(CBS News) The name Jack Ruby is an essential part of the history of that weekend 50 years ago. For one extended family, the name is also a burden. Dean Reynolds has heard her out: Joyce Berman ...

President John F. Kennedy’s assassination remains one of the most shocking moments in American history, but what happened next is almost just as hard to believe. On Nov. 24, 1963 — two days after Lee ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - It was 47 years ago that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in downtown Dallas. It was a moment that stunned the nation. Lee Harvey Oswald would become the prime ...

Jack Ruby, the man found guilty of murdering John F. Kennedy’s assassin, became the first person to ever have his trial verdict televised. Ruby said he shot Lee Harvey Oswald because he was angry and ...

On Feb. 10, 1964 Jack Ruby is surrounded by members of the media during a recess in his trial. His defense attorneys, Joe Tonahill (left) and Melvin Belli (right) sit with him. Tom Dillard / Staff ...

On Friday, Nov. 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST in Dallas, Texas, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was riding in the back of a car as his presidential motorcade wound its way ...

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot down by Lee Harvey Oswald as he was being driven through the streets of Dallas. Two days later, Oswald himself was killed at the hands of ...

Black and white photograph of Jack Ruby in his jail cell at the Dallas County Jail in 1964, taken by his brother Earl Ruby. Lawyer Phil Burleson is visible in the background. Robert L. White ...

Jack Ruby grew up in a crowded house in Chicago. In fact, lots of them. Ruby and his eight siblings moved repeatedly, children of an alcoholic father and a mother they remembered as domineering and ...