Painter creates artwork from flip flops
(CBS Newspath) -- FLIP FLOP ARTIST: One artist in Africa is proving one man's trash is another man's art. For more videos, click here.
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Persephone, The robot guide, leads visitors in a Greek cave
ALISTRATI, Greece (AP) - Persephone is not your ordinary robot. Billed as the world’s first robot used as a tour guide inside a cave, Persephone has been welcoming visitors to the Alistrati cave in northern Greece since mid-July. The multilingual…
Josephine Baker is 1st Black woman given Paris burial honor
PARIS (AP) — Plans are underway to reinter the remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker at the Pantheon monument in Paris. The late entertainer who is a World War II hero in France will be the first Black…
Austin seeks 'creative' ways to get Americans out of Kabul
WASHINGTON (AP) - Biden administration officials say the U.S. military is considering “creative ways” to get Americans and others into the Kabul airport for evacuation from Afghanistan amid “acute” security threats. The Pentagon has ordered six U.S. commercial airlines to…
Polish Olympian auctions silver medal to help sick child
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - An Olympic athlete from Poland auctioned her silver medal from the Tokyo Games to raise money for a life-saving operation for an infant boy and then was told by the buyer that she could keep her…
Biden vows to evacuate all Americans -- and Afghan helpers
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging firmly to bring all Americans home from Afghanistan — and all Afghans who aided the war effort, too. …
Afghan officer who fought with US forces rescued from Kabul
The U.S. military and its allies have rescued a high-profile Afghan national police officer who was being hunted by the Taliban because of his years working with the American military. [field59_video account="WBBJ" key="c903401ee322a87fd836b24266e6e5cf55984122" vtitle="Afghan officer who fought with US forces…
Teenage pilot begins solo flight around the world
(CBS Newspath) -- A teenage pilot from Belgium is on her way around the world, with the goal of making it into the record books. Take a look. For more videos, click here.
Archaeologists find skeleton, evidence of Greek in Pompeii
ROME (AP) — Archaeologists have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations in the ancient city of Pompeii. The discovery of the tomb also sheds light on the cultural life of the city before it was destroyed by a volcanic…
Tropical storm drenching earthquake-stricken Haiti
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Tropical Storm Grace has been drenching Haiti just two days after a powerful earthquake struck the impoverished Caribbean nation. The storm adds to the misery of the thousands of people who lost loved ones, were…
