Hundreds Attend First Funeral For Charleston Church Shooting Victims
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A choir and band launched into one of Ethel Lance’s favorite gospel tunes and roused hundreds of mourners from their...
Wal-Mart to remove any items on shelves or online that feature Confederate flag
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) — For 15 years, South Carolina lawmakers refused to consider removing the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds, insisting renewing the debate...
‘Southern Pride’ or Jim Crow’s Death Rattle? Everything You Need to Know About the Confederate Flag
Currently flying high over the state grounds in South Carolina, the Confederate flag has a long, controversial history.
Gun Control Voices in Congress All but Silent After Charleston Shooting
WASHINGTON — After the fatal shootings at a landmark black church in Charleston, S.C., Senator Joe Manchin III, who sponsored gun safety legislation that failed...
Black America ‘suffering from racial battle fatigue’ after barrage of incidents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The weariness, the rage, the depressing conviction that black life is stuck in a murderous loop fueled by racism — these emotions...
Black Churches Have Always Been Targets of Domestic Terrorists
But like all the churches before it, South Carolina’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church will rise again.
Victims’ Families Meet Dylann Roof: ‘I Forgive You, And Have Mercy On Your Soul’
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dylann Roof heard his charges — nine counts of murder — at his first court appearance in South Carolina on Friday afternoon.
Charleston Shooting Reignites Debate About Confederate Flag
On Thursday, hours after a white gunman killed nine people in a black church in Charleston, S.C., a Confederate flag continued to fly over the...
Dylann Roof Was Planning Charleston Shooting ‘For Six Months,’ Roommate Says
Dylann Roof’s roommate says the suspect was planning something big leading up to the alleged shooting at a South Carolina church Wednesday that left nine...
Jon Stewart opts against jokes, calls Charleston shooting ‘terrorist attack’
Comedian and Daily Show host Jon Stewart could not find anything to joke about in the opening to Thursday night’s show following the tragic shooting...
Charleston Church Shooter Is Arrested In North Carolina
Police have described the attack as a “hate crime” and the suspected shooter, Dylann Roof, 21, was arrested during a traffic stop in North Carolina.