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December 13, 2016

4th man charged with murder in quadruple SC killing

Authorities have charged a fourth man with murder in the killings of four people at a rural South Carolina home nearly 18 months ago in a case the Orangeburg County sheriff calls one of the most frustrating of his career.

December 13, 2016

The Latest: Firearms expert matches 70 bullets to Roof's gun

The Latest in the federal trial of a man accused of gunning down nine South Carolina church members during Bible study (all times local): ___ 2:30 p.m.

December 13, 2016

Police: 2 Georgia officers shot during traffic stop

Police say two Georgia officers have been shot while trying to arrest a suspect in a stolen car.

December 12, 2016

Hit list? Evidence found in Dylann Roof's car included list of black churches

A search of Dylann Roof's car turned up a handwritten list containing the names and addresses of several predominantly black churches -- including the site of the Charleston church massacre, a former investigator who collected evidence in the case testified on Monday.

December 12, 2016

More raw and grizzly testimony expected in Dylann Roof case

The opening of Dylann Roof's federal death penalty trial saw raw, emotional testimony from a survivor of the shooting, grizzly crime scene images and a catalog of racial hatred from Roof's videotaped confession and journal.

December 11, 2016

In 2 states, prosecutors face uphill police murder retrials

Facing uphill battles to find jurors willing to convict police officers, prosecutors in two states say they will try again for guilty verdicts against white officers in the fatal shootings of black men.

December 10, 2016

Dylann Roof's confession and journal detail racist beliefs

Prosecutors are using Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof's own words to portray him as a cruel angry racist at his death penalty trial.

December 9, 2016

Dylann Roof laughed during church slaying confession to FBI

Dylann Roof wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals. He thought about attacking drug dealers, but they might shoot back. So, he told the FBI, he picked a historic black church in Charleston he had learned about online.

December 9, 2016

The Latest: Roof's confession to church shooting came fast

The Latest on the death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, who is charged with killing nine people during a Bible study in a Charleston church (all times local): 11:25 a.m.

December 9, 2016

Georgia teen reportedly kidnapped by her friend's father

A Georgia teen missing for nearly a week apparently was kidnapped by the father of one of her friends, local media reported Thursday.