Of all the restaurants that this armed robber chose to hold up, he had to choose the one that was serving two off-duty police officers on their date night.
Justice Defenders trains people in nearly 50 prisons in Kenya and Uganda to become paralegals and lawyers to provide legal services.
Hillcorp Alaska's offshore Liberty oil project in Foggy Island Bay, Alaska, was rejected by a 9th circuit court of appeals.
Four brave women in South Africa have successfully overturned a set of apartheid-era marriage laws that denied them equal property rights.
California has righted a historical wrong and returned prime beachfront in the state to its African-American heirs.
The Jim Crow amendments in the Alabama Constitution are being removed after a 2020 vote succeeded where two attempts had failed before.
A poacher nicknamed ‘Tiger Habib' was finally arrested and charged with killing Bengal tigers in Bangladesh after eluding police for 20 years.
The Passamaquoddy Tribe reacquired 140 acres of their ancestral territory, Pine Island, thanks to help from The Nature Conservancy.
Wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years, Kevin Strickland has been released and a fundraiser has gathered $1.5 million for his new life.
Amid the glitz and glamour of the Academy Awards on February 28, one deadly serious documentary was busy changing the world.
A four-month-long walk on the ancient Santiago de Compostela offers young offenders a different pathway -- a route to redemption. Since 1982 more than 350 teenagers have walked the 2,496 kilometers along one of Christianity's most important pilgrimages -- at the end of which lies their own freedom.
Harboring resentment can often be more harmful than the original injury. This Michigan duo shines the power of forgiveness and humanity.
By the very nature of their business, every Los Angeles traffic cop can expect to get at least a few complaints every year -- especially from people who are just angry about getting caught speeding. Which is why the police chief was stunned when he discovered that during the last 20 years -- through the last 25,000 traffic stops -- Sheriff's Deputy Elton Simmons has not had one complaint filed against him. Not one. CBS tagged along on his rounds to figure out how he does it.
A painting - nearly five centuries old and worth millions - that was taken by the Nazis in World War II has been returned to the heirs of its original Jewish owner by U.S. officials. Also, the former neighbor of a Dutch Holocaust survivor traveled to the United States to hand-deliver two sets of china, dishes that her family left behind before they were led to Auschwitz.
An 85-year-old South Carolina woman who was robbed of $400 in cash she had saved for eye surgery was given free medical care after a doctor saw her story on the news. Dr. Budev of Carolina Cataract Center wasn't the only one who saw the report and was moved to action. A one-time thief who'd stolen a woman purse in his youth, sent a $500 check to help atone for his mistake.
The Supreme Court heard arguments last week about the fate of 2,500 offenders who were sentenced as teenagers to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A few blocks away, family members of their victims came together quietly to support the opportunity for young wrongdoers to eventually seek rehabilitation outside of prison.
It wasn't a veteran detective or even a full-time cop who finally caught the man suspected of lighting 52 fires in Los Angeles last week. The hero is an Iranian-born real estate attorney by day, who patrols the LA streets by night as a reserve deputy working for the sheriff's office on nearly a volunteer-basis.
A Deutsche Bank branch in Atlanta had requested the eviction of Vita Lee, a 103-year-old Atlanta woman, and her 83-year-old daughter. But when the movers hired by the bank and police arrived at the house, they had a change of heart.
The descendants of Plessy v. Ferguson, one of the Supreme Court's landmark blunders, which upheld the constitutionality of Jim Crow laws mandating segregation have united to create a civil rights education organization bearing their famous names.
67 colleges and universities will participate in the new Second Chance Pell pilot program that expands access to financial aid for incarcerated individuals.
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