The full episode of the CBS Evening News from the August 20th, 2015 edition

The wildfires out West turned deadly Wednesday as three firefighters were killed; Last year's ALS ice bucket challenge helped raise $115 million in just two months.

• Aug 20, 2015
• 20:44

Last year's ALS ice bucket challenge helped raise $115 million in just two months. Researchers say the money is helping them make advances in understanding a mystery protein that's prevalent in nearly all ALS cases

Last year's ALS ice bucket challenge helped raise $115 million in just two months. Researchers say the money is helping them make advances in understanding a mystery protein that's prevalent in nearly all ALS cases. CBS News correspondent Jim Axelrod reports.

• Aug 20, 2015
• 01:57

Is all that money being spent effectively?

The ice bucket challenge was one of the most successful charity campaigns raising over $114 million, but is all that money being spent effectively? Michelle Miller reports.

• Sep 19, 2014
• 04:21

North Carolina Mayor accepts the pie challenge to help raise awareness for Huntington's Disease

Mayor Outlaw accepted a challenge to help raise awareness for Huntington's Disease. Since the pie challenge started last month, donations to the Huntington's Disease Society of America have quadrupled.

• Sep 10, 2014
• 00:50

A group of nuns in Dublin, Ireland from the Redemptoristine order recently completed the ice bucket challenge

A group of nuns in Dublin, Ireland from the Redemptoristine order recently completed the ice bucket challenge. This video was sourced through ENEX via Storyful.

• Sep 4, 2014
• 01:33

The ALS ice bucket challenge has now raised almost $42 million since late July, up from just $2 million last year

The ALS ice bucket challenge has now raised almost $42 million since late July, up from just $2 million last year. Many of the 740,000 donors have participated in the fun ice challenge, but others have reasons why they can't join the cause. Ben Tracy reports.

• Aug 22, 2014
• 02:47

The challenge has brought in about $23 million for the fight against ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease

The challenge has brought in about $23 million for the fight against ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. Now other groups are trying to get in on the action, and it could change the way we look at fund raising and advertising. Advertising Age's editor Abbey Klaassen joins "CBS This Morning" to talk about the phenomenon.

• Aug 20, 2014
• 03:22

The "ice bucket challenge" is still going strong as huge donations are pouring in for research to stop ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease

The "ice bucket challenge" is still going strong as huge donations are pouring in for research to stop ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. After Norah O'Donnell and Gayle King showed their videos on "CBS This Morning" yesterday, Charlie Rose took the plunge in Central Park.

• Aug 19, 2014
• 01:03

After exploding on social media last week, the ice bucket challenge was completed by tons of celebrities over the weekend

After exploding on social media last week, the ice bucket challenge was completed by tons of celebrities over the weekend. Norah O'Donnell reports on the craze.

• Aug 18, 2014
• 02:47

Ice Bucket Challenge co-founder dies

Pat Quinn, co-founder of the viral ice bucket video challenge, has died at the age of 37 after a seven-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often called Lou Gehrig's disease. The ALS Association announced Quinn's death Sunday morning. CBS Boston reports.

• Nov 23, 2020
• 00:32

Pat Quinn, Ice Bucket Challenge co-founder, has died at age 37

The ice bucket challenge took social media by storm in 2014, making Quinn a viral sensation.

• Nov 23, 2020

Pete Frates, Ice Bucket Challenge founder, has died at age 34

Pete Frates was diagnosed with ALS in 2012 at the age of 27. He and his family made significant efforts to raise awareness and money to try and find a cure for the progressive disease.

• Dec 9, 2019

Tech helps man get his voice back

The program called Project Revoice recreated Pat Quinn’s voice from recordings of his many speeches and interviews, giving the man with ALS his voice back. Mary Calvi of CBS New York station WCBS-TV reports.

• May 18, 2018
• 02:42

Man behind Ice Bucket Challenge gets his voice back

With the help of new technology, ALS patient Pat Quinn, a co-founder of the Ice Bucket Challenge, can once again use his voice

• May 18, 2018

Pete Frates, of Ice Bucket Challenge fame, "doing awesome"

The man who inspired the viral Ice Bucket Challenge has been released from the hospital and is back home with his family

• Jul 13, 2017

Ice Bucket Challenge inspiration gets help with medical bills

Pete Frates' parents have said his medical bills can reach $80,000 to $95,000 each month

• Jul 5, 2017

Man who inspired Ice Bucket Challenge back in the hospital

Family members say 32-year-old Pete Frates​ is "battling this beast ALS like a Superhero"

• Jul 3, 2017

Man who inspired Ice Bucket Challenge struggling financially

The Frates family faces medical bills of anywhere between $85,000-$95,000 per month

• May 24, 2017

ALS drug approval gives patients hope

"I am very, very excited.... This is the most exciting and optimistic news we've had in a long, long time in ALS"

• May 9, 2017

The ultimate reminder of Americans' altruism is in the Smithsonian

Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge? The blue ice bucket that started it all is being remembered for its key role in American history

• Nov 29, 2016

22 Push-Up Challenge hopes to save the lives of veterans

The latest viral Internet challenge aims to raise awareness and prevention for veteran suicide

• Aug 16, 2016

Ice Bucket Challenge funds ALS gene discovery

The viral campaign that raised more than $100 million helped pay for this important research

• Jul 27, 2016

The real-world impact of the ice bucket challenge

"As simple as a silly bucket of ice water, what it did was change the world," co-founder Pat Quinn says after campaign raises $115 million

• Aug 20, 2015

What the ice bucket challenge has done for ALS research

Scientists are crediting money raised during the ice bucket challenge with what they call "breakthrough research"

• Aug 20, 2015