Calls for violence spike after Trump shooting

Immediately following July's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, there was a significant spike in calls for violence across online platforms. The research firm Moonshot, which tracks domestic violent extremism online, found there were more than 1,500 calls for civil war the day after the shooting — up more than 600% from a normal day. Anna Schecter, senior coordinating producer for CBS News' crime and public safety unit, has the details.

• Aug 6, 2024
• 04:23

Sudan facing severe hunger crisis

Sudan is facing a severe hunger and humanitarian crisis more than a year into a bloody civil war. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield joins CBS News to discuss her efforts in the country and why she thinks the U.S. can make a difference.

• Jul 10, 2024
• 06:44

Union soldiers receive posthumous Medal of Honor

Union soldiers Philip Shadrach and George Wilson were posthumously honored Wednesday by President Biden with the Medal of Honor for their courage in the "Great Locomotive Chase," in which they went deep behind Confederate lines and stole a train in Marietta, Georgia. They ran the train north, tearing up tracks and cutting telegraph wires as they went. David Martin has more.

• Jul 3, 2024
• 01:55

The story of Timbuctoo, home for free Black Americans decades before Juneteenth

Decades before Juneteenth, free Black Americans thrived in the South Jersey community of Timbuctoo. Meet the native son trying to preserve its history.

• Jun 12, 2024

35 children killed in latest Sudan civil war carnage, U.N. says

The U.N. says dozens of children are among as many as 200 people reportedly killed in Sudan, as 2 warring generals' power struggle escalates.

• Jun 7, 2024

Out of Aleppo

Mohammad Shasho's family left Aleppo in 2013, telling their children they were taking a prolonged vacation. That "vacation" was an evacuation prompted by Syria's eight-year-old civil war, and it became a permanent exile. In a film produced by BYkids, we see the Syrian crisis through the eyes of a young refugee filmmaker.

• Jul 22, 2018
• 26:24

Sudan paramilitary forces accused of possible genocide as civil war rages

Human Rights Watch says Sudan's RSF forces are waging "an ethnic cleansing campaign" in Darfur, warns another massacre may be looming.

• May 9, 2024

Arizona governor repeals 1864 abortion ban

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed into law Thursday a repeal of the state's 1864 near-total abortion ban. The law will temporarily take effect in the summer before the repeal kicks in. The state will then revert to its latest policy, which is a 15-week abortion ban.

• May 2, 2024
• 10:55

"The Demon of Unrest": Recounting the first shots of the Civil War

Author Erik Larson visits Fort Sumter in Charleston, S.C., where he discusses "the single most consequential day in American history."

• Apr 28, 2024

Erik Larson on the first shots of the Civil War

Beginning on April 12, 1861, over the course of two days, more than 3,300 shells and cannon balls rained across Charleston Harbor towards Fort Sumter, the first shots fired in the Civil War. Correspondent Anthony Mason visits the fort with bestselling author Erik Larson, whose latest book, "The Demon of Unrest," explores the events leading up to the bombardment and what Larson calls "the single most consequential day in American history."

• Apr 28, 2024
• 06:27

Arizona abortion law repeal effort advances

Arizona lawmakers moved forward Wednesday in their efforts to repeal a Civil War-era law that bans all abortions except to save the woman's life. CBS News campaign reporter Shawna Mizelle has the details.

• Apr 24, 2024
• 01:45

Arizona House passes abortion ban repeal bill

Arizona's House of Representatives on Wednesday advanced an effort to repeal the state's Civil War-era abortion ban that's set to go into effect June 8. CBS News campaign reporter Shawna Mizelle has the latest from Phoenix.

• Apr 24, 2024
• 02:52

Harris speaks on abortion rights in Wisconsin

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed abortion rights at a campaign event in Wisconsin on Monday. CBS News campaign reporters Nidia Cavazos, Shawna Mizelle and Zak Hudak are across the country covering key locations on the trail.

• Apr 22, 2024
• 02:23

Arizona GOP split on abortion ban repeal

Arizona House Republicans blocked an effort to repeal the state's 1864 near-total abortion ban for a second time on Wednesday. But some Republicans in the state Senate are now siding with Democrats. CBS News campaign reporter Shawna Mizelle has the details.

• Apr 18, 2024
• 02:39

U.S. family finally reunited after escaping Sudan's yearlong civil war

A Sudanese-American family is the first to be reunited in the U.S. after a woman and her sons spent nearly a year stuck in Saudi Arabia.

• Apr 16, 2024

Katie Hobbs backs repeal of 1864 abortion ban

Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Wednesday called on lawmakers to repeal a near-total abortion ban from 1864 after the state's Supreme Court ruled it could be enforced. Elizabeth Campbell, Shawna Mizelle, Molly Ball and Deepa Shivaram join to discuss the latest.

• Apr 10, 2024
• 10:57

Millions facing starvation in Sudan: UNHCR

The U.N. Refugee Agency says millions of people are facing starvation in Sudan, where it's been nearly a year since civil war broke out. BBC news reporter Mohamed Osman joined CBS News to explain what's happening there.

• Apr 10, 2024
• 03:42

Confusion over Arizona abortion ban

The Arizona Supreme Court's decision upholding a law from 1864 that bans abortion with barely any exceptions has led to confusion about when the law will take effect and how it will be enforced. CBS News campaign reporter Shawna Mizelle has more.

• Apr 10, 2024
• 03:04

Arizona 1864 abortion ban: What to know

Arizona's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an abortion law from 1864 that would criminalize the procedure with barely any exceptions. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports on the present consequences. Then, New York Times national reporter Kate Zernike joins to discuss.

• Apr 9, 2024
• 07:31

Arizona Supreme Court reinstates abortion ban

The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a Civil War-era abortion ban that does not provide exceptions for rape and incest can be enforced. That ban will supersede a 15-week abortion ban that was signed into law in 2022. Nancy Cordes has the latest.

• Apr 9, 2024
• 03:15

Haiti's prime minister has resigned. Here's why

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has announced he'll resign after weeks of pressure from gangs, who threatened a civil war if he returned to the country. CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers, who is of French and Haitian descent, breaks down the history that led Haiti to this moment.

• Mar 13, 2024
• 04:20

What to know about Sudan's deadly civil war

Ten months into the deadly civil war in Sudan, the U.S. State Department has appointed a new special envoy to push for an end to the conflict and address the humanitarian crisis. Cameron Hudson, senior associate of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News to explain the cause of the conflict and examine the path forward.

• Feb 27, 2024
• 05:38

Abraham Lincoln pardoned Biden's great-great-granddad, documents show

President Biden's great-great-grandfather, Moses Robinette, was charged with attempted murder after a fight in 1864.

• Feb 19, 2024

SCOTUS sets swift schedule for ballot case

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up the Colorado Supreme Court's decision barring former President Donald Trump from its ballot. CBS News election law contributor David Becker joins with analysis.

• Jan 5, 2024
• 06:19

Supreme Court agrees to take up Trump ballot case

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday to take up former President Donald Trump's appeal in the Colorado ballot case. The state's Supreme Court disqualified him in late December, citing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson and campaign reporter Katrina Kaufman have more.

• Jan 5, 2024
• 12:55

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