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Chef Ashley Christensen was born and raised in the state and grew up in a food-loving family. But she didn't know she'd make her cooking her career until her first culinary job at 21 years old. Since then, she's opened six acclaimed restaurants and, with her wife and business partner, is a co-author of two cookbooks including their latest, "It's Always Freezer Season." Jamie Wax reports.
After nearly two weeks of competition for more than 4,000 of the world's top disabled athletes, the Paralympic Games come to a close tomorrow. Lucy Craft introduces one U.S. athlete who's a star both inside and far beyond the sports stadium.
As many Americans get ready to head back to the office, some working parents are wondering who will watch their kids who have been with them while they worked from home during the pandemic. Adriana Diaz found one e-commerce company with a creative solution: make every day "take your child to work day."
After women found their jobs hit particularly hard by the pandemic, many have turned to app-based delivery work to start earning paychecks again. Axios business reporter Erica Pandey joins CBSN AM to talk more about the trend.
The tennis great says female champions of social justice movements fighting for equality for every human being should not be discriminated against because of their gender.
The bestselling author, host of "Top Chef" and "Taste the Nation," and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador talks about overcoming the traumas of sexual assault, the injuries of a serious car accident, and a diagnosis of endometriosis, and about how "your scars really make you who you are."
Several maternity ward nurses at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Illinois are coincidentally pregnant and expecting around the same time. The nurses are now helping each other deliver their babies, further strengthening their bond. Adriana Diaz reports.
A 4-year-old girl with a knack for nature found two colonies of rare stingless bees. Scientists thought these creatures were long gone and that no adult had managed to notice. Dana Jacobson reports from Palo Alto, California.
Melissa Stockwell is the first female American soldier to ever lose a limb in active combat. Just four years later, in 2008, she became the first Iraq War veteran to qualify for the Paralympic Games. Dana Jacobson recently met Stockwell at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs.
New York's first female governor, Kathy Hochul, who took over after former Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned over sexual harassment allegations, joins "CBS This Morning."
