February 9, 2016 Pastor's widow: Daughters must live without 'sense of fear' The widow of a pastor slain with eight others at a historic South Carolina church says shielding her young daughters will be a priority during an upcoming murder trial expected to reopen emotional wounds.
February 9, 2016 Feds could investigate nightmare cruise as ship returns home after storm The feds might soon look into a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that sailed into a powerful Atlantic storm Sunday, ultimately forcing the captain to turn the ship around.
February 8, 2016 Cruise ship tossed in hurricane-force storm turning around, officials say The thousands of cruise passengers who endured a violent Atlantic storm with 100-mph winds will be heading back to their starting point in New Jersey instead of continuing to Florida, Royal Caribbean announced Monday.
February 3, 2016 Charleston church shooting suspect friend wants trial delay The attorney for Joey Meek, the friend of the man charged in the Charleston church shootings, wants her client's trial delayed.
February 2, 2016 In Iowa, late deciders and evangelicals sided against Trump Donald Trump made a late play for evangelical voters in Iowa's Republican presidential caucus, but he ultimately couldn't wrest the group away from winner Ted Cruz, according to entrance polls taken at the start of Monday's caucuses.
January 28, 2016 Jury pool of 600 to be summoned in church shooting case A South Carolina judge has ordered that a jury pool of 600 people be summoned in the trial of a white man accused in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a Charleston church.
January 27, 2016 The Latest: SC Senate committee OKs bill to track refugees The Latest on a South Carolina bill to track refugees (all times local): 4:45 p.m.
January 27, 2016 South Carolina Senate committee OKs bill to track refugees A bill requiring state police to track refugees coming to South Carolina and to hold their sponsors liable for damages if they commit an act of terrorism is on its way to the floor of the state Senate.
January 26, 2016 Charleston AME Church Names Woman Pastor for First Time After Shooting The Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina, where nine parishioners attending a Bible study were gunned down by an avowed white racist last June, has named as their new pastor, for the first time in the church's storied history, a woman — the Rev. Betty Deas Clark.
January 26, 2016 Taser used when black motorist killed to be tested again A state judge is allowing additional tests on a Taser that a white police officer used before he shot and killed a black man last year.
