Monument honoring MLK and Coretta Scott King unveiled in Boston
The 22-foot tall sculpture, named "The Embrace," represents the hug between Dr. King and his wife after he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
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The 22-foot tall sculpture, named "The Embrace," represents the hug between Dr. King and his wife after he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the online giant has no plans to remove an antisemitic film to which an NBA player tweeted link.
CBS4's Jacqueline Quynh reports on how the migrants that were sent to Martha's Vineyard have taken action and filed a lawsuit against the Florida governor.
To date, 13 states have passed so-called trigger laws that were designed to outlaw most abortions if the high court threw out the constitutional right to end a pregnancy.
Ford says it plans to appeal a $1.7 billion verdict against the automaker after a pickup truck crash claimed the lives of a Georgia couple.
Baltimore family sues appraiser and mortgage lender after their home was allegedly undervalued because they are Black.
Walmart, the nation's largest employer, is expanding its abortion coverage for employees after staying largely mum on the issue for months following the Supreme Court ruling that scrapped a nationwide right to abortion.
Ron DeSantis suspended Andrew Warren for pledging not to enforce the state's new 15-week abortion ban and for supporting gender-affirming treatments for minors.
John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime US congressman, has died after a six-month battle with cancer, according to a statement from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Civil rights groups are hoping a federal judge will strike down a new Florida law that they say does not properly carry out a constitutional amendment restoring voting rights to felons who have completed their sentences.
Shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an omnibus elections bill Friday, a coalition of voting-rights and civil-rights groups announced they had filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state's plan for carrying out a constitutional amendment designed to restore felons' voting rights.
The Broward Sheriff's Office is accused of another rough arrest involving a teenager.
Georgia Jones-Ayres was a civil rights activist known for her efforts to help rehabilitate young offenders in the 1980s. On Friday, she was honored by getting a street named after her.
Unfortunately for all the good police officers out there, the few bad ones give them all a bad name.
In Miami, it promised to be a memorable evening as the community remembered the life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
On the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis in 1968, Marvin Dunn was a 28-year-old grad student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
We continue to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Tributes to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have played out all day across South Florida.
President Donald Trump paid tribute to Mississippi's role in the civil rights movement Saturday at the opening of two new museums in Jackson, the state's capital.
President Donald Trump heads to Mississippi this weekend to speak at the opening of a new civil rights museum but his visit is triggering an angry backlash.
President Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Labor is facing question on how he would support American workers when his record gives few clues he would follow through.
Senate Republicans shooshed Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren for criticizing President Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General using the words of Coretta Scott King from decades ago.
Congressman John Lewis took part in a program called "Conversation with a Legend" on Tuesday.
Laying bare years of civil rights violations by Chicago police, the Justice Department blasted the nation's second-largest department on Friday for using excessive force that included shooting at people who did not pose a threat and using stun guns on others only because they refused to follow commands.
The government has announced three new monuments will be erected in the name of civil rights.
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed three bills late Thursday, his first rejection of legislation passed this year, and signed 15 others.
CBS Miami, Neighbors 4 Neighbors and Global Empowerment Mission are collecting donations to help families affected by the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.
The incident took place in the area of Southwest 182nd Avenue and Southwest 248th Street.
The Supreme Court said that the Trump administration can move forward with its efforts to strip Haitian and Syrian immigrants of TPS.
A delivery driver was arrested after police say he was caught on camera throwing a dog from a box truck in Pembroke Pines.
Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed three bills late Thursday, his first rejection of legislation passed this year, and signed 15 others.
The incident took place in the area of Southwest 182nd Avenue and Southwest 248th Street.
CBS Miami, Neighbors 4 Neighbors and Global Empowerment Mission are collecting donations to help families affected by the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.
The twin earthquakes that hit Venezuela killed more than 900 people, and that toll is likely to keep rising as frantic rescue and recovery operations ramp up.
The Supreme Court said that the Trump administration can move forward with its efforts to strip Haitian and Syrian immigrants of TPS.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
The president and his conservative allies have stymied other legislation as they unsuccessfully try to pass a voting regulations bill that lacks even simple majority support in the Senate.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration can move forward with its efforts to strip more than 356,000 Syrian and Haitian immigrants of temporary protections.
The Trump administration on Wednesday sent Congress a long-awaited supplemental funding package to help cover the cost of the Iran war.
E15 is usually only available part of the year to help ease high gas prices under a waiver from the EPA.
Bill Gates testified June 10 for nearly six hours before the House Oversight Committee, which is examining the government's handling of the Epstein case and those with ties to him.
More than two decades after voters were promised a new facility to treat people with mental illnesses, rather than warehousing them in the county jail, the Miami-Dade County Commission gave final approval on Tuesday to open the Miami Center for Mental Health and Recovery.
There are seven Democrats in the race and whoever wins the primary in August will almost certainly be elected to Congress, since this is the most Democratic district in the state.
Democratic CFO candidate Annette Taddeo says she is running to strengthen oversight of Florida's insurance industry and better protect homeowners.
Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert says his record of delivering results sets him apart in the Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Frederica Wilson.
Florida House Speaker Danny Perez denied claims his nomination as U.S. ambassador to Brazil was tied to Florida's recent redistricting effort.
Gallup found that only 49% of Americans were "cost-secure" last year, with concerns about medical bills and prescription costs rising across income groups.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
The FDA is moving ahead with a safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a senior FDA official confirmed to CBS News, a step that could create a path for the Trump administration to restrict access to the medication.
U.S. government plans to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to Ebola on an air base in Kenya have been temporarily halted by a court order.
The head of the World Health Organization says Ebola has killed at least 7 people in Congo, but the U.N. agency says it knows the epidemic "is much larger."
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
There appear to be new clues about the location of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding.
Clive Davis helped shape the careers of music stars including Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen and Whitney Houston.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.