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Paris, Women +81kg: What a show! Li Wenwen lifts China’s fifth gold – and her coach

International Weightlifting Federation 

Li Wenwen lifted her coach rather than the barbell on the way to claiming her second Olympic title in the last – and noisiest – session of weightlifting at Paris 2024. Her win helped China to continue its run of winning at least five weightlifting gold medals at every Games this century. Li is so […]

Crocheting magical gifts for special patients

CBSNews.com 

Holly Christensen, a former oncology nurse, saw how much joy could be brought to young cancer patients and their families when she made a Rapunzel wig out of soft yarn for a friend's daughter undergoing chemotherapy. What began in 2015 as a thoughtful gift has since spun into a national non-profit, the Magic Yarn Project. Volunteers at 10 chapters nationwide transform yarn into character wigs for kids with cancer (or any child dealing with medical hair loss). Correspondent Serena Altschul reports.

Passage: In memoriam

CBSNews.com 

"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including pioneering tech executive Susan Wojcicki, who was instrumental in the rise of Google and YouTube.

JuJu Smith-Schuster Release Amplified Terrible Patriots Decision

New England Sportd Network: World Cup 

The Patriots had an important decision to make ahead of their all-important 2023 season. New England had an opportunity to re-sign Jakobi Meyers, a wide receiver who went from undrafted free agent to sure-handed target in Foxboro, Mass. Not only had Meyers proven himself as a more-than-capable NFL wideout with the Patriots, but he was […]

Horseshoe crabs: Ancient creatures who are a medical marvel

CBSNews.com 

Correspondent Conor Knighton visits New Jersey beaches along the Delaware Bay to learn about horseshoe crabs – mysterious creatures that predate dinosaurs – whose very blood has proved vital to keeping humans healthy by helping detect bacterial endotoxins. He talks with environmentalists about the decline in the horseshoe crab population, and with researchers who are pushing the pharmaceutical industry to switch its use of horseshoe crab blood with a synthetic alternative used in medical testing.

Post Malone on success, acceptance, and his new country album

CBSNews.com 

He's one of the biggest pop stars in the world, yet Post Malone's new album, "F-1 Trillion," features his duets with some of the biggest names in country, including Luke Combs, Blake Shelton, Morgan Wallen and Dolly Parton. Correspondent Anthony Mason visits Malone in Nashville to talk about his acceptance among country music fans; how he dealt with being called a "one-hit wonder" following his debut with the 2015 hip hop smash "White Iverson"; and how he recovered from a downward spiral that he experienced in the midst of his success.

James Baldwin at 100

CBSNews.com 

A century after his birth in Harlem, the writer and activist is being celebrated for his visionary work, and for the many facets of his personality – Black, gay, New Yorker, expatriate – that transformed him into an iconic figure in the civil rights movement.