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March 29, 2017

Friend of racist church shooter appeals sentence

A friend of Dylann Roof's is appealing the prison sentence of two years and three months he received for encouraging friends not to call the FBI and identify Roof after he fatally shot nine black parishioners at a church in South Carolina.

March 27, 2017

Lawsuit: South Carolina officers shot unarmed man 19 times

The family of an unarmed man fatally shot by police officers in South Carolina has sued, saying the man was struck 17 times in the back.

March 27, 2017

Police: Convict asks officers to kill him in closed US mall

Authorities say a convicted murderer who barricaded himself in an elevator at a closed mall in South Carolina told police he wanted them to shoot him.

March 26, 2017

Settlements for 2 men over police officer's use of stun gun

Two men hit with a stun gun by the same South Carolina police officer who killed a black motorist will get almost $80,000 combined for dropping their lawsuits against North Charleston.

March 25, 2017

Man who bound dog's muzzle with tape sentenced to 5 years

A South Carolina man who wrapped electrical tape around a dog's muzzle to stop her from barking has been sentenced to five years in prison.

March 25, 2017

FBI searches for SC teen feared to have been fed to alligators

The FBI searched a remote location in South Carolina Friday in connection with the disappearance a teenage girl who investigators believe was abducted nearly eight years ago.

March 24, 2017

Black man arrested in South for writing racist graffiti

Police in South Carolina say a 19-year-old black man spray-painted racist, misogynistic and anti-gay graffiti on three buildings, including a library named for one of the black victims of the Charleston church shootings.

March 23, 2017

SC deacon, wife, 2 children killed in house fire

Scott Kelly, 42, a deacon at Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce, along with his wife Mandy, 34, their son Judah, 10 months; and daughter Lizzie, 9, all died in the early morning blaze that erupted at their Lexington County home, according to WISTV.

March 23, 2017

Arson ruled out in fire that killed mother, father, 2 kids

Investigators have not been able to determine what caused a fire that killed four family members in South Carolina, but they say it doesn't appear to have been intentionally set.

March 23, 2017

Arson ruled out in fire that killed mother, father, 2 kids

Investigators have not been able to determine what caused a fire that killed four family members in South Carolina, but they say it doesn't appear to have been intentionally set.