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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.

January 25, 2016

The Latest: Panel to study diversity at The Citadel

The Latest on The Citadel disciplining 14 cadets after photographs surfaced on social media of seven freshmen with pillowcases similar to KKK garb on their heads (all times local): 3:15 p.m.

January 25, 2016

Woman accused of beating husband with nunchucks because he refused sex

A woman in South Carolina hurled ceramic figurines at her husband and hit him with nunchucks after he refused to have sex with her, investigators revealed Wednesday.

January 25, 2016

14 cadets disciplined at Citadel; some wore KKK-like garb

A total of 14 cadets have been dismissed, suspended or are receiving on-campus punishment at The Citadel military college in South Carolina after a group appeared in photos with pillowcases on their heads similar to Ku Klux Klan garb.

January 25, 2016

Charleston church where parishioners killed has new pastor

The Charleston church where nine parishioners attending a Bible study were shot and killed has a new pastor.