look very different now.
Swedish city using chicken manure to deter crowds from park
You think social distancing stinks? You haven't seen anything yet.
100-year-old WWII veteran's charity walk raises about $40 million
Moore also took part in a charity single, "You'll Never Walk Alone," and became the oldest British number one artist ever.
More than 150,000 flamingos have painted Mumbai pink
It's a small silver – or rather, pink – lining in the current state of the world.
Report details poor conditions at ICE jails with coronavirus cases
"We leave our families, fleeing our home countries to try to save our lives. And then we come here and die while imprisoned," one asylum-seeker told CBS News.
Dutch gamble on limited "intelligent lockdown" to control coronavirus
Most European residents are virtually housebound, but Dutch authorities have merely advised people to stay home, and it seems to be working.
Chinese state media is amplifying coronavirus disinformation
A U.S. Army reservist and her husband are unable to escape a mob of trolls after Chinese diplomats and state media share false conspiracies about COVID-19.
U.S. intelligence says coronavirus "not manmade or genetically modified"
Intelligence agencies have been exploring but have not uncovered evidence to substantiate a theory that the coronavirus escaped a Chinese lab.
Turkey claims success treating virus with drug touted by Trump
The nation says every hospitalized coronavirus patient is given hydroxychloroquine.
Oxford scientists say they may have a vaccine ready by September
In the global race to find a vaccine, Oxford University just jumped way ahead of the pack.
The largest Arctic ozone hole ever recorded is now closed
Scientists said coronavirus lockdowns and reduced air pollution "probably had nothing to do with this."
Stocks crater as midterms spur investor exodus from tech and AI
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Dolly Parton's estate moves to dismiss lawsuit against nephew
Trump agenda likely to be curbed with Democrats in charge
French workers flood streets for anti-government protests
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Oil prices rebound slightly as Iran claims new attacks on ships
Feds warn of potential cyberattacks on industrial refrigerators
Newsom moves to commute all California death sentences
Nithya Raman ousts incumbent Karen Bass in LA mayor's race, CBS News projects
