Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, is author of the New York Times bestsellers “Braiding Sweetgrass” and “The Serviceberry” – books that advocate for living and working in collaboration with the Earth. She talks with correspondent Martha Teichner about the importance of respecting both Western scientific knowledge and Indigenous knowledge,…
Scribner We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Robin Wall Kimmerer, an Indigenous botanist, became a #1 New York Times bestselling author with her 2013 book “Braiding Sweetgrass,” about the value of complementing our understanding of Western science with Indigenous knowledge about nature and humanity. In her most recent…
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Guest host: Steve Hartman Ticks, lots of ’em! CBS News COVER STORY: The explosion of ticks and Alpha-gal syndromeThis year, emergency room visits…
Harvard University has agreed to pay a $53 million settlement after its former morgue manager stole and sold body parts donated for scientific research, with a court reportedly approving the plan on Tuesday. Cedric Lodge, who managed the morgue at the prestigious Harvard Medical School before being fired in 2023, was sentenced to eight years…
Washington — The Trump administration is weighing a proposal to require nonprofits to disclose in their annual tax filings whether their top officials have been convicted of certain financial or terrorism-related crimes, sources with direct knowledge of the matter told CBS News. The IRS disclosure requirement would be added to the Form 990, the annual…
Washington — A former federal prosecutor who was fired earlier this year for her previous work on a case against activists accused of blocking an entrance to an abortion clinic sued the Justice Department on Monday, arguing her ouster was driven by unlawful political retaliation. Sunita Doddamani, previously an assistant U.S. attorney in the Eastern…
London — The BBC has asked a Florida court to subpoena members of President Trump’s family as part of the British public broadcaster’s legal defense against Mr. Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit, according to a court filing released Friday. The BBC’s legal team asked the U.S District Court in the Southern District of Florida for…
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and negotiator on Middle East affairs, met with Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday to discuss the latest U.S.-backed peace deal that seeks the group’s disarmament and a road map for the transfer of power to a new government, according to a source with knowledge of the meeting. The meeting…
D——etectives Stephanie Winter and Devin Rigo of the Hillsboro, Oregon, Police Department had never encountered a crime scene like the one they encountered in January 2023. Natalie Morales: How would you two characterize this case when you first got it? What did you think? Det. Stephanie Winter: You know, I just thought that it’s a…
Nardiz Cooke was alarmed when she felt a lump in her right breast in late 2018. Her OB-GYN wasn’t: Cooke was 38 and had no family history of cancer. Cooke’s doctor diagnosed her with fibrosis, a common condition that causes tissue to feel lumpy. Cooke was reassured, but almost two years later, new symptoms…
