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South Carolina governor calls for Confederate flag's removal

CHARLESTON/COLUMBIA, S.C. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on Monday called on lawmakers to take down the Confederate battle flag at the state capitol grounds, a week after a white gunman allegedly...

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Latest on church shooting: Lawmaker backs Miss. flag change

9:45 p.m. A top Mississippi lawmaker says the Confederate battle emblem is offensive and needs to be removed from the state flag. Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn said Monday that remembering our...

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US must reckon with gun violence, race issues: Obama

As a shocked America mourned the killing of nine people in a historic black church, President Barack Obama said the US must eventually reckon with all too frequent mass shootings and gun violence. “Now...

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Funerals for Charleston church shooting victims

President Barack Obama sings "Amazing Grace" during services honoring the life of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Friday, June 26, 2015, at the College of Charleston TD Arena in Charleston, S.C.. Pinckney was...

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White House fast tracks payout to Charleston victims

Unlike recent mass murders at the hands of lone gunman, the Obama administration is fast-tracking a huge payout to the victims of the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting it was announced...

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Barack Obama on Charleston shooting: 'this doesn't happen in other countries'

White gunman arrested Normally after mass shootings American politicians observe an unofficial period of grace before they address their broader causes. At some point we as a country will have to...

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Latest on church shooting: Confederate general bust

7:50 p.m. A bust Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and an early leader in the Ku Klux Klan, still sits in an alcove outside the Senate chambers at the Tennessee statehouse. Both Democratic...

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Latest on church shooting: RNC head talks Confederate flag

7 p.m. The chairman of the Republican National Committee joined Gov. Nikki Haley in calling for the Confederate flag to be removed from the grounds of South Carolina's Statehouse. RNC Chairman Reince...

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White suspect confesses black US church shooting

Sister Mary Thecla, from the Daughters of St. Paul, prays outside the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina June 19, 2015, two days after a mass shooting left nine...

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Republican candidates reaffirm gun rights support after Charleston shooting

‘Everybody’s for the second amendment,’ Rand Paul said at conservative conference that coincided with Obama’s speech denouncing US gun violence ...

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The latest on church shooting: Suspect said he had 'a plan'

9:40 p.m. A friend of the suspect accused of shooting and killing nine people inside a black church in Charleston said he told him a few weeks ago he had "a plan." Joseph Meek Jr. said he was drinking...

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The latest on church shooting: NC florist spotted suspect

8:45 p.m. A North Carolina florist is being hailed for her help catching the man accused of shooting and killing nine people inside a black church in Charleston. Debbie Dills had been on her way to...

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Racist manifesto purportedly linked to Charleston massacre suspect surfaces...

WASHINGTON, June 20 (Xinhua) -- A website surfaced Saturday with a racist manifesto purportedly written by the white gunman Dylann Roof, explaining why he allegedly targeted Charleston, South Carolina,...

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The latest on church shooting: Survivor played dead

10:45 p.m. Felecia Sanders says she survived a shooting massacre at a historic black church in Charleston by playing dead as she lay on top of her granddaughter to protect her. Cynthia Taylor told The...

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The latest on church shooting: Suspect back in SC

8 p.m. Charleston, South Carolina, police say the suspect in the shooting of nine people in a historic black church in Charleston is back in the state. In a tweet, police said 21-year-old Dylann Roof...

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The latest on church shooting: Suspect being flown to SC

7 p.m. North Carolina authorities say the suspect in the shooting of nine people in a historic black church in Charleston has been transferred into the custody of the FBI and is being flown to South...

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The latest on church shooting: Suspect waives extradition

5:15 p.m. Court records show that the suspect in the fatal shooting of nine people at a historic black church has waived extradition and will be headed from Shelby, North Carolina - where he was...

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Woman survived shooting massacre by playing dead, friend said

A South Carolina woman says she survived a shooting massacre at a historic black church in Charleston by playing dead as she lay on top of her granddaughter to protect her. Cynthia Taylor told The...

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The latest on church shooting: Friend details racist comment

4:55 p.m. A friend says the white man accused of killing nine people inside a historic black church in Charleston had told him recently that black people were taking over the world and that something...

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The latest on church shooting: Police credit business's tip

4:15 p.m. The police chief in the town where a fatal church shooting suspect was apprehended says a tip that led to his capture came in from a business. Chief Jeff Ledford of Shelby, North Carolina,...

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