Black history teacher takes Florida education standards complaints to the UN
A Miami-Dade teacher packed her bags to haul complaints about Florida education standards overseas to the United Nations.
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A Miami-Dade teacher packed her bags to haul complaints about Florida education standards overseas to the United Nations.
President Biden pushed for international cooperation in support of Ukraine and combatting global challenges.
"Climate breakdown has begun," U.N. chief says, adding: "The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting."
"Nobody is going to be untouched by these changes that are happening," an expert from the U.K. Met Office warned.
"Afghanistan has become a prison for women," one activist told CBS News, "and the world is just watching."
The resolution comes on the day before the one-year mark of the war in Ukraine.
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The U.S. allegations are part of a deliberate effort by the U.S. to drive global isolation of Russia.
The head of the World Health Organization says there's "cause for optimism."
Nations pledged to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but three new U.N. reports show that the world is on track to hit nearly double that in less than 80 years.
A report from the World Health Organization found that 500 million people will develop diseases if they don't increase their physical activity.
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Yami Pelier is one of the women who went on the hunger strike, which eventually landed all three in the hospital after no food for a period of eight days.
For the 28th year in a row, Cuba's United Nations delegation presented that body's General Assembly with a resolution to remove US government economic, financial and commercial embargo against them.
The Trump Administration is making an international move that is being questioned by many on Capitol Hill.
President Donald Trump urged each nation and its leaders to put their countries first during his first address to the United Nations.
President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations and is taking his complaints right to the source.
North Korea's sixth nuclear test carried out early Sunday is drawing condemnation from around the world.
The United Nations is holding an emergency meeting on the suspected chemical attack in Syria that reportedly killed more than 70 people.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will do one last thing before the end of his 10-year leadership of the world body.
The United States abstained from voting on a U.N. resolution condemning the U.S. embargo against Cuba.
The United Nations celebrated Wonder Woman's 75th birthday on Friday by naming the comic book character as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Woman and Girls, despite protests both inside and outside the world organization that the spot should go to a real — and less sexualized — woman.
Security was tight and the mood festive in the Colombian city of Cartagena on Monday as leftist guerrillas and the government prepared to sign a historic peace agreement.
President Barack Obama called for a "course correction" for globalization in his final speech in front of the United Nations - asking nations not to retreat into a more divided world.
The man and woman who were found shot to death in a Southwest Miami-Dade home on Saturday have been identified, deputies said.
Carter Verhaeghe stays red-hot with his sixth goal in six games as the Florida Panthers top the New York Islanders 4-1 on Sunday.
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The man and woman who were found shot to death in a Southwest Miami-Dade home on Saturday have been identified, deputies said.
The 2026 Men's World Cup will be held across the United States, Canada and Mexico next summer.
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Miami Art Week 2025 delivers a full slate of installations, exhibitions and events across Miami, Miami Beach, Wynwood and beyond.
UM's playoff game is Dec. 20 at noon, when they'll play at Texas A&M in College Station.
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 American Automobile Association said this is a dangerous time of year for young drivers.
Under a 2023 settlement reached by the Biden administration, Southwest agreed to a $140 million civil penalty after the company canceled thousands of flights during a winter storm in 2022.
Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said that it's "really important" that video of the strikes "be made public."
The Trump administration's elevation of Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg to lead a high-profile office within the Food and Drug Administration is raising alarm among multiple senior FDA officials.
President Trump's efforts to reshape the executive branch and flex his presidential power are set to be tested at the Supreme Court on Monday.
"We're reviewing the process, and we'll see," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. "Whatever we were to decide to release, we'd have to be very responsible about reviewing that right now."
Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library.
Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs across South Florida.
Jim DeFede interviews Florida Lt. Governor Jay Collins, who is mulling a run for governor in 2026.
Jim DeFede talks with Randi Weingarten about the warning bell she rings in her new book, "Why Fascists Fear Teachers."
Jim DeFede talks with Bryan Calvo, the newly elected mayor of Hialeah.
Experts say the original warnings from more than 20 years ago were based on outdated information and were "overly broad."
Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, tells "CBS Mornings" that parents have every right to select the qualities and traits they desire in their child.
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, a critic of government vaccine mandates, has been quietly appointed to one of the CDC's top positions.
Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.
ByHeart said it can't rule out that all of its baby formula across all product lots could be contaminated, citing recent test results.
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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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Discount store chain Target says it's joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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President Trump presented medals to the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees during an Oval Office ceremony.
Japanese officials said Jeremy O Harris, known for his Tony-nominated "Slave Play" and his role in the series "Emily in Paris," was arrested on the island of Okinawa on Nov. 16.
Nardiz Cooke was immediately transfixed by the mask she wore while receiving treatment for late-stage cancer.
Frank Gehry was known for designing the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.