Meg Oliver

New York

Correspondent at CBS News

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Pedestrian deaths are climbing as vehicles increase in size. More families are grieving the consequences.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Meg Oliver

Last December, Karla Molina sent her 2-year-old son Emmanuel out to run errands with his grandmother in Houston. They were crossing the street when a pickup truck hit them. "I get a call — 'Your mom and your son got hit,'" Molina said. Karla's mom survived, but Emmanuel did not. The driver says he never saw them. "I ran barefooted, saw my son under the guy's truck and I hold my son. I knew he was gone," Karla said.
High school seniors await college acceptances with more competition than ever

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Meg Oliver

Greendale, Wisconsin — Near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Greendale High School seniors Nicholai Galusha, Carly Antczak and Brady McCravens put in a lot of work to earn high GPAs.But despite stellar stats and robust resumes, they're facing major competition. The class of 2025 is the biggest and most diverse in history, with 3.9 million high schoolers graduating this year, according to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
Smartphone addiction is leading to "brain rot," doctors say

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Meg Oliver

Asheville, North Carolina — Katy Paige Rosenberg, a freshman at the University of North Carolina Asheville, recently realized what too much scrolling on her phone was doing to her. She estimates she was probably spending about nine hours a day on her phone. "I was just kind of constantly on it," Rosenberg said.
When student scores fell, these NYC schools took a new approach to teaching

Feb 21, 2025 | aol.com | Meg Oliver

New York City — Two years ago, 13-year-old Liam Seminara was struggling in school and transferred to St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy in Brooklyn looking for a change. The eighth grader is now testing above grade level. He's a member of the school's robotics team and is a passionate reader who says he reads "way more" than he did prior to coming to St. Joseph.
How the 2009 Colgan Air disaster became a turning point for U.S. aviation

Feb 12, 2025 | msn.com | Meg Oliver

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When student scores fell, these NYC schools took a new approach to teaching

Feb 12, 2025 | msn.com | Meg Oliver

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When reading and math scores fell, a group of New York City Catholic schools took a new approach to teaching

Feb 12, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Meg Oliver

New York City — Two years ago, 13-year-old Liam Seminara was struggling in school and transferred to St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy in Brooklyn looking for a change. The eighth grader is now testing above grade level. He's a member of the school's robotics team and is a passionate reader who says he reads "way more" than he did prior to coming to St. Joseph.
The 2009 Colgan Air disaster became a turning point for U.S. aviation. These families led the call for change.

Feb 12, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Meg Oliver |Sarah Welch |Jake Rosenwasser

Last month's mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., was the first fatal American commercial air disaster since shortly after 10 p.m. on February 12, 2009, when Colgan Air Flight 3407 fell out of the sky and crashed into a house near Buffalo, New York. It was the 14th fatal crash of a U.S. airliner in 15 years, but the 2009 disaster would become a turning point in American aviation.
What happened when 4 teens swapped their smartphones for flip phones

Jan 21, 2025 | msn.com | Meg Oliver

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We asked four teens to swap their smartphones for flip phones. Here's what happened.

Jan 21, 2025 | cbsnews.com | Meg Oliver |Alicia Hastey

For 14-year-old Ben Cohen-Vigder, accidentally losing his smartphone on the school bus last February ended up gaining him so much more. "I was without my phone for like two days and I realized how my days were so much longer and full," Ben said. It was so much better that the 8th grade lacrosse goalie made the radical choice to get a flip phone, giving him the ability to communicate without all the smart features — and distractions.