Charleston Emanuel AME Church Has Been Attacked Before, But It Has Always...
CHARLESTON, South Carolina—The gunman didn't walk into just any church on Wednesday evening. He walked into one of the oldest and most storied African-American churches in the country. He walked into...
View ArticleTwo victims of Charleston massacre mourned as battle rages over flag
By Harriet McLeod NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - South Carolina took a small step toward healing the wounds of last week's massacre at a historic black church in Charleston as mourners gathered for...
View ArticleCharleston church shooting: 'deranged' suspect will 'pay the price', mayor says
Police are searching for clean-shaven white male aged approximately 21 in the gun attack on Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church that left nine dead ...
View ArticleAfter Confederate flag comes down, Charleston church starts new chapter
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)The spiritual community that wowed the world with its forgiveness in the face of the darkest evil came together Sunday morning and celebrated history -- both recent and...
View ArticleThe Charleston Massacre and the Confederate Flag
To begin his Charleston Massacre, the confessed murderer Dylann Storm Roof coldly told his victims the cause that animated his deadly violence. “You rape our women, and you’re taking over our country,”...
View ArticleCorrection: Charleston Shooting story
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- In stories published June 24 and June 25 about the public viewing at the South Carolina Statehouse for slain state Sen. the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, The Associated Press...
View ArticleMan accused of Charleston church killings spoke of attacking College of...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A black drinking buddy of the white man accused of killing nine people at a Charleston church says the suspect told him a week earlier that he planned to shoot up a college campus in...
View ArticleCharleston Shooting: Suspect Attended Church’s Bible Study — Snapchat Images...
Shooting suspect Dylann Roof was captured on camera attending Emanuel AME Church’s Bible study on Wednesday, as reports CNN. The source gathered several testimonies from people who were either...
View ArticleHistory of Racial Tension Casts a Shadow on Charleston Tragedy
A somber tone resonates throughout Charleston as community members try to make sense of last night's tragedy. The fatal shooting that left nine dead at Emanuel AME Church, the oldest African Methodist...
View ArticleCharleston shooting reopens unhealed wounds
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)Bill Saunders can still hear the officer's words in his head: "You don't belong here." That was decades ago. But last week, news that a gunman spewing racist hatred...
View ArticleCharleston newspaper puts gun ad above front page story about church shooting
A South Carolina newspaper is under fire for placing its front page story about a Charleston shooting that left nine people dead -- right below a gun ad. "Church attack kills 9," reads the largest...
View ArticleCharleston: Forgiveness and frustration after first church service since...
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)Of the thousands of services in the church's 199-year history, the one Sunday took on an added poignancy. perhaps none was more poignant than the one Sunday. Behind the...
View ArticleCharleston Shooting Victims Remembered as Funerals to Begin
Share ABC US News | World News Copy Memorial services for the victims of the South Carolina church shooting last week take place this week, starting with the viewing in the statehouse today of the Rev....
View ArticleCharleston church shooting: Questions swirl around suspect Dylann Roof
(CNN)Shortly after he turned 21 in April, Dylann Roof got a gun. What's unclear is how. What may be getting clearer is why. A senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told CNN that...
View ArticleSolidarity in Charleston before church victims' funerals
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Bells tolled across the city, thousands linked up on a towering bridge and a historic sanctuary reopened in displays of unity as Charleston heals from a church massacre and gets...
View ArticleThe Story Behind President Obama Singing 'Amazing Grace' at Charleston Funeral
President Obama’s singing of “Amazing Grace” during the eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was killed last month in a shooting at a Charleston church, has been widely acknowledged as one of the...
View ArticleConfederate Flag Flying on South Carolina Capitol Grounds Provokes Anger...
Commentators on social media are calling for the Confederate flag that remained flying outside South Carolina's state house this afternoon after nine people were shot dead at the Emanuel AME Church in...
View ArticleFuneral set in Charleston for slain member of black church
Share PhotoReddit✉ Parents of Tywanza Sanders, Tyrone Sanders and Felicia Sanders comfort each other at the graveside of their son Saturday, June 27, 2015, at Emanuel AME Cemetery in Charleston, S.C....
View ArticleThe Latest: Obama in Charleston for shooting victim funeral
Click photo to enlarge A mourner carries a program while walking in for for the funeral service for Ethel Lance, 70, one of the nine people killed in the shooting at Emanuel AME Church last week in...
View ArticleThousands expected for Obama’s tribute to Charleston victims
The first black president of the United States was coming to Charleston on Friday to eulogize the victims of a mass shooting at a historic African-American church, a tragedy that one civil rights...
View ArticleFunerals in Charleston for slain members of black church
Meg Kinnard, Jeffrey Collins and John Moritz, Associated Press 11:57 p.m. EDT June 27, 2015 Parents of Tywanza Sanders, Tyrone Sanders and Felicia Sanders comfort each other at the graveside of their...
View ArticleRunning for political cover in the wake of Charleston church shooting
Race, religion, guns, and the Confederate flag. It’s a political combination with high potential for tripping up politicians, especially those aspiring to higher office. And so we see those eyeing the...
View ArticleAccused Charleston church shooter spoke of attack at College of Charleston,...
Reprints + - Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C., Thursday, June 18, 2015. Photo Credit: AP / Chuck Burton...
View ArticleCharleston Shooting Leaves 9 Dead at AME Church, Gunman Remains at Large
Share ABC US News | World News Copy Nine people were killed in an "unfathomable" act of violence at a historic predominantly black Charleston, South Carolina, church Wednesday evening when a gunman...
View ArticleCharleston victim funerals begin, as Confederate flag falls in other states
Charleston, South Carolina (CNN)The body of Pastor Clementa Pinckney returns home Thursday evening, where his flock has been preaching love in the face of the hate crime that took his life and those of...
View ArticleThe Latest: Crowds gather ahead of victim's funeral
Share PhotoReddit✉ Members of the Virginia Flaggers demonstrate near the monument for Confederacy President Jefferson Davis as a runner carries an American flag, Thursday, June 25, 2015, on Monument...
View ArticleFirst victim of Charleston massacre mourned as battle rages over flag
NORTH CHARLESTON - South Carolina took a small step toward healing the wounds of last week's massacre at a historic black church in Charleston as mourners gathered for the funeral of one of the nine...
View ArticleJohn Oliver takes aim at Confederate flag after Charleston shooting
John Oliver railed against the Confederate flag in the wake of Wednesday's shooting at Charleston's historic Emanuel AME Church and questioned the South's need to fly the "bad flag" at all. The...
View ArticleRoommate: Charleston church shooting suspect was 'big into segregation'
Roof’s roommate told ABC News that Dylann Roof, the suspect in the Charleston church shooting, is extremely racist and had planned this attack for six months. Dalton Tyler, who said he has known Roof...
View ArticleThe Latest: NASCAR backs calls to remove Confederate flags
Reprints + - A mourner carries a program while walking in for for the funeral service for Ethel Lance, 70, one of the nine people killed in the shooting at Emanuel AME Church last week in Charleston,...
View ArticleHundreds honour Charleston church shooting victim Myra Thompson
Vice-President Joe Biden, centre, with son and daughter-in-law Hunter and Kathleen Biden, to his right, sing We Shall Overcome with Emanuel AME church members on Sunday. Photograph: Melissa...
View ArticleNorth Charleston Sgt. Shannon Dildine Fired for Wearing Confederate Flag...
A North Charleston police officer was axed after allegedly posting a picture to his Facebook page showing wearing nothing but Confederate flag underwear and a smile, according to documents and a...
View ArticleTears, shock and disbelief: Charleston residents mourn those murdered at...
CHARLESTON — A long procession of tearful mourners walked slowly past an array of bouquets left at the base of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church late on Thursday in Charleston, South Carolina....
View Article10 Photographers Share 'An Image That Changed Everything' And The Stories...
A single image can change everything. This is the concept behind Magnum Photos’ newest project, in which its 60 active photographers were challenged...
View ArticlePres. Obama to deliver eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney in Charleston
The first black president of the United States is coming to Charleston to eulogize the victims of a mass shooting at a historic African-American church — a tragedy that one civil rights activist said...
View ArticleThousands expected for Obama's tribute to Charleston victims
Share PhotoReddit✉ Gary Washington holds up a rose before placing it on the casket of his mother, Ethel Lance, following her burial service, Thursday, June 25, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. Lance was one...
View ArticleCharleston church massacre reignites bitter debate over symbol of segregation
The South Carolina and American flags flying at half-mast behind the Confederate flag at the State Capitol building in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday. Photo: AFP Forgiving Dylann Roof, the...
View Article'Free hugs' photo of Charleston boy embracing woman warms hearts in tragedy's...
In the wake of a tragic shooting in Charleston fueled by hate, here’s an image powered by love. On Sunday, just days after a gunman attacked a prayer service at a black church in Charleston, South...
View ArticleCharleston Dad's Viral Photo Captures Love In The Aftermath Of Tragedy
On Sunday June 21, local parishioners from churches across the Charleston area took part in "Charleston United," an emotional prayer and worship gathering to honor the victims of the Emanuel A.M.E....
View ArticleDad Captures Heartwarming Photo of Son Hugging Stranger After Charleston...
At the same time Sunday that church bells around the country rang in harmony to honor the victims killed in the Emanuel AME Church shooting, a father captured a heartwarming moment that took place just...
View ArticlePhotographer shares story behind heartwarming Charleston image
A photograph John Nettles took by chance is becoming a symbol of how Charleston is coming together after last week's deadly church shooting. Nettles told CBSN's Contessa Brewer the story behind the...
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