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White House To Establish National Monument Honoring Emmett Till

White House To Establish National Monument Honoring Emmett Till

CBS News The White House will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till — the 14-year-old Chicago boy whose abduction, torture and lynching in 1955 while visiting family in Mississippi played a role in sparking the civil rights movement — and his late mother.

Emmett Till Honored With Statue In Mississippi Community

Emmett Till Honored With Statue In Mississippi Community

Associated Press A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, decades after white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager for allegedly whistling at a white woman in a country store.

Grand Jury Declines To Indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, The White Woman Whose Accusation Set Off Emmett Till’s Lynching

Grand Jury Declines To Indict Carolyn Bryant Donham, The White Woman Whose Accusation Set Off Emmett Till’s Lynching

Associated Press A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Mississippi AG: No Prosecution Plan In Emmett Till Lynching

Mississippi AG: No Prosecution Plan In Emmett Till Lynching

Associated Press Mississippi’s top legal official has no plan to prosecute the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, an aide said Friday following revelations about an unserved arrest warrant and a newly revealed memoir by the woman.

Arrest Warrant For Woman Who Accused Emmett Till Found Nearly 70 Years Later In Court Basement

Arrest Warrant For Woman Who Accused Emmett Till Found Nearly 70 Years Later In Court Basement

CBS News A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a White woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and Till's relatives who initiated the search want authorities to finally arrest her nearly 70 years later.

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Fisherman found alive after drifting over 90 days at sea says he survived eating birds, turtles and cockroaches

Fisherman found alive after drifting over 90 days at sea says he survived eating birds, turtles and cockroaches

CBS News A Peruvian fisherman was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days. The fisherman had set sail on Dec. 7, but bad weather conditions and the current caused him to lose course.

Fisherman found alive after drifting over 90 days at sea says he survived eating birds, turtles and cockroaches

Fisherman found alive after drifting over 90 days at sea says he survived eating birds, turtles and cockroaches

CBS News A Peruvian fisherman was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days. The fisherman had set sail on Dec. 7, but bad weather conditions and the current caused him to lose course.

Why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Here's what the holiday is all about

Why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Here's what the holiday is all about

CBS News March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, but do you know why people celebrate? Here's a look at who Ireland's patron saint was and why he is celebrated each year.

Why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Here's what the holiday is all about

Why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Here's what the holiday is all about

CBS News March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, but do you know why people celebrate? Here's a look at who Ireland's patron saint was and why he is celebrated each year.

Webbers Falls Police officer shot, authorities searching for suspect

Webbers Falls Police officer shot, authorities searching for suspect

Destini Pittman The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued a Blue Alert for a man who they say is suspected of shooting a police officer in Muskogee County.

Webbers Falls Police officer shot, authorities searching for suspect

Webbers Falls Police officer shot, authorities searching for suspect

Destini Pittman The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued a Blue Alert for a man who they say is suspected of shooting a police officer in Muskogee County.

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Fisherman found alive after drifting over 90 days at sea says he survived eating birds, turtles and cockroaches

Fisherman found alive after drifting over 90 days at sea says he survived eating birds, turtles and cockroaches

CBS News A Peruvian fisherman was found alive after drifting at sea for 94 days. The fisherman had set sail on Dec. 7, but bad weather conditions and the current caused him to lose course.

Why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Here's what the holiday is all about

Why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Here's what the holiday is all about

CBS News March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, but do you know why people celebrate? Here's a look at who Ireland's patron saint was and why he is celebrated each year.

Webbers Falls Police officer shot, authorities searching for suspect

Webbers Falls Police officer shot, authorities searching for suspect

Destini Pittman The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued a Blue Alert for a man who they say is suspected of shooting a police officer in Muskogee County.

Fire danger continues Monday, Tuesday across Oklahoma and Green Country

Fire danger continues Monday, Tuesday across Oklahoma and Green Country

News On 6 Weather conditions Monday bring more strong chances for wildfires to spring up across Green Country. Meteorologist Alan Crone has more in your daily forecast.

4 dead after wind, wildfires spread across Oklahoma

4 dead after wind, wildfires spread across Oklahoma

Jayden Brannon The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management confirms two of the four deaths due to wildfires across the state on Friday were in Green Country.

Judge blocks Trump from using wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport immigrants

Judge blocks Trump from using wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport immigrants

CBS News A federal judge on Saturday temporarily blocked President Trump from removing immigrants under a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. Despite the ruling, 261 people were deported to El Salvador on Saturday, 137 of whom were removed under the Alien Enemies Act over alleged gang ties, a senior administration official said.

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