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10Apr/17

Charleston church shooter pleads guilty to separate state murder counts

April 10, 2017CrimeAlt-right, American neo-Nazis, Charleston, Charleston church shooting, Crime, Crime in the United States, Criminal homicide, Dylann Roof, Far-right politics in the United States, Far-right terrorism, Law/Crime, Murder, Roof, Social Issues, Terrorism in the United States, Trial of Dylann Roof, United States, White supremacy in the United Statessmbale

Dylann Roof, the white supremacist sentenced to death in federal court for the 2015 shooting massacre at a historic black church in South Carolina, pleads guilty to separate state murder charges.
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06Jan/16

Emotional Barack Obama wipes away tears

Obama, wiping tears, makes new push to tighten gun rules

January 6, 2016PoliticsBarack Obama, Blacksburg, Charleston, Chicago, Democratic Party, Firearms, Gun control, Gun politics in the United States, Gun violence in the United States, Illinois, Kansas City, Michelle Obama, National Rifle Association, Newtown, Politics of the United States, Progressivism in the United States, SANTA BARBARA, Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, Social policy of Barack Obama, Social policy of the Barack Obama administration, U.S. Constitution, United States, Washington D.C., White Housesmbale

An emotional President Barack Obama uses his executive power to impose new restrictions on gun purchases, saying the second amendment right to own guns must be balanced with the rights of citizens to worship, go to movie theaters and attend school in safety.
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28Nov/15

Highlights of world events from April to June 2015

November 28, 2015WorldAbd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Ali Abdullah Saleh, amtrak, Andrew Chan, Assyrian City, Australia, Baghdad, Baltimore, Barack Obama, Brazil, Burundi, Cambridge, Charleston, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Chile, China, Clementa Pinckney, Countries, Cuba, David Cameron, Dylann Roof, Egypt, Elizabeth Diana, Freddie Gray, Fulgencio Batista, Georgia, Godefroid Niyombare, Goodluck Jonathan, Houthi movement, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Joko Widodo, Kenya, Kevin Krogh, Kyanjin Gompa, Lagos, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mohamed Mursi, Moon, Mosul, Muhammadu Buhari, Myanmar, Myuran Sukumaran, Nepal, New York City, Nigeria, Nigerian people, Nimrud, Philadelphia, Pierre Nkurunziza, Prime Niyongabo, Queen Elizabeth, Ramadi, Raúl Castro, Riyadh, Saif Rezgui, Salerno, Sanaa, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sousse, Soviet Union, Tanzania, Tayyip Erdogan, Tbilisi, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Western Asia, William, Yemen, Yemeni Crisissmbale

World events during the second quarter of the year include an attack on a Kenyan university, a gunman targeting tourists on a Tunisian beach and, after decades of hostility, a handshake between the leaders of the United States and Cuba.
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09Oct/15

$6.5m. to go to family of black man shot by police

October 9, 2015CrimeBlack Lives Matter, Charleston, Charleston South Carolina, Charleston West Virginia, Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville metropolitan area, Geography of the United States, Michael Slager, NORTH CHARLESTON, North Charleston, South Carolina, Protests in the United States, Regions of the United States, Shooting of Walter Scott, Slager, South Carolina, United States, Walter Scottsmbale

(R Reports) – The family of Walter Scott, an unarmed 50-year-old black man who was shot in the back by a white police officer in South Carolina, will get a $6.5 million settlement from the city of North Charleston, officials say.
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28Aug/15

Online posts by Virginia shooter show alarming trend in social media

August 28, 2015CrimeAdam Ward, Alison Parker, Bedford County, Virginia, Charleston, Claire Wardle, Computing, Facebook, Flanagan, In American television, Mass media, Murders of Alison Parker and Adam Ward, New York, Operating systems, ROANOKE, social media, social media posts, Software, Syria, Twitter, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United States, Universal Windows Platform apps, Vicki Gardner, Virginia, Washington D.C., Workplace violencesmbale

Shocking social media posts by the man suspected of shooting two television journalists during a live broadcast in Virginia showed a disturbing premeditated attack in which the internet was used by a killer for maximum exposure.

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01Jul/15

Ohio church blaze brings the number of black church fires to seven in one week

July 1, 2015CrimeCharleston, Charleston church shooting, Charleston South Carolina, Charlotte, Church arson, Combustion, Conflagration, Crime in the United States, Dylann Roof, Elyria, Fire, Firefighting, Florida, Georgia, Heat transfer, Huffington Post, Knoxville, Louisiana black church fires, Macedonia Baptist Church arson, Macon, NEXT MEDIA, North Carolina, Ohio, Regions of the United States, Religion/Belief, RT, South Carolina, Tallahassee, Tennessee, THOMSON REUTERS GROUP LIMITED, United States, USA, Warrenvillesmbale

USA (Next Media) – The FBI has launched an investigation into fires at seven different African-American churches in the United States in the last seven days to understand whether they are something more than a coincidence. According to Reuters, so far none of the blazes have been labeled as hate crimes.
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29Jun/15

Smokey Robinson, Janet Jackson wow at BET Awards

June 29, 2015MusicAmerican music awards, Anthony Anderson, Artist, Awards, BET Awards, BET Hip Hop Awards, bet networks, Charleston, Chris Brown, Debra, Drake, Entertainment/Culture, Human Interest, Janet Jackson, Joe Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Los Angeles, Michael B. Jordan, Music, Musicians, NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS INC., Nationality, Nicki Minaj, Only, Over, Patti Labelle, singer, Singers, Smokey Robinson, Tracee Ellis Ross, United States, Universal Music Group, Viacom Inc, Your Lovesmbale

Showbiz veterans Smokey Robinson and Janet Jackson receive huge standing ovations at BET Awards in Los Angeles.

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25Jun/15

Alabama governor orders Confederate flags removed from state Capitol

June 25, 2015PoliticsAmerican Civil War, American society, Baltimore, Charleston, Charleston church shooting, Confederate States of America, Countries, Dylann Roof, Ferguson, Flags of the Confederate States of America, Lost Cause of the Confederacy, Modern display of the Confederate battle flag, Montgomery, New York City, Race in the United States, Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials, Robert Bentley, Slavery in the United States, United States, White supremacysmbale

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley orders Confederate flags to be removed from the grounds of the Southern state’s Capitol.
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20Jun/15

Charleston: hope and mercy after bloodshed

June 20, 2015WorldArticles, BETTY BELL, Charleston, Charleston church shooting, Charleston South Carolina, Charleston Southern University, Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville metropolitan area, Christian theology, Christopher Singleton, Dylann, Dylann Roof, Emotions, Ethics, Forgiveness, Human behavior, Law/Crime, MITCH FIFE, Philosophy of love, Religion, Religious philosophy, Sharonda, SHARONDA SINGLETON, SHOOTING VICTIM SHARONDA SINGLETON, Spirituality, Theologysmbale

Outside the church in Charleston where a gunman shot dead nine people at bible study there’s a mood of sadness, but also of hope.
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