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When Derek Stefureac was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system, he was a smoker who never exercised. Everything changed when he had an "attack" at work when he was 39: His body seized for about a minute, and Stefureac told CBS News that he "thought he was dying." After seeing multiple doctors, he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. "As I learned more, a doctor said, 'It's a progressive disease, it's incurable. We have some therapies to slow down the progression, but the best thing you can do is get healthy. A healthy body is the best tool.' So that scared me enough to quit smoking, and as part of quitting smoking, to help me out and get healthy, I just started jogging," he said. Now, 13 years after his diagnosis and those initial jogging sessions, Stefureac has run 36 marathons — including one in Antarctica and one on Mount Everest. After completing Australia's Brisbane marathon earlier in June, he's now run a marathon on every continent. 

Eighty years after Christian Lamb helped rescue France from Nazi tyranny, French President Emmanuel Macron kissed her on both cheeks and pinned the nation's highest honor to her lapel. Lamb spent the months before D-Day alone in a tiny room in central London drawing the detailed maps that guided landing craft to the beaches of Normandy as Allied forces began their invasion of occupied France on June 6, 1944. The work was so secret she didn't even tell her husband. Now 103 and seated in a wheelchair, Lamb took center stage when Macron awarded her the Legion of Honor during British ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Before 150,000 soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy for the military operation that would later be known as D-Day, few people outside the military knew what was in the works. But one 22-year-old woman did. Jean Sims was a codebreaker, one of thousands of young women known as “Code Girls” who volunteered to enlist with the U.S. Navy and worked to encode messages sent throughout the military and decode messages intercepted from enemy forces.

11-year-old Daken Kramer raised more than $7,000 to erase his Missouri elementary school's meal debt. As a thank you, the school honored him at his 5th grade graduation, and announced an award named after him that will go to students who go the extra mile.

This teenager is on a mission to create a dog tag for every American service member who made the ultimate sacrifice. He has created more than 80,000 of them so far, and he's now working to remember those killed in Vietnam — including his own great uncle.

Nursing home companies are facing criticism for prioritizing profits over patient care. In part two of our CBS News investigation, a family shares their allegations of neglect.

Twins Joseph and Joshua Garcia are the first in their family to graduate high school – earning the titles of valedictorian and salutatorian at their #Milwaukee school. They both plan to attend Lawrence University in the fall. 

Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman president in Mexico's 200-year history. During her victory speech, she acknowledged other women that have paved the way for the country. https://lnkd.in/eZHkRCY5

Gunnery Sgt. Richard Remp served in World War II and stayed in the Marines all the way through the Vietnam War.

Mexico's projected presidential winner, Claudia Sheinbaum, will become the first woman president in the country's 200-year history.