A small Alaska island was the site of the only North American ground campaign during WWII. Though not well-known, the battle featured some of the war’s most brutal fighting. Jon Wertheim reports. Source

As McDonald’s holds its annual meeting, employees across the country protest the restaurant chain’s working conditions. Source

An official confirmed to CBS News a sixth migrant child died after crossing the U.S. border. The 10-year-old girl died in U.S. custody back in September. Omar Villafranca has the latest. Source

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, joins Margaret Brennan to discuss recent migrant deaths in the U.S. and talk of impeachment in the House. Source

Don’t bet on seeing a Harriet Tubman $20 bill anytime soon. The redesigned bill bearing Tubman’s face, which was supposed to debut in 2020, will not be coming out for nearly a decade, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said. Tubman, who was born into slavery and became a noted abolitionist and political activist, would be the first black woman to have her face on U.S. currency. Source

U.S. warplanes intercepted Russian bombers and fighter jets off the Alaskan coast for the second day in a row Tuesday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command confirmed early Wednesday morning. The U.S.-Canadian airspace defense agency said two Russian bombers accompanied by two Su-35 fighter jets entered the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone and were intercepted by two NORAD F-22s. Source

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is not among the 24 Democratic cadidates vying for the presidency, but she’s rumored to still be considering a run. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns joined “Red & Blue” to discuss if, or when, Abrams will enter the race. Source

Five people have been diagnosed with rat lungworm disease in Hawaii so far in 2019 Source

President Trump presented the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor to a number of officers from across the country in the White House East Room on Wednesday. It is the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer. Watch part of the ceremony here. Source

The 2017 film “Shock and Awe” shows how a group of journalists exposed major gaps in the Bush administration’s justification for the Iraq war. It’s a situation worth re-examining as tensions rise between the U.S. and Iran. The reporters at the center of “Shock and Awe” include Warren Strobel, Jonathan Landay and John Walcott. They joined CBSN to take a closer look at the comparisons between the two situations. Source