Gunman kills nine at historic black church in South Carolina
Dylann Storm Roof, 21, was identified June 18 as the suspected gunman who shot and killed nine people at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. on June 17. Atty. Gen. Loretta Lynch and police confirmed a short time later that Roof was arrested in Shelby, N.C.
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Accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof wants to plead guilty, lawyer says
The white man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a black church in Charleston wants to plead guilty to 33 federal charges, but his lawyer said in court Friday that he couldn't advise his client to do so until prosecutors say whether they'll seek the death penalty. During a brief arraignment...
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FBI's lapse on Dylann Roof's gun purchase renews calls for stricter controls
The FBI's surprise admission Friday that a bungled background check allowed Dylann Roof to buy the .45-caliber pistol he is accused of using to kill nine people at a Charleston, S.C., church set off calls for tougher firearm screening rules and may give the White House a chance to reopen a push...
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Dylann Roof indicted on new attempted murder charges in Charleston church shooting
Dylann Roof faces three new attempted murder charges after a grand jury indicted him Tuesday on suspicion of carrying out the June 17 massacre at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. Roof, 21, a suspected white supremacist, already had been charged with nine counts of murder and one weapons...
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South Carolina Senate gives final OK to remove Confederate flag; House vote is up next
Three weeks after nine parishioners were slain at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina’s Senate overwhelmingly gave final approval Tuesday to a bill to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds. The Senate’s 36-3 vote sends the issue to the state House of Representatives...
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South Carolina Senate votes 37-3 to remove Confederate flag; House still to vote
South Carolina senators on Monday took a landmark step toward removing the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse grounds, approving bipartisan legislation by an overwhelming 37-3 vote, but only after a long debate about whether such symbols glorify racism or represent heritage. The state Senate...
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Church shooting suspect's sister takes down fundraising site for wedding
The sister of the man accused of killing nine people at a Charleston church has taken down a Go Fund Me profile set up to help pay for her honeymoon and wedding, which was originally planned for the weekend after the slayings. The page set up in the name of Amber Roof said the June 21 wedding was...
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GOP's awkward silence over Confederate flag furor
The time has come for fair-minded Republicans to reflect upon the fate of the Whig Party, which came apart at the seams on the eve of the Civil War. The overriding issue of the 1850s was slavery, a question to which the party spoke, as it were, out of both sides of its mouth. Northern Whigs, who...
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Last funeral held for victim of Charleston church shooting
The last of the victims of the Charleston church shooting to be eulogized was remembered Thursday as a man who lived his life with a "driving force" to serve his fellow men and his God. Family members, religious colleagues and school friends packed the pews Thursday at the Bethel AME church in...
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Why the 'Take Down Your Flag' songwriter was willing to be rude after Charleston shooting
After the killings of nine black church members by a white gunman in Charleston, S.C., folk singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey tried to make sense of the massacre by talking about the event with other musicians. Two days after the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Mulvey penned...
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Jeb Bush rejects post-Charleston calls for stricter gun control laws
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pushed back Saturday against calls from President Obama and other Democrats for stricter gun control laws in the wake of the mass shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church that left nine people dead. Bush, who traveled to this Las Vegas suburb for a town hall event, said...