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July 5, 2017

Judge doesn't change mind on closed Dylann Roof hearing

Families of nine black worshippers killed in a Charleston church got a chance Thursday to air concerns about the case to a federal judge, who reaffirmed his decision to keep defendant Dylann Roof's competency hearing next week closed to the public.

July 5, 2017

Authorities: 3rd body found on South Carolina man's property

Investigators discovered a third body on the property of a South Carolina man who is now linked to seven deaths and the kidnapping of a woman who was found chained inside a storage container, authorities said Monday.

July 5, 2017

Jury selection halted in Charleston church shooting case

Jury selection was halted before it began Monday in the federal case of a white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners, with the judge holding a hearing closed to everyone but the defendant and his own lawyers.

July 5, 2017

Lawyer sentenced for stashing $234G from sorority in shoebox

A South Carolina lawyer has been given a six-month prison sentence after stashing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a shoebox as part of a scam involving a $14 million sorority house at the University of Alabama.

July 5, 2017

Civil War cannonballs found on South Carolina beach in Matthew's wake

A bomb squad was at a South Carolina beach on Sunday after Hurricane Matthew apparently unearthed old Civil War cannonballs from the sand.

July 5, 2017

Pipeline expected to restart after leak triggered surging gas prices in South

A main gas line is expected to restart Wednesday with a temporary bypass after a leak and spill in Alabama led to surging fuel prices and some gas shortages across the South, a company official said Tuesday.

July 5, 2017

Julia weakens to tropical depression, expected to drench East Coast

Julia has weakened to a tropical depression off South Carolina after bringing steady rains, but not the torrential downpours and widespread flooding that had been feared, to the coast of the Southeast from Florida to the Carolinas.

July 5, 2017

Attorneys for Charleston church shooting suspect Dylann Roof challenge death penalty

Attorneys for Dylann Roof, the white man charged with killing nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church, want a federal judge to rule the death penalty unconstitutional and allow their client to plead guilty and serve life in prison.

July 5, 2017

Dylann Roof's friend dodges harsher punishment

Joseph "Joey" Meek, the friend of Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, will not face a tougher sentence for failing to help prevent the massacre, a federal judge ruled Monday.

July 5, 2017

Military moms fear contaminants at housing base are giving children cancer

The Marine Corps says it is addressing the concerns of a military mom who posted a YouTube video warning about what she claims are potential cancer risks for anyone who has resided at her family’s former military housing unit in South Carolina.