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1 dead after Coast Guard ship collides with fishing boat near Puerto Rico

Both victims were aboard the fishing vessel.

8/7: Face The Nation

This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," we talk to Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott about the party’s opposition to the Democrats' economic plan, and former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb returns to discuss the monkeypox health emergency. And after a surprising July jobs report, we talk to San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President and CEO Mary Daly about what it means for the U.S. economy.

Ukraine and Russia strike deal to ease global food shortage crisis

Efforts have resumed to export some of the 20 million tons of food trapped at the port by Russia's suffocating blockade. Charlie D'Agata reports from Odesa.

Nonprofit stages baseball games for people with disabilities

The Beautiful Lives Project is traveling America this year to stage baseball games for people with disabilities. Scott MacFarlane reports.

Jacob Smith: The legally blind 15-year-old freeride skier

A brain tumor robbed Jacob Smith of his vision, but that hasn’t stopped him from making a name for himself on the slopes. Sharyn Alfonsi reports.

CBS Weekend News, August 7, 2022

VP Harris casts tie-breaking vote as Senate passes Democrats' climate, health and tax bill; Nonprofit stages baseball games for people with disabilities

Reverb: Gun Fight | CBS Reports

CBS Reports explores gun violence victims' fight to pass gun control laws in Virginia in the wake of mass shootings and the armed resistance determined to stop them from passing.

8/7/2022: Death in Training, An Island Off An Island, Flying Blind

"Top-down incompetence": Investigating military vehicle training deaths; Fogo Island's comeback story; Jacob Smith: The legally blind freeride skier.

2 adults, 2 kids riding in golf cart killed by alleged drunk driver

There were two other passengers in the golf cart — an adult and a juvenile — who were hospitalized Sunday in critical condition, police said.

Albuquerque police say car connected to the murders of Muslim men

Albuquerque police asked anyone with information regarding a dark colored, four door Volkswagen with tinted windows with possible damage to contact police "as soon as possible."