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April 13, 2016

Couple: Police search still humiliating more than a year on

Silent tears stream down Lakeya Hicks' face as she recalls Oct. 2, 2014, a day that should have been a happy memory as she and her husband drove the car they had recently and proudly purchased.

April 12, 2016

Prosecutor: Despite video, officer's shooting was tough case

The prosecutor who allowed a white police officer to avoid jail for killing a drunken-driving black man who was chased all the way home said Tuesday that persuading a South Carolina jury to convict him of a felony would have been difficult.

April 12, 2016

The Latest: Prosecutor says cop's conviction would be tough

The Latest on a white police officer in South Carolina taking a plea deal for probation in the killing of a black driver (all times local): 3:20 p.m.

April 12, 2016

Defense wants delay in South Carolina church shooting trial

The defense is asking for a delay in the state death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, who is charged with murder in the shooting deaths last year of nine black parishioners at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston.

April 12, 2016

White officer gets probation in black driver's shooting

A white South Carolina police officer who was charged with a felony for shooting and killing a black driver at the end of a police chase has taken a plea deal and been sentenced to probation.

April 12, 2016

Wife set sleeping husband on fire, investigators say

A South Carolina woman has been accused of trying to kill her husband by setting him on fire while he was asleep.

April 11, 2016

The Latest: Video shows officer put gun into driver's window

The Latest on a white South Carolina police officer who pleaded guilty in the shooting death of a black driver (all times local): 6:05 p.m.

April 10, 2016

Want to graduate college debt free? Teach in a rural area

The teacher shortage in poor, rural districts in South Carolina is so bad, the state is considering offering would-be instructors a way to graduate from college debt free.

April 8, 2016

Murder suspect caught after spotted pulling body from trunk

A man has been found in North Carolina, two days after witnesses in South Carolina told investigators they saw him covered in blood while pulling a body out of a trunk on a gravel road.

April 7, 2016

South Carolina officials seek to block cellphone signals over prisons

South Carolina officials on Wednesday renewed their call for federal help in dealing with the dangers of cellphones behind prison walls, telling Federal Communications Commission officials they need permission to block cell signals altogether to keep both prison employees and the public at large safe.