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August 6, 2016

Man accused of attacking alleged church shooter out on bond

The man who authorities say attacked accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof in the jail shower is out on $100,000 bond.

August 5, 2016

Family friend seeks prayers for brain-eating amoeba patient

A family friend is asking for thoughts and prayers for an 11-year-old South Carolina girl hospitalized after contracting a usually deadly brain-eating amoeba.

August 4, 2016

FBI arrests man, says he had contact with 2 Texas attackers

Federal authorities have arrested a North Carolina man who they say had been in contact with two men who ambushed an event in Texas where the Muslim prophet Mohammad was being depicted in cartoons.

August 4, 2016

Deputies: Man accused in church shooting assaulted

Deputies say Dylann Roof, charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a Charleston church, has been assaulted by another inmate at the South Carolina jail where he is being held.

August 4, 2016

The Latest: Church massacre suspect attacked in jail shower

The Latest on a jailhouse assault on the suspect charged with killing nine people at a South Carolina church (all times local): 1:10 p.m.

August 4, 2016

Charleston church shooting suspect Dylann Roof attacked in jail, deputies say

Deputies say Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a Charleston church, has been assaulted by a black inmate at the South Carolina jail where he is being held.

August 3, 2016

Deputies: Facebook photo of teen inside tomb leads to arrest

Deputies say a 17-year-old man has been arrested after pictures of someone standing inside an above- ground tomb at a South Carolina church cemetery were posted on Facebook.

August 3, 2016

Boy, 12, dies in accidental shooting in South Carolina

Authorities say a 12-year-old boy has died after being accidentally shot at a Florence County home.

August 2, 2016

Officer's attorneys seek expanded questioning in shooting

Defense attorneys for a former South Carolina police officer accused in the shooting death of a black motorist who was running away have filed a motion seeking more thorough questioning of potential jurors.

July 30, 2016

Woman who vanished from nursing home was killed by alligator, authorities say

A 90-year-old woman who was found dead in a South Carolina pond after disappearing from her assisted living home was killed by an alligator, officials said Wednesday.