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December 15, 2016

Closings expected in South Carolina church shooting trial

Jurors will likely soon be asked to decide if the man accused in the shooting deaths of nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church is guilty of federal hate crimes.

December 15, 2016

The Latest: Prosecutor calls Roof ignorant coward

The Latest on the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, accused of killing nine black people during a South Carolina church Bible study (all times local): 10:05 a.m.

December 15, 2016

Dylann Roof convicted in Charleston church massacre

A jury in South Carolina Thursday convicted Dylann Roof in the shootings that killed nine black church members during a Bible study in Charleston last year, a verdict that could lead to a death sentence for the self-avowed white supremacist.

December 15, 2016

Jury deliberates in Charleston church shooting trial

Jurors on Thursday began deliberations in the capital murder trial of Dylann Roof after a federal prosecutor contrasted the hate of the self-avowed white supremacist with the goodness of the nine African-American church members he was accused of gunning down at a Bible study last year.

December 14, 2016

The Latest: Medical examiner shows jurors bullets, wounds

The Latest on the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, accused of killing nine black people during a South Carolina church Bible study(all times local): 10:50 a.m.

December 14, 2016

Dylann Roof's lawyers call no witnesses in Charleston church shooting trial

Lawyers for Dylann Roof, the man accused of killing nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church during a Bible study last year, rested their case without calling any witnesses Wednesday after a judge ruled they could not present evidence about his mental health.

December 14, 2016

The Latest: Judge says no to man's mental health evidence

The Latest on the federal death penalty trial of a man accused of killing nine black people during a South Carolina church Bible study (all times local): 9:20 a.m.

December 14, 2016

The Latest: Autopsies took 4 days in church shooting

The Latest on the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, accused of killing nine black people during a South Carolina church Bible study(all times local): 10 a.m.

December 14, 2016

Marine Corps: 3 Marines face courts-martial in hazing probe

The Marine Corps general in charge of dealing with accusations of rampant abuse and hazing of recruits at its Parris Island training facility has recommend charges and special courts-martial against three Marines and a preliminary hearing involving a fourth.

December 13, 2016

Dylann Roof's mother collapsed when confronted over church shooting, deputy says

The mother of the Charleston church massacre suspect collapsed when investigators came to her home the day after the shootings and started asking questions about her son, a sheriff's deputy testified Tuesday during the trial in South Carolina.