Stress is all around us, but so is an accessible antidote: the outdoors. Experts say getting outside can have a positive impact on both our mental and physical health.  “The outdoors have so many amazing benefits for us,” general pediatrician Dr. Vanessa Slots told CBS Minnesota station WCCO. “There are …

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia actor is starring in a groundbreaking musical event that shows the challenges people in the disability community face. The show was created by people with a rare disease and will make its world debut in New York City and livestreaming on Thursday which is Rare …

COON RAPIDS, Minn. — A 37-year-old Fridley man was allegedly dressed as a UPS worker before fatally shooting three people inside a Coon Rapids home last week. Alonzo Mingo was charged on Monday in Anoka County District Court with three felony counts of second-degree murder in connection to Friday’s killings. According …

Straight from the news, his subjects he’d choose: Martha Teichner shares an ode to CBS News’ resident wit and poet laureate, Charles Osgood, who died January 23, 2024 at age 91. (Portions of this story were originally broadcast September 25, 2016.) From down the hall, I decided to pay Charlie …

Experimental gene therapy studied in both China and the United States has allowed several children born with inherited deafness to hear. On Tuesday, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia announced improvements in the hearing of an 11-year-old boy, Aissam Dam of Spain, who was born unable to hear. After being treated …

There were 4.1 trillion music streams worldwide in 2023, according to a report released Wednesday, the first time streaming has ever crossed the four-trillion mark in a single year.  The milestone number of global audio streams marked a 22.3% increase from 2022, according to data provider Luminate.  The U.S. accounted …

Actress Glynis Johns, best known for starring in the film “Mary Poppins,” has died at age 100.  The British actress died of natural causes on Thursday morning in Los Angeles, her manager Mitch Clem confirmed to CBS News.  In her decades-long career, Johns earned an Oscar nomination for the 1960 …

CHICAGO (CBS) — Long before Kimberly Foxx won the 2016 election and became the first Black woman to serve as Cook County state’s attorney, she was all too familiar with crime.  She had been impacted as a child herself, she had witnessed her mother living with the aftermath of a …

Though avoiding alcohol is becoming more socially acceptable with sober-curious trends hitting the mainstream, those choosing not to drink this holiday season are often still hit with a potentially triggering question: “Why aren’t you drinking?” While some people may be OK with questions about their reasons for abstaining, experts say it’s best to …

A poison specialist and former medical resident at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a 32-year-old pharmacist who died days after she went to a hospital in August with stomach distress. Authorities say Connor Bowman, 30, tried to stop the autopsy on his wife, Betty …