Yusef Salaam continues trend of political newcomers to lead Central Harlem

The Exonerated Five member won more than 50% of the primary vote for the District 9 city council seat.

• Jul 6, 2023

Body of missing 11-year-old found in Hudson River, police say

The bodies of Alfa Barrie,11, and his friend Garrett Warren,13, were found this week after being reported missing for several days, police said.

• May 20, 2023

Bakery owner uses business to help others

Just a few years ago, Janie Deegan was homeless and recovering from addiction. She found peace in baking and decided to open her own bakery. Now, she uses that business, Janie's Life-Changing Baked Goods, to help others — with an "open door hiring policy."

• Feb 23, 2023
• 2:16

Students are buzzing with excitement, memorizing papal trivia ahead of pontiff’s visit to East Harlem school

Students are buzzing with excitement, memorizing papal trivia ahead of pontiff’s visit to East Harlem school.

• Sep 23, 2015
• 2:42

1 killed, 8 wounded in Harlem shooting

A college basketball player was killed and eight other people were wounded Monday in an early-morning shooting at a gathering in Harlem, New York City police said. The victim was identified as Darius Lee, a 21-year-old native of Harlem who was a senior at Houston Baptist University in Texas. CBS New York's John Dias reports.

• Jun 20, 2022
• 2:56

Shooting in Harlem leaves college basketball player dead, 8 wounded

A 21-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said, and the wounded included six other men and two women.

• Jun 20, 2022

Artist honors the "Harlem Hellfighters"

To mark this Memorial Day, Nancy Chen talked to the innovative artist who created the remarkable portrait of the "Harlem Hellfighters" on display at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Art Museum in Washington D.C.

• May 28, 2022
• 3:38

New York mourns officer killed in shooting

Thousands of police officers gathered outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City for the funeral of Wilbert Mora, one of two young officers shot and killed in Harlem last week. CBS New York's John Dias reports.

• Feb 2, 2022
• 2:16

NYPD officer killed in shooting is laid to rest

New York City Mayor Eric Adams was among the speakers paying tribute at the funeral for 22-year-old NYPD officer Jason Rivera, who was shot and killed along with fellow officer Wilbert Mora last week. CBS News' Laura Podesta has more.

• Jan 28, 2022
• 1:41

Kids in Harlem learn to cook healthy meals

Kids in New York City are learning how to grow and cook their own vegetables – on a basketball court. Harlem Grown is a nonprofit that brings kids a taste of healthy cooking in their own neighborhood.

• Jan 28, 2022
• 1:14

Second NYPD officer dies after ambush

A second New York City police officer has died from injuries he suffered in a shooting in Harlem. Wilbert Mora died four days after he and his partner Jason Rivera were ambushed during a domestic disturbance call.

• Jan 25, 2022
• 0:33

NYPD officials give update on Harlem shooting

New York City officials spoke Friday after a 22-year-old officer was killed in a shooting while on duty. Watch the press conference here.

• Jan 21, 2022
• 17:22

Program teaches kids in "food deserts" how to grow and cook healthier meals

Harlem Grown gives kids their first taste of their own healthy cooking.

• Jan 10, 2022

Students rewarded with book vending machine

At an elementary school in Harlem, reading, writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects on the curriculum -- being nice is too. And students are rewarded with tokens that can be redeemed for books at a special vending machine. Meg Oliver reports.

• Dec 22, 2021
• 1:33

The full episode of The CBS Evening News from March 13, 2014.

Sources say Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continued to send signals to satellites for several hours after it lost contact with air traffic controllers. Investigators strongly suspect the plane turned west and headed back across the Malay Peninsula; and, General Motors acknowledged that it knew about an issue with ignition switches turning off in 2001 in Saturn Ions, but a comparable ignition cylinder was put in Chevy Cobalts and other cars starting in 2004.

• Mar 13, 2014
• 20:50

The full episode of The CBS Evening News from March 14, 2014.

Sources say two communications systems on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 stopped working, one after the other, before the flight vanished from civilian radar screens; and, Steve Hartman meets a high school wrestler whose dad was diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer. The teen took it upon himself to try to make the disease disappear -- if only for a moment.

• Mar 14, 2014
• 21:19

2/19: CBS Evening News

Missed warning signs about accused Florida shooter revealed; Watching "Black Panther" with movie fans in Harlem

• Feb 19, 2018
• 15:19

2 men to be exonerated in Malcolm X killing

Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam always maintained their innocence in the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X. Now they'll be exonerated. Maurice DuBois shares the latest.

• Nov 17, 2021
• 1:59

"Summer of Soul": Rescuing a historic Harlem music festival

A new documentary by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, featuring rarely-seen footage, captures the magic of an event that had long been forgotten in the shadow of that other 1969 New York music festival, Woodstock.

• Jun 27, 2021

Birds invade New York City

There's been an invasion of birds in New York City, but it's not what you think. They've been painted on doors, walls and the sides of buildings in order to raise awareness about birds that are at risk of extinction. Nikki Battiste reports from Harlem.

• Sep 17, 2017
• 2:14

2/18: Evening News

As deadly storms blasted the Pacific coast, parts of Southern California were hit with record rainfall and winds gusting at hurricane force; In New York City, an act of kindness is helping a brave little girl get her groove back and rediscover her confidence

• Feb 18, 2017
• 20:40

Kind act for sick girl

In New York City, an act of kindness is helping a brave little girl get her groove back and rediscover her confidence. In Harlem, Taylor Breland had a big personality and hair to match. The 8-year-old is one of about six million Americans with alopecia, an autoimmune condition that causes baldness. Tony Dokoupil has her story.

• Feb 18, 2017
• 2:57

Asian man hospitalized after brutal attack in NYC

An Asian man was pushed to ground and stomped on repeatedly on Friday night in the East Harlem neighborhood in New York City. He was taken to the hospital where he is in critical, but stable condition. CBS New York's Christina Fan has more.

• Apr 25, 2021
• 2:44

Group marches in NYC to support Asian man brutally attacked

"I'm very scared right now. I'm so worried that my husband might never come back," the man's wife said.

• Apr 25, 2021

"The Harlem Nutcracker"

In a story originally broadcast on "Sunday Morning" on December 8 1996, host Charles Osgood reports on "The Harlem Nutcracker," a reinvention of the classic Tchaikovsky ballet, reimagined by way of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, as a jazz-infused fantasy involving a grandmother revisiting the dreams of her youth. Features interviews with choreographer Donald Byrd and conductor David Berger.

• Dec 18, 2016
• 7:11

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