Alabama girl raises money from lemonade stand for mother's tombstone
Emouree Johnson, 7, has raised nearly $10,000 in just one week.
Emouree Johnson, 7, has raised nearly $10,000 in just one week.
This comes after the state’s Supreme Court ruling last month calling a frozen embryo a child. Lawmakers say they want to create a shield from legal liability.
"My girls are my everything. I likely would not have ever been able to have them had I not had access to basic reproductive rights that Americans, up until recently, had been depending on for decades."
As CBS News Correspondent Natalie Brand reports the court ruled that the embryos have the same rights as children. This was after the Alabama Supreme Court made a decision on frozen embryos.
More fallout after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that embryos created by in vitro fertilization can be considered children.
Alabama went through with its planned execution on Thursday of Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was the first condemned inmate in the U.S. put to death using nitrogen gas.
A death row inmate in Alabama was executed on Thursday, Jan. 25, using nitrogen gas. It marked the first U.S. execution carried out this way.
Historians are racing to locate Great Lakes shipwrecks before a seemingly unstoppable invasive mussel destroys them and erases part of the region's heritage.
Police body cam footage showed a tense altercation at a high school football game in Birmingham, Alabama where officers used a Taser on a high school band director.
Friday marks 60 years since the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama that killed four Black girls and injured dozens more. People who were there that day in 1963 still cope with the violent attack.
Three White men have been charged with assault in connection with an attack on a Black man on a riverfront in Montgomery, Alabama.
Carlee Russell had issued a statement through her attorney saying the kidnapping was made up.
Russell called police after saying she saw a toddler on the highway, and then vanished. But investigators have not found any evidence of that child.
Officers found Carlee Russell's car and cell phone on the side of the interstate, police said.
Four young people were killed in the shooting late Saturday night at a dance studio in the town of Dadeville, Alabama.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said four people were killed and 28 injured in a shooting at a teenager's birthday party late Saturday night in Dadeville, Ala.
There was no initial confirmation about what led to the shooting and authorities have not confirmed if a suspect is in custody.
An arrest warrant was issued against Rodnee Miller, 26, in the shooting on Monday, Oct. 24, that killed 30-year-old Greyhound employee Duwon Gaddis, of Palos Hills.
Alabama corrections official Vicky White and escaped capital murder suspect Casey Cole White were captured in Indiana on Monday after more than a week-long manhunt. Vicky White, who had been hospitalized after the pair was apprehended, died later Monday night. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Pan was arrested last Friday in Montgomery, Alabama, after being on the run since Feb. 6, when he is accused of killing Jiang in a case of road rage in Connecticut in February.
UCLA scored the first seven points in overtime as it upset Alabama, 88-78, Sunday in an NCAA men's basketball tournament East Regional semifinal to advance to the Elite 8 for the first time since 2008.
All five rescinded their approvals of the ERA amendment before a congressionally mandated ratification deadline more than 40 years ago, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery said Thursday.
An Alabama woman has been charged with attempted first-degree murder in what authorities say was a failed plot to kill two people in Illinois.
Included on the monument is the name of Chicago teen Emmett Till whose brutal death in Mississippi in 1955 helped bring the civil rights movement to national attention.
In her letter to the late Charles Weldon Carruth, an old friend and fellow Alabama native, Lee bemoaned both an interstate sign pointing the way to Monroeville and the prevalence of mockingbird images in the city of about 5,900 people, which is located 90 miles north of Mobile.
A total of 25 House Democrats have now publicly called for President Biden to end his bid for re-election.
Pizzeria Portofino, located at 317 N. Clark St., does its best to make you forget that summer never has to end.
More than 150 flights had been cancelled, and hundreds more had been delayed as of Friday morning.
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias recommends calling 800-252-8980 before visiting a local DMV.
Police say the victims, 23, 31, and 45, were standing on the sidewalk with a group of people when someone in a black sedan fired shots.
A total of 25 House Democrats have now publicly called for President Biden to end his bid for re-election.
"I am not supposed to be here tonight," former President Donald Trump said. "I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty God."
Two senior House Democrats believe Biden could leave the 2024 presidential race within days after a pressure campaign from top Democratic lawmakers.
The delegates signaled total comfort and confidence with where things sit four months before the election.
Trump would also lead Harris. Voters say both Biden and Trump encouraged national unity after assassination attempt against Trump.
The hike was fueled mainly by the company's Safety Modernization Program to replace nearly 2,000 miles of dangerous, old, deteriorating natural gas pipes.
As of Tuesday evening, a total of five tornadoes had been confirmed in the Chicago area from the storms Monday night and six Sunday night.
The tax is up just 2 cents compared with Sunday. But it is quite a jump compared with the Illinois gas seven years ago.
One third of Chicago's roughly 400 new car dealers are using pen and paper to complete deals.
The family asked CBS 2 for help after they found themselves stuck with random stuff and boxes filling their space—and nowhere else left to turn.
Lisa Gee's experience taught her the life-saving importance of organ donations for thousands of patients.
Keisha House said people trust their hairdressers and barbers, and great communication takes place while in those chairs.
The FDA found even some products that claimed to be "sterile" were contaminated.
Under state law, all children living in a high-risk ZIP code must be tested for lead exposure at 12, 24, and 36 months of age.
Shane Butler said he was grateful to be alive, and he owes it all to the safety training he did exactly one year before he accidentally shot himself.
Bally's took possession of the River West property July 5.
The plant, which was indefinitely idled in February 2023, is expected to reopen next year.
Fiscal Year 2024 saw total cannabis sales exceed $2 billion, which exceeded the figures for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2022.
Kroger owns the Mariano's brand, while Albertsons owns Jewel-Osco.
The DNC arrives at the United Center from Aug. 19-22.
Newhart was an Oak Park native and an alumnus of Saint Ignatius College Prep and Loyola University in Chicago.
Bob Newhart, who starred in the long-running sitcoms "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart," has died at age 94.
Nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday, with "Shōgun," "The Bear," "Hacks," "Only Murders in the Building" and "Baby Reindeer" all earning multiple major nods. See the full list of nominees for the 2024 ceremony here.
"Big Brother" announced Tuesday the 16 new Houseguests who will move into the "Big Brother" house and, for the first time ever, have the power to vote in a 17th houseguest.
After many people criticized Andress' rendition of the National Anthem online, comparing her with Fergie, the singer says she's going to rehab.
The riot, also known as the “Red Summer,” started on July 27, 1919, following the murder of Eugene Williams. Dr. Peter Cole and Dr. Franklin Cosey, co-directors of the Chicago race riot of 1919 commemoration project, talks more about Saturday’s event.
Multiple sources say the secret service had been notified about a suspicious person with a range finder.
No matter the season, the team at Pizzeria Portofino, located at 317 N. Clark St., says that it's always summertime.
A global Microsoft outage caused by a technical problem at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has forced airlines to cancel or delay hundreds of flights at O’Hare and Midway airports in Chicago.
The film follows a group of the world's most elite firefighters as they contain some of the planet's most destructive and fast-moving wildfires. Director, writer, and cinematographer Gabriel Kirkpatrick Mann and producer Phil Donlon discuss more about the documentary.
Banks, airlines, broadcasters and health systems in countries around the world reported widespread outages Friday in relation to Microsoft's 365 apps.
But when thieves damaged the AC units, the heat spilled over to inside.
"I am not supposed to be here tonight," former President Donald Trump said. "I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty God."
A total of 25 House Democrats have now publicly called for President Biden to end his bid for re-election.
Pizzeria Portofino, located at 317 N. Clark St., does its best to make you forget that summer never has to end.
Former Secret Service agent McCarthy said security for both conventions is now even under more scrutiny since the assassination attempt on former President Trump.
The department has now confirmed they will be providing emergency medical support both inside the secure perimeter that will be going up around the United Center.
Data show the 4th of July has historically been one of the deadliest days of the year.
The former University of Illinois football player had been hired at Aunt Martha's despite having a criminal conviction on his record.
Two battalion chiefs told CBS 2 Investigators said hiring needs to be a priority for the Chicago Fire Department, and they plan to protest their working conditions.
Franklin competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and will be suiting up for Team USA a second time this summer in Paris. But earning a bronze medal at the U.S. trials to get there didn't come easy.
Opening Day is set for March 27, when the White Sox will host the Angels at Guaranteed Rate Field.
It will be the second time the Cubs have played a regular season series in Tokyo, after splitting two games with the New York Mets there in 2000.
Pat Williams died from complications related to viral pneumonia.
Brady, a 20-year-old keeper in his second full season with the club, finished with nine saves to earn his fourth clean sheet of the season.
But when thieves damaged the AC units, the heat spilled over to inside.
The robber choked the man, hit him in the head with the pliers, and took his cellphone, police said.
No other injuries were reported, police said.
Mateo was shot in the head in front of his mother and three siblings while riding in the family car in the West Lawn neighborhood.
Police said a 27-year-old man got into an argument with another passenger while riding a CTA bus around 10:20 p.m. in the 300 block of North Cicero Avenue.