Teen achieves softball dreams despite being legally blind and a man’s love for baseball helps Alzheimer’s research

[ad_1] With the MLB playoffs underway, CBS News contributor David Begnaud highlights two inspirational stories featuring America’s favorite pastime. In Connecticut, a high school softball pitcher overcomes the odds of a debilitating disease and a family’s passion for baseball in Arkansas leads to Alzheimer’s research after a devastating diagnosis. High school pitcher achieves dreams despite…

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Couple who illegally kept rooftop-roaming panther named Louise says they saw animal as their “big, affectionate baby”

[ad_1] A French couple kept Louise, a playful black panther, in an apartment in northern France, triggering panic when she was spotted roaming nearby rooftops. The pair were handed suspended jail sentences on Thursday for illegally keeping a wild animal, despite protesting that they saw Louise as their baby. The ruling follows a September 2019…

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11/2: Sunday Morning

[ad_1] Hosted by Jane Pauley. Featured: Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution”; George Clooney on “Jay Kelly”; author Salman Rushie on “The Eleventh Hour”; the high cost of childcare; the Trump administration’s pressures on universities; pianist Adam Tendler; and watch auctioneer Aurel Bacs. [ad_2] Source link

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New list of threatened species includes arctic seals, majority of bird species worldwide

[ad_1] Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, according to an annual assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature. One bright spot is green sea turtles, which have recovered substantially…

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