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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Suspect in SC church shooting told police “I had to do it”
Jurors in the South Carolina church shooting trial are shown video of accused shooter Dylann Roof’s confession to police.
Highlights of world events from April to June 2015
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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Flag dispute triggers clash at South Carolina capitol
A Ku Klux Klan chapter and an African-American group held overlapping demonstrations outside the South Carolina State House, where state officials removed the Confederate battle flag last week.
Background check mix-up allowed Roof to buy gun: FBI
(R Reports) – Many have questioned why a gunman would open fire at a Bible-study, killing nine worshippers in Charleston last month.
Now, FBI Director James Comey says suspect Dylann Roof never should have gotten his hands on this gun.
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Ohio church blaze brings the number of black church fires to seven in one week
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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Alabama governor orders Confederate flags removed from state Capitol
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley orders Confederate flags to be removed from the grounds of the Southern state’s Capitol.
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Charleston: hope and mercy after bloodshed
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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