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September 7, 2016

Coast Guard searches for passenger who apparently fell from cruise ship in Bahamas

Authorities searched in the Bahamas for a U.S. citizen who went overboard from a cruise ship before dawn Wednesday.

September 7, 2016

Feds: Judge shouldn't let church defendant ask mercy of jury

Federal prosecutors say Dylann Roof should not be allowed to ask the jury for mercy during his upcoming trial in the Charleston church shootings.

September 7, 2016

The Latest: Feds: Judge shouldn't let Roof ask mercy of jury

The Latest on legal proceedings in the trials of Dylann Roof in the Charleston church shootings (all times local): 10:50 a.m.

September 7, 2016

Jurors report for state Charleston church trial in January

A South Carolina judge is ordering 600 prospective jurors to report in January for the state murder trial of the man accused in the Charleston church shootings.

September 6, 2016

The Latest: Police: Suspect targeted teen at Carowinds lot

The Latest on the shooting of a 14-year-old boy at the Carowinds amusement park (all times local): 10:10 a.m.

September 6, 2016

Officer who shot teen 13 months ago had no notice of firing

The lawyer for a South Carolina police officer fired more than a year after shooting an unarmed teen during a drug sting says the officer hasn't been told why he's losing his job.

September 6, 2016

Creepy clown sightings expand to second South Carolina city

Police say they are doing extra patrols in a Winston-Salem neighborhood after two children reported seeing a clown trying to lure kids into the woods with treats.

September 6, 2016

1 young person shot at Carowinds theme park in the Carolinas

Sheriff's deputies say a juvenile has been shot and wounded in the parking lot of the Carowinds theme mark on the South Carolina-North Carolina state line near Charlotte.

September 5, 2016

Police: Drunk driver abandoned car struck by Amtrak train

Authorities say an Amtrak train in South Carolina was delayed after hitting a vehicle that got stuck on the tracks by a drunk driver north of Charleston.

September 5, 2016

S Carolina wants audits of board spending at Clemson, USC

Audits have been ordered for South Carolina's three research universities after revelations that their trustees spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury hotels, expensive dinners and travel to football games.