After Charlottesville, Confederate flags are a hot item

As debate rages over Civil War monuments, one flag maker says demand for the controversial emblem are surging

• Aug 25, 2017

Confederate monument vandalized in Kansas City, Missouri

The memorial recognizes the women who supported the Confederacy and slavery

• Aug 19, 2017

Confederate monument debate continues in the South

As night fell in Birmingham Tuesday, city workers raised a blackened plywood wall around the Confederate memorial

• Aug 16, 2017

Riot insurance: American cities' new must-have

Often focused on Confederate monuments, alt-right rallies and counter-demonstrations are raising risks nationwide

• Aug 15, 2017

Parents have "no doubt" missing American journalist is alive

Today is the 36th birthday of Austin Tice, who was abducted in Syria in 2012

• Aug 11, 2017

Famous Civil War colonel's long-lost sword finally found

Col. Robert Gould Shaw led the North's first all-black regiment during the Civil War

• Jul 13, 2017

University to post sign recognizing slave labor on campus

Ole Miss campus leaders announce steps to acknowledge history; white supremacist's name will be removed from one building

• Jul 6, 2017

Box believed to be time capsule found inside Fla. Confederate statue

Greenwood Cemetery sexton said city officials will take their time before opening the box so it won't harm the document inside

• Jun 20, 2017

Honoring Harriet Tubman, an American hero

Harriet Tubman's legendary life is on vivid display on the Eastern Shore of Maryland

• Jun 19, 2017

11/20 Evening News

President-elect Donald Trump continued interviews Sunday for posts in his administration; Travelers stressed out this Thanksgiving may be able to turn to God before they hit the skies

• Nov 20, 2016
• 20:15

Trump suggests Civil War could have been avoided

Says Andrew Jackson, an oft-cited touchstone, thought there was "no reason" for conflict between states

• May 1, 2017

Crews start removing more than 300 Civil War-era cannonballs in Pa.

"Even though these things are 200-plus years old, we are using safety precautions," one of the contractors said

• Apr 26, 2017

Freed slaves' heartbreaking ads tell personal stories of slavery

A new research project is cataloging Information Wanted ads that freed slaves places in newspapers to find loved ones

• Apr 18, 2017

Miss the second half of the show? Watch our discussion on immigration with Janet Murguía, plus our panel

Miss the second half of the show? Watch our discussion on immigration with Janet Murguía, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, and Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform. Then our panel - The Cook Political Report's Amy Walter, Reuters' David Rohde, Brookings' Michael O'Hanlon and CBS News Political Director John Dickerson. Plus a look back at the Civil War with Harold Holzer, author of "The Civil War in 50 Objects."

• Jul 7, 2013
• 23:41

Airdrops providing desperately needed food in South Sudan

As Debora Patta reports, not everyone at the drop zone can get their hands on needed food

• Mar 30, 2017

Civil War-era relics unearthed at Pittsburgh construction site

Pittsburgh police and bomb squad were called to the construction site which is nearby a Civil War-era arsenal

• Mar 28, 2017

1 million kids in peril as starvation wielded as a weapon of war

One million children in South Sudan are in desperate need of food, yet violence prevents aid from delivery

• Mar 21, 2017

Commentary: Is America still worth it?

With the country as divided as it is, perhaps it's time to come up with some solid arguments about why the United States is still a good idea

• Jan 24, 2017

Aleppo devastation

Buses that were supposed to evacuate civilians from the last rebel-held area of Aleppo left empty Wednesday morning after a ceasefire broke down, and shellings and airstrikes resumed. The U.N. Human Rights chief said the bombardment of Aleppo may constitute a war crime, reports Holly Williams.

• Dec 14, 2016
• 02:28

Civilians caught in middle as Russia enables Aleppo siege

As Russian and Syrian bombs rain down, Russian general shows CBS News aftermath of mortar attack to justify nation's key role in brutal offensive

• Dec 5, 2016

Syria’s long, brutal civil war may be reaching turning point

Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, which was taken over in 2012 by anti-government rebels, is slowly falling back into the control of the Assad regime

• Dec 4, 2016

Kerry: US, Russia studying ways to halt Aleppo fighting

Kerry said the “ideas” will be tested in follow-up discussions between U.S. and Russian diplomats next week

• Dec 2, 2016

Civilians flee as Syrian army takes chunks of Aleppo

Syrian troops punched into rebel-held eastern Aleppo and now control 40 percent of the territory held by the opposition since 2012

• Nov 28, 2016

More children killed in Aleppo as rocket and mortar attacks continue

Mortar lands in residential neighborhood, kills children walking to school amid ongoing violence in Syria's largest city

• Oct 13, 2016

Inside Syria's largest city of Aleppo as attacks continue

In Syria, there is little hope that a broken cease-fire will be revived; the number of dead and wounded has once again rocketed up

• Sep 25, 2016

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