Suspect confesses to killing pair missing in Amazon, Brazilian official says
An investigator says a suspect has confessed to fatally shooting an Indigenous expert and a journalist in the Amazon and has taken officers to where the bodies were buried.
Civil Rights
Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn't a person, court rules
Advocates at the Nonhuman Rights Project argued that Happy is an autonomous, cognitively complex elephant worthy of the right reserved in law for "a person."
Washington Post fires reporter at center of online battle
Felicia Sonmez triggered a vigorous debate on Twitter over social media policy and public treatment of colleagues.
Advocates fight anti-LGBTQ legislation
Advocacy groups are preparing to fight a number of bills that suppress the rights of LGBTQ+ people nationwide. CBS News anchors Tanya Rivero and Elaine Quijano spoke with National Black Justice Coalition Executive Director David Johns about how these laws impact the LGBTQ+ community.
Judge blocks Louisiana Congress map with one Black district
Louisiana's Democratic governor says he'll call the state's Republican-dominated Legislature into special session to draw up new congressional districts.
GOP Rep. Jacobs retiring after saying he'd back assault weapons ban
Republican Rep. Chris Jacobs of New York says he will not run for another term in Congress amid backlash over his support for new gun control measures.
Ben Crump on justice for Buffalo victims
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss his work on behalf of the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting victim families, and his new Netflix documentary called "Civil.”
New York set to raise age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21
The bill would also require anyone buying such a rifle to get a license.
McD's intentionally sold Muslim family bacon, complaint alleges
A civil rights group claims workers deliberately added bacon to a fish sandwich that a Muslim woman ordered for her kids.
Victim in mass shooting on NYC subway sues gun maker Glock
Firearm manufacturer "endangered the public health and safety" with the marketing of its guns, according to lawsuit.
Activists remember Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in
Saturday marks the 59th anniversary of when Tougaloo College students and faculty staged a protest against segregation through a sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Jackson, Mississippi. Elise Preston spoke to some of those who were there that day.
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland recalls 1963 sit-in protest
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland was one of those photographed staging a sit-in to protest segregation in the south.
Irish doctor says "women will die" if Roe v. Wade overturned in U.S.
As America awaits a pivotal Supreme Court ruling, CBS News meets people with very recent experience of life in a country where abortion is illegal.
Female students say Taliban sent them home for wearing wrong color hijabs
Videos show students protesting enforcement of draconian rules the Taliban says are just suggestions, but which seem to be getting even stricter.
Taliban dissolves Afghanistan's independent human rights commission
The country's hardline Islamist rulers say the body was "not considered necessary," as they continue breaking up freedom-oriented institutions.
Taliban blocks women from flying solo, or even going to parks with men
U.S. says the Taliban's latest moves show it's "not living up to the essential commitments they made to the Afghan people and the international community."
Jury selection in trial over Floyd's death begins
Jury selection begins Thursday in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers who were at the scene when Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd. They are facing federal charges of willfully depriving Floyd of his civil rights. Mola Lenghi reports.
Claudette Colvin has arrest records expunged
Claudette Colvin was 15 in 1955 when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. "My name was cleared," she told "CBS Mornings" lead national correspondent David Begnaud.
"Attica" filmmaker Nelson on "The Takeout"
"Attica" filmmaker Stanley Nelson delves into the events of the deadly 1971 rebellion at a New York prison where inmates demanded civil rights. Nelson, who is writer and co-director with Traci Curry for the documentary, joins Major Garrett on this edition of "The Takeout."
Floyd family on verdict in civil rights trial
George Floyd's brother and nephew spoke after a jury convicted three former Minneapolis police officers of violating his civil rights. Watch Philonise Floyd and Brandon Williams' remarks here.
Defense rests in federal civil rights trial over George Floyd's death
Thomas Lane, 38, described the first time he saw Floyd's face after police had put the 46-year-old Black man on the ground while struggling to arrest him.
Sherrilyn Ifill on the DOJ investigation
NAACP Legal Defense Fund's Sherrilyn Ifill explained why three landmark civil rights bills did little to address police reform, and why she thinks the Justice Department investigation will be the "first of many" into policing in the wake of the Derek Chauvin verdict.
Evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement
It has been nearly 10 years since Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Florida, igniting protests and the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement. Lindsay Peoples Wagner, editor-in-chief of The Cut, joined CBS News to discuss her publication's recent project reflecting on the impact 10 years later.
Federal trial for former police officers
Jury selection has begun in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers facing civil rights charges in connection with George Floyd's death. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson joins CBSN to discuss the case.
Biden champions voting rights bill on MLK Day
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and vowed to continue the civil rights icon's legacy by pushing for greater protection of voting rights. Nancy Cordes reports.
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