The National Urban League’s 2024 “State of Black America” report highlights the ongoing struggle for equality. The report reveals a significant gap, with Black Americans scoring just under 76% towards achieving full equality with their white counterparts. Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, joins “CBS Mornings” to discuss the findings. Source
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How voters are responding to Biden, Trump border visits
President Biden and former President Trump made separate visits to the southern border Thursday with Biden calling on Trump to work with him toward a solution to the immigration crisis. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more. Source
How debt relief services can help with financial spring cleaning
Spring is just around the corner. Here’s how a debt relief service could help with your financial spring cleaning. Source
2 Trump cases reach crossroads: What to know
Two of Donald Trump’s criminal cases will have impactful hearings Friday. In Florida, a judge will consider the trial date in the former president’s classified documents case. And in Georgia, closing arguments are beginning over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from the state’s election interference case against Trump. CBS News legal contributor Rebecca Roiphe has more. Source
Trump criminal cases have pivotal hearings in Georgia and Florida
Former President Donald Trump is attending a hearing in Florida Friday where a judge will consider when his classified documents case will go to trial. Meanwhile, in Georgia, closing arguments are expected in a hearing over whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office can continue to prosecute the election interference case against Trump. Attorney and CBS News campaign reporter Katrina Kaufman has more. Source
Funeral held for Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny
The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny took place in Moscow after authorities released his body to his family just hours before. In Russia, publicly mourning Navalny is a bold act of resistance, yet large crowds have bravely gathered in the streets, facing the threat of arrest or worse. Source
Navalny’s Moscow funeral draws crowds despite tight security
As well-wishers flocked to a Moscow church for Alexey Navalny’s funeral, Russian authorities warned people against any “unauthorized gatherings” Source
Biden and Trump hold competing Texas border events
Border policy is front and center as President Biden and former President Trump visited Texas on Thursday. They both held events 300 miles apart as each tried to persuade voters to support their immigration policies. Source
Will new evidence free the Menendez brothers?
Lyle and Erik Menendez claim new evidence proves the brothers’ longstanding claim that they killed their parents in self-defense. Source
The wolves of Yellowstone | 60 Minutes Archive
“That’s magnificent,” said Bill Whitaker as he watched wild wolves in Yellowstone National Park in 2018. Wolves were eradicated in the American West until the endangered species was reintroduced in the 1990s, and their return led both to controversy and to unforeseen and positive impacts. Source