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After weeks of heated debate, the Confederate flag came down Friday morning from the grounds of South Carolina's state capitol. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports on the historic moment.
FBI Director James Comey says that South Carolina church shooting suspect Dylann Roof should not have been able to purchase the gun he allegedly used to kill nine people at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston
For the first time in over 50 years, the Confederate battle flag will not appear on the capitol grounds in South Carolina. Native South Carolinian and civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson talks to CBSN about the flag's removal.
In a solemn ceremony Friday morning, the Confederate flag flying on the Capitol grounds in Columbia came down for the first time in more than 50 years. The legislature approved the measure this week, which Gov. Nikki Haley signed on Thursday. Norah O'Donnell, Anthony Mason and Vinita Nair anchor this CBS News Special Report, with Omar Villafranca reporting.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill that will bring down the Confederate flag from state capitol grounds. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports on the historic move.
South Carolina's governor Nikki Haley signed into law Thursday a bill that removes the Confederate flag from the state's capitol grounds.
South Carolina lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds. NAACP President Cornell William Brooks joins CBSN to discuss.
After a marathon debate session, the South Carolina House voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from the statehouse grounds. CBS News' Omar Villafranca joins CBSN to discuss.
The South Carolina legislature passed a bill overnight to remove the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds. Gov. Nikki Haley celebrated with flag opponents after House members voted 94-20 to lower the banner. Omar Villafranca reports from Columbia, South Carolina.
More than 20 local, state and federal agencies are continuing their search for the bodies of the two victims who were on board a single-engine Cessna when it was struck by a F-16 jet. Omar Villafranca reports.
The NTSB says two people aboard a Cessna died after colliding with an F-16 in South Carolina. The jet's pilot safely ejected. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.
The debate over the Confederate flag that ignited after the Charleston church shootings may finally lead to the removal of the flag from the South Carolina Capitol grounds. CBS News' Omar Villafranca joins CBSN to discuss the important legislature vote.
The South Carolina Senate voted 37-3 on Monday to remove the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds. The state's House will then take up the motion, and a two-thirds majority is required to pass it. Omar Villafranca reports from Columbia, South Carolina.
The South Carolina Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag from a pole on Statehouse grounds. The vote now goes to the state's House. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca reports.
Lawmakers in South Carolina are preparing to decide whether to keep the Confederate flag flying on the statehouse grounds. CBS News' Omar Villafranca joins CBSN to discuss.
The appearance is likely to stoke speculation about the former vice president's White House ambitions.
Law enforcement across the country are on alert as the threat of a terror attack looms over the Fourth of July weekend. CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano shows us how police in New York are preparing; Andy Carroll seeks out places of historical significance that have been forgotten. One of his latest hunts led him to an overlooked place in Baltimore that turned out to have direct ties to America's birth. Steve Hartman has the story.
While parts of the East Coast are cleaning up after a series of vicious storms, the West Coast is battling nearly 30 wildfires amid brutal heat. Wyatt Andrews and Carter Evans report; From New York City skyscrapers to casinos, Bryan Berg can recreate almost any structure using only playing cards. CBS News correspondent Chip Reid met up with Berg on a recent project to find out why this Harvard-educated architect spends his time building houses of cards.
The historic Mount Zion AME Church in South Carolina was burned overnight. This comes just two weeks after the church shooting in Charleston. While authorities believe this latest fire was accidental, churchgoers feel suspicious. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann has more on the investigation.
Investigators are looking into the cause of Tuesday's fire at the Mt. Zion AME Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina. It is the same church burned down by KKK members 20 years ago. There have been seven fires at black churches across five states since the Charleston church mass shooting in June. Mark Strassmann reports.
The Confederate flag is no longer flying over Fort Sumter, South Carolina, where Southerners fired the first shots of the Civil War. Legislators may be ready to do the same at the statehouse, where one person faces charges after supporters and opponents of the revel flag slugged it out Monday. Every day the flag continues to fly, emotions on both sides of the issue run higher. Michelle Miller reports from Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.
Opposing groups faced off outside of the South Carolina state house over flying the Confederate flag. CBSN's Jeff Glor has more on the confrontation
Historian Janus Adams, Washington Post national reporter Wesley Lowery and former managing editor of Ebony Magazine Wendy Wilson weigh in on President Obama's eulogy, the Confederate flag and the national dialogue about race relations.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, says it’s important to take down the Confederate flag, but many things still need to be done to repair race relations in the United States.
A woman did what many have wanted to do: She climbed a flagpole and took down the Confederate flag that flies in front of the South Carolina Statehouse. Michelle Miller reports on this act of defiance.
Federal prosecutors announced new indictments Thursday in the widening Minnesota fraud scandal, this time involving two Philadelphia-based men accused of traveling to the state.
A person of interest has been identified in the shooting at Brown University that killed two students and wounded nine others, multiple sources told CBS News.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a new batch of 68 photos obtained from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. Follow live updates here.
President Trump signed an order to reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification, one of the most significant changes to drug policy in decades.
A business jet with six people on board crashed while landing at an airport in Statesville, North Carolina, authorities say.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change its name.
The still-unsolved shooting death of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro this week has sent shockwaves through the campus.
Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to succeed retiring Timothy Cardinal Dolan as archbishop of New York.
As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their "quick thinking" son's bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.
The president announced the one-time payments during his White House address on Wednesday. Here's what to know about timing, taxes and more.
The proposals run counter to the recommendations of most major U.S. medical organizations.
A person of interest has been identified in the shooting at Brown University that killed two students and wounded nine others, multiple sources told CBS News.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change its name.
House Democrats called for GOP leaders to hold a last-minute vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits Thursday.
The president announced the one-time payments during his White House address on Wednesday. Here's what to know about timing, taxes and more.
Some small business owners say they're struggling to stay afloat because of higher tariff, health insurance and energy costs.
Economists had expected CPI to rise at an annual rate of 3% last month.
President Trump's media company is joining forces with a company working to commercialize fusion energy.
Onions used to make the salad dressings could contain "black plastic planting material," according to food regulators.
The proposals run counter to the recommendations of most major U.S. medical organizations.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to change its name.
House Democrats called for GOP leaders to hold a last-minute vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits Thursday.
A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a new batch of 68 photos obtained from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. Follow live updates here.
The proposals run counter to the recommendations of most major U.S. medical organizations.
Nationally, the measles case count is nearing 2,000 for a disease that has been considered eliminated in the U.S. since 2000, a result of routine childhood vaccinations.
Kevin Murray was his family's health watchdog. His vigilance helped his brothers "avoid a real catastrophe."
"I don't know how I'm going to pay for this," said one person with an Affordable Care Act plan that will cost her $1,100 a month starting in January.
Clinicians and epidemiologists warn the decision could unravel decades of progress and expose newborns to a deadly, preventable disease.
A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine.
As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their "quick thinking" son's bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.
The inmate and another detainee fled an overcrowded jail after sawing through their cell bars with blades that investigators suspect were delivered by drone.
The Trump administration's announcement of plan to sell Taiwan a record $10 billion worth of weapons draws an angry response from China.
The father and son suspects in the Bondi Beach terror attack spent most of November in a hotel in the Philippines, but the reason for their visit remains unclear.
Gloria Gaynor told "CBS Mornings" her hit 1978 song gave her hope during one of the most difficult periods of her life.
Neil Patrick Harris says he's always loved game shows. He talks to "CBS Mornings" about how his passion started during his childhood and what it's like now hosting his own game show, "What's in the Box."
Gloria Gaynor's 1978 hit "I Will Survive" has been a motivational anthem for decades. The "Queen of Disco," a 2025 Kennedy Center Honoree, spoke to "CBS Mornings" about how the iconic song changed her outlook on life.
Starting in 2029, the Oscars ceremony is moving to YouTube, representing a new era for the awards show, which has seen a steep decline in viewership in recent years. Kelly O'Grady has more.
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died of "multiple sharp force injuries," the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office said Wednesday.
Helping teens develop healthy habits around social media use and screen time is important when they first receive a smartphone. Pediatric psychologist Ann-Louise Lockhart, an Instagram brand spokesperson and author of the new book "Love the Teen You Have," joins "CBS Mornings" to share some advice and tools, such as Instagram Teen Accounts, that parents can use to help their teens. For more information on Instagram Teen Accounts, visit familycenter.meta.com. (Sponsored by Instagram)
In 2025, the integration of artificial intelligence into the U.S. economy and people's everyday lives grew to historic levels. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent joins to recap how the transformative technology expanded over the past year, and what we can expect in 2026.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
OpenAI, the developer for ChatGPT, and Amazon are in talks over a possible $10 billion investment. Mark DeCambre, editor-in-chief for MarketWatch, joins with more.
A frenzy of development to support the artificial intelligence boom is prompting pushback from communities who say they don't want data centers in their backyards. Technology journalist Jacob Ward joins CBS News to discuss.
The Trump administration intends to dismantle one of the world's leading climate research institutions, in Boulder, Colorado, over what it said were concerns about "climate alarmism."
The footage of a bear caring for an adopted cub was captured during the annual polar bear migration along the Western Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba.
Most of the footprints are elongated and made by bipeds. The best-preserved ones bear traces of at least four toes.
NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be up to 3.5 miles in size.
Paleontologists have discovered and documented 16,600 footprints left by theropods, the dinosaur group that includes the Tyrannosaurus rex.
A person of interest has been identified in the mass shooting at Brown University, sources familiar with the investigation tell CBS News. CBS News' Tom Hanson has reports and former Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Hanson joins with analysis.
A person of interest has been identified in the shooting at Brown University that killed two students and wounded nine others, multiple sources told CBS News.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson announced new charges against two Philadelphia-based men accused of traveling to Minneapolis to siphon millions of dollars from federally funded programs.
Ukrainian parents are seeking their children, who they say were taken into Russia during the war. The Free Press' Aidan Stretch joins CBS News 24/7 with more.
Brian Walshe, the Massachusetts man convicted of killing his wife on New Year's Day in 2023, has been sentenced to life in prison. CBS News Boston's Penny Kmitt reports.
President Trump withdrew Isaacman's nomination for NASA administrator in April, before nominating him again in November.
NASA continues to aim its space telescopes at the visiting ice ball, estimated to be up to 3.5 miles in size.
Super-Earth TOI-561b is about 40 times closer to its host star than Mercury is to the sun.
NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade.
The European Space Agency said that the black hole inside the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 has the mass of 30 million suns.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Christy Salters-Martin dominated in the boxing ring but faced her toughest challenger at home.
Family seeks answers in death of newlywed who disappeared in 2005 while on Mediterranean honeymoon cruise.
Meet the tattooed beauty charged in the death of Google executive Forrest Hayes.
Calling himself the "Son of Sam" in a letter left at one of the crime scenes, David Berkowitz claimed voices were ordering him to kill -- starting in the summer of 1976, he went on a 13-month spree of impulse killings in New York City that left six dead and seven injured
Visit a Uyghur restaurant in Southern California, where culture is shared and the food is made with love. Plus, a man who wanted to save his friends life by donating a kidney ends up saving his own life.
A person of interest has been identified in the mass shooting at Brown University, sources familiar with the investigation tell CBS News. CBS News' Tom Hanson has reports and former Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Hanson joins with analysis.
The Consumer Price Index rose at an annual rate of 2.7% in November, lower than economists predicted, though there is a bit of an information gap due to the government shutdown. CBS News MoneyWatch correspondent Kelly O'Grady reports.
Multiple sources tell CBS News a person of interest has been identified in the mass shooting at Brown University. CBS News' Tom Hanson reports.
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday reclassifying marijuana to a schedule three drug, effectively easing federal restrictions. CBS News White House reporter Willie James Inman has more.