Trump says Medal of Freedom "equivalent" to and "better" than Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military award for bravery in combat, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor.
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The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest military award for bravery in combat, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor.
"This didn't just happen in the last couple of weeks," said a nurse at the Miami VA Medical Center.
Col. Edward Thomas Ryan, 85, revealed in his obituary that he was gay and that he had been in a quarter-century relationship with the "love of my life." He will be buried next to him.
U.S. D-Day veteran Command Sergeant Major Henry C. Armstrong returns to Normandy for the first time in 80 years, with mixed emotions.
Three C-47 transport planes, a workhorse of World War II, dropped three long strings of jumpers, their round chutes mushrooming open in the blue skies with puffy white clouds.
Almost 160,000 Allied troops landed at Normandy on June 6, 1944, in a massive operation designed to break through heavily fortified German defenses and begin the liberation of Western Europe.
A veteran says since the city of Miami owns the city cemetery, he says the city requires him to get a permit to repair, restore and straighten out the headstones of veterans.
One veteran is saying the City of Miami is not taking care of headstones of those who served in the armed forces.
Police officers, firefighters, and veterans joined together in Miami Beach to honor those who have died while defending the United States.
Davie, Fla., remembers its fallen heroes.
Military veterans are getting a higher level of training.
Alex Kruger-Dobrota has come to plant flags at the Miami City Cemetery for the last 11 years on Memorial Day weekend.
Alex Kruger-Dobrota has come to plant flags at the Miami City Cemetery for the last 11 years on Memorial Day weekend.
Walt Disney World will host dozens of portraits of service members and veterans from the nation's Painter-in-Chief.
One bag at a time, the Sisters Helping Heroes, or "Sheroes" are giving back to the men and women who served our country.
CBS News Miami's Anna McAllister reports on how one group of Broward women are making a difference in helping veterans.
Two new apartment buildings will be dedicated to housing those who have served our country thanks in part to a big donation
A 100-year-old American World War II veteran plans to marry his 96-year-old fiancee in France as part of that country's 80th anniversary celebration of D-Day.
Nearly two decades after U.S. troops left K2, the U.S. government has not confirmed that toxic material at the Uzbekistan base made service members sick.
The Defense Department announced last year it would begin "proactively" reviewing the discharges of LGBTQ+ veterans who were kicked out of the military.
U.S. service members alleged that 3M's combat earplugs were defective, leaving them with hearing loss and tinnitus.
Persian Gulf War veteran says surgeries he underwent at the Veterans Hospital left him in pain.
CBS News Miami's Chelsea Jones also spoke separately with a doctor who focuses on alternative treatments like psychedelics and how they're being studied to remedy mental health issues including PTSD.
Operation Healing Forces helps special forces soldiers and families whose relationships have been impacted by the call of duty.
Jenn Hassin, an artist and Air Force veteran, has helped Afghan military servicewomen process their pain with a unique form of art.
A Haitian-born man was stripped of his U.S. citizenship after defrauding COVID-19 relief programs of millions and lying during the naturalization process.
Olajuwon Dickerson, 32, of Marstons Mills, Massachusetts, was held without bond after the incident.
It's going to be cool and cloudy on Wednesday in South Florida, but better is on the way as we get closer to the end of the workweek and head into the weekend.
Acting deputy TSA administrator Adam Stahl says the situation will get worse the longer the agency and the Department of Homeland Security don't receive funding.
Robin Peguero said he may be a first-time candidate, but he's not new to the political scene.
A Haitian-born man was stripped of his U.S. citizenship after defrauding COVID-19 relief programs of millions and lying during the naturalization process.
Olajuwon Dickerson, 32, of Marstons Mills, Massachusetts, was held without bond after the incident.
It's going to be cool and cloudy on Wednesday in South Florida, but better is on the way as we get closer to the end of the workweek and head into the weekend.
Basketball fans can fill out their NCAA tournament predictions for a chance to win $1,000 in the CBS Miami Bracket Challenge before the full tournament begins on March 19.
Acting deputy TSA administrator Adam Stahl says the situation will get worse the longer the agency and the Department of Homeland Security don't receive funding.
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.
Robin Peguero said he may be a first-time candidate, but he's not new to the political scene.
Amid signs that Republicans may lose some of the Latino support that the party picked up in 2024, grassroots organizations are stepping in to boost GOP Senate candidates in key midterm races.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told senators that the Iranian regime "appears to be intact but largely degraded" by ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as the Senate considers his confirmation to replace Kristi Noem as DHS secretary.
The leader of Cuba is vowing to put up "resistance" against the U.S. as President Trump suggests he may "take" the island nation, whose communist government has faced intense U.S. pressure and languished under energy shortages.
Critics of the bill argue that the attacks on the teacher unions are part of a broader education strategy that has slowly been unfolding for the past 30 years.
Nixon is in the Democratic primary against Alex Vindman, the retired lieutenant colonel who was instrumental in causing Trump's first impeachment.
In a wide-ranging CBS News Miami interview with Jim DeFede, Byron Donalds discussed his troubled past, tensions with Gov. Ron DeSantis and his political views.
For the first time, Donalds acknowledges that he didn't just possess marijuana, but that he was also dealing at the time.
The measure was pushed by the Freedom Foundation, a right-wing think tank funded by billionaires, whose intention is to eliminate public sector unions.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
The Sunshine state is on track to be the second-highest, with only nine cases behind Utah, and the numbers lagging by five days.
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.
Activists are calling for a nationwide boycott of Target stores following the company's decision to roll back its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Law enforcement sources told CBS News that additional images were obtained from surveillance cameras installed at Guthrie's Tucson home, but they showed nothing suspicious.
The Kennedy Center's board of directors has voted to shut down operations for two years following this summer's July 4 celebrations.
The film follows CBS News correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp through their seven-year journey to document the toll of America's school shooting epidemic.
As Kumail Nanjiani took the stage to announce the winner for Best Live-Action Short at the 98th annual Academy Awards, the actor exclaimed: "And the Oscar goes to ... it's a tie."
Hollywood's biggest stars were honored at the 98th annual Academy Awards on Sunday. Here is what to know and how to watch the 2026 Oscars.