Rep. Mike Lawler apologizes for wearing blackface at 2006 party
"The ugly practice of blackface was the furthest thing from my mind," the New York Republican said.
"The ugly practice of blackface was the furthest thing from my mind," the New York Republican said.
Soprano Angel Blue said she would not perform at the Verona theater after it recently staged a different opera in which performers were in blackface.
In the episode, John Slattery's character wears blackface makeup and serenades his bride in front of coworkers.
YouTube celebrity Shane Dawson has temporarily lost all monetization on his channels after past racist videos resurfaced online. He is one of many stars to be confronted by the wrongs committed in old content. New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz joined CBSN to discuss the impact of "cancel culture."
Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is apologizing for appearing in blackface when impersonating celebrities, like NBA star Karl Malone, Snoop Dogg and Oprah Winfrey in past sketches.
"I apologize to those who were genuinely hurt or offended by the makeup I wore or the words I spoke," the late-night star said in a statement.
"Going forward, no comedy-loving kid needs to stumble on these tropes and be stung by their ugliness," Fey said.
Fashion house will also start a scholarship to promote diversity and combat so-called "haute racism."
Company faces backlash over pumpkins painted back with white mouths after law firm's display sparks controversy
"The world needs his progressive leadership now, and I hope our neighbors to the north support him for another term," the former president said
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will stay in the race for reelection, despite public anger over images that show him wearing blackface. Trudeau said last night he "deeply regrets" his actions, which happened before he got involved in politics. Jamie Yuccas reports.
Trudeau on Thursday spoke to reporters in Winnipeg where he apologized for past photos of him wearing brownface and blackface
One week after launching his reelection campaign, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is caught up in controversy after photos surfaced showing him wearing blackface. In a press conference Thursday, the Trudeau said he was "deeply sorry." Salimah Shivji, senior reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss the impact this could have on his campaign.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is doing damage control after one picture after another emerged, showing him in blackface. It comes as Trudeau is locked in a tough re-election battle. Jericka Duncan reports.
More than 1,000 rescued from dangerous Texas flooding; Brothers with their own candle company give back.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized Thursday over the controversy surrounding a photo of him from years ago showing him dressed in blackface and brownface. At least three photos have been released that show Trudeau wearing darkened makeup on his face.
"It's making a mockery of someone for what they live," said New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh
Trudeau was a 29-year-old teacher at West Point Grey Academy and was attending a party with an "Arabian Nights" theme
Ivey, 74, reiterated that she was wrong to appear in the skit over 50 years ago and that it does not reflect who she is today.
Her then-fiancé described her as wearing blue coveralls and said she "had put some black paint all over her face"
The Italian airline removed the video from social media after some users called it offensive
After bizarre presentation, Mark Char, of Oahu, sentenced to life in prison for triple stabbing
The photo in question showed one person in blackface and another in KKK regalia
Videos appear to show white students in blackface at a Chicago-area neighborhood over the weekend. The video prompted students to stage a walkout Monday at the Homewood-Flossmoor High School. CBS Chicago's Audrina Bigos reports.
Video shows the high school students with black paint smeared across their faces
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol accused the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and sympathizing with North Korea.
A Chinese national living in California is accused of exporting guns and ammunition to North Korea at the direction of North Korean agents.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria.
Senate Democrats met Tuesday morning to elect their leadership for the next two years, after Republicans flipped the chamber in the 2024 elections.
Truong My Lan was convicted of swindling money from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) and sentenced to death for fraud totaling $27 billion.
Notre Dame is set to reopen this weekend after a 2019 fire, with a grand celebration.
Estimates show Americans drink twice as much during the holiday season as they normally do. Here's how the extra alcohol can impact your health.
A new Enron website appeared on Monday to proclaim its relaunch. It's been 23 years since the energy company went up in smoke.
Missouri is set to carry out its fourth execution this year on Tuesday night. The man condemned to death was convicted in a 9-year-old girl's 2007 murder.
The New York Film Critics Circle, one of the nation's oldest and most venerated critics' groups, is kicking movie awards season into high gear Tuesday as they select their choices for the best of 2024.
A pregnant woman in Williamson County avoided disaster when her car's brakes failed and a deputy used a rolling roadblock to bring the vehicle to a safe stop.
A Chinese national living in California is accused of exporting guns and ammunition to North Korea at the direction of North Korean agents.
General Motors is adding over 132,000 heavy-duty pickups in the U.S. to a previous recall for tailgate release switches that can short circuit and open the gates while the trucks are in park.
The gang and racketeering case involving rapper Young Thug ended as his co-defendants were acquitted of murder charges.
General Motors is adding over 132,000 heavy-duty pickups in the U.S. to a previous recall for tailgate release switches that can short circuit and open the gates while the trucks are in park.
A new Enron website appeared on Monday to proclaim its relaunch. It's been 23 years since the energy company went up in smoke.
Social Security beneficiaries have some changes coming in December and January, due to quirks of the calendar and a payment hike.
President-elect Donald Trump said he is "totally against" Japan's Nippon Steel buying U.S. Steel.
Contracted truckers hauling packages between Amazon facilities are more likely to engage in dangerous behavior on the roads than other carriers, according to federal data analyzed by CBS News.
A Chinese national living in California is accused of exporting guns and ammunition to North Korea at the direction of North Korean agents.
Notre Dame is set to reopen this weekend after a 2019 fire, with a grand celebration.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol accused the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and sympathizing with North Korea.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that prohibits gender-affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria.
Senate Democrats met Tuesday morning to elect their leadership for the next two years, after Republicans flipped the chamber in the 2024 elections.
Estimates show Americans drink twice as much during the holiday season as they normally do. Here's how the extra alcohol can impact your health.
Feds find 11 kids illegally employed for at least 4 years at Seaboard Triumph Foods facility in Sioux City, Iowa.
A Yale study showed that older people with more positive beliefs about aging lived an average of 7.5 longer than people who equated aging with disease and decline. Actress and activist Jane Fonda and anti-ageism advocate Ashton Applewhite present "Sunday Morning" viewers with a key to living a longer life, by maintaining a better outlook.
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., says fluoride can cause health problems and wants it removed from our drinking water. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder, editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News, has more on the risks and benefits that come with fluoride.
The man's attorneys said the punitive and compensatory damages total the largest amount to ever be awarded by a jury in a medical malpractice case in the U.S.
A Chinese national living in California is accused of exporting guns and ammunition to North Korea at the direction of North Korean agents.
Notre Dame is set to reopen this weekend after a 2019 fire, with a grand celebration.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol accused the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and sympathizing with North Korea.
The stash of over 1,300 coins has become known as the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard.
Iran has released dissident rapper Toomaj Salehi more than two years after his backing of women's rights protests over Mahsa Amini's death landed him in prison.
The New York Film Critics Circle, one of the nation's oldest and most venerated critics' groups, is kicking movie awards season into high gear Tuesday as they select their choices for the best of 2024.
Jon M. Chu, the director of the movie "Wicked," spoke with "CBS Mornings" about working with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, along with the connection fans have with the film.
Actors Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut will reveal nominees for the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards on Dec. 9 during a live announcement on "CBS Mornings" and CBSNews.com.
Exclusively on "CBS Mornings Plus," YouTube's Culture and Trends lead Maddy Buxton joins us to reveal YouTube's top trends for 2024.
Jon M. Chu, the director behind the smash-hit "Wicked," joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about how he turned the beloved Broadway musical into a record-breaking blockbuster that has earned over $360 million worldwide.
Hackers' favorites top this year's list of most common passwords, with "123456," "password" and "qwerty123" leading the pack. Experts warn these choices make your accounts an easy target.
Bluesky has added millions of new subscribers in the last month as some users leave X. Here's what to know.
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.
In California, a company is running a pilot program for drone food delivery. Itay Hod takes a look at how the service works.
Canada's Competition Bureau says that an investigation found the company "unlawfully" tied together its ad tech tools to maintain its dominant market position.
CBS News tracked plastic cups meant to be recycled by Starbucks and found that most of those did not end up at recycling facilities. CBS News' David Schechter breaks down the investigation's findings.
Scientists now have a clearer picture of Camp Century, an abandoned U.S. military base long hidden under the ice in Greenland, thanks to a NASA research team's good luck.
Negotiators are far apart as the United Nations tries to work out the world's first treaty to curb plastic pollution. Issues creating roadblocks include limiting new manufacturing of plastic and the potential phasing out of some chemicals. For more on the talks, CBS News was joined by Erin Simon, vice president and head of plastic waste and business for the World Wildlife Fund in the U.S.
Forensic pathologists hope advanced DNA testing technology will enable them to attach names to all the unidentified people at the Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office.
At the Johnson Space Food Systems Laboratory in Houston, NASA scientists develop dishes – freeze-dried, heat-stabilized, or irradiated – to serve on the International Space Station. Correspondent David Pogue checks out what's on the menu in Earth orbit.
The gang and racketeering case involving rapper Young Thug ended as his co-defendants were acquitted of murder charges.
Truong My Lan was convicted of swindling money from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) and sentenced to death for fraud totaling $27 billion.
A Michelin-starred chef called on the thieves who stole his van, along with 2,500 meat pies inside it, to embrace the holiday spirit.
Mamta Bhatt's body still has not been found, but investigators linked her DNA to the blood found in the couple's home, police said.
A South Carolina woman will spend 25 years in prison for a drunken crash that killed a bride on her wedding day in April 2023. Jamie Lee Komoroski pleaded guilty to several charges, including felony DUI. CBS News' Skyler Henry is outside the courthouse with more.
The Sombrero galaxy, named for its resemblance to the Mexican hat, is about 30 million light-years from Earth.
Marc and Sharon Hagle, both making their second space flight, were among the passengers for the NS-28 mission.
The ninth Blue Origin space tourism flight launched from West Texas Friday morning. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood and space expert Scott Heidler offered analysis of the flight.
President-elect Donald Trump attended SpaceX's sixth flight test of its Super Heavy-Starship on Tuesday with CEO Elon Musk. The burgeoning friendship between the two men played a key role in Trump's reelection, with Musk now set to run a government efficiency agency in the coming months. CBS News political reporter Jake Rosen and Politico aviation reporter Oriana Pawlyk join "America Decides" with more.
President-elect Donald Trump was on hand with Elon Musk for the sixth test flight of SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Cayley Mandadi's mother and stepfather go to extreme lengths to prove her death was no accident.
See some of convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala's photographs that were discovered by detectives in a Seattle storage locker.
The seesaw marriage between the former ballerina and her much older husband only lasted four years, until she shot him on Sept. 27, 2020.
Live performances are in full swing this summer. Scroll through our concert gallery, featuring pictures by CBS News photojournalist Jake Barlow and photographers Ed Spinelli and Kirstine Walton.
President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet choices have been making the rounds on Capitol Hill to meet with the senators who will vote for their confirmation, but defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth has so far kept his meetings to those who have been firm in their support of Trump. Hegseth is facing renewed allegations of misconduct from when he was part of a veterans charity in 2016. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more on that and talks over federal disaster relief funds.
In 1979, 60 Minutes' Morley Safer profiled powerful attorney Roy Cohn, former aide to Senator Joseph McCarthy and one of the authors of McCarthyism.
Exclusively on "CBS Mornings Plus," YouTube's Culture and Trends lead Maddy Buxton joins us to reveal YouTube's top trends for 2024.
Last week's ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is in a fragile spot with Israel on Monday launching its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to the deal. Israel's military said it struck Hezbollah targets after the militant group launched two projectiles towards Israeli-held territory. CBS News contributor Robert Berger has more on that and on President-elect Donald Trump's warning to Hamas to release the hostages in Gaza before his inauguration.
An Alberta Clipper system is forecasted to bring snow and cold weather to the Midwest and Northeast this week as folks in states surrounding the Great Lakes continue to clean up from last weekend's snowstorm. CBS News senior national weather correspondent Rob Marciano and CBS News Philadelphia meteorologist Grant Gilmore have the latest.