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Facing Death Or Prison, Dylann Roof Squares Off With His Fate
Jurors begin considering Wednesday whether to sentence self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof to death or life in prison for the racially motivated slaying of nine African Americans in a South Carolina church.
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US Church Shooter Found Guilty, Could Face Death Penalty
Dylann Roof, the self-described white supremacist who gunned down nine African American parishioners at a historic church in Charleston last year, was found guilty of all charges Thursday and could now face the death penalty.
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US Church Shooter To Represent Self At Trial
A US federal judge granted self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof's request on Monday to represent himself at trial on charges of gunning down nine African American churchgoers last year in South Carolina.
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Donald Trump Courts Black Voters With Visit To Detroit Church
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised African Americans prosperity and jobs Saturday in a tempered speech to black churchgoers in a US city famous as a symbol of economic and urban decline.
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US Probe Sees No Links Among Black Church Fires in South
Federal law enforcement officials have found no links among any of several recent fires at African American churches in the US South and have determined that two were started by natural causes and one was due to an electrical fire.
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Alabama Lowers Confederate Battle Flag After Charleston Massacre
The Confederate battle flag was taken down today outside Alabama's state legislature as Americans increasingly shun the Civil War era saltire after the Charleston church massacre.
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Charleston Church Reopens in Triumph Over 'Devil' Massacre
The historic black South Carolina church where a white gunman murdered nine African Americans held its first service since the massacre on Sunday, an emotional gathering celebrating the lives of those slain.
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Racist 'Manifesto' Lays Bare Charleston Church Shooting Motive
A chilling website apparently created by Dylann Roof emerged Saturday in which the accused Charleston church shooter rails against African Americans and appears in photographs with guns and burning the US flag.
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Anger, Protests Grow After Charleston Church Killings
Residents of South Carolina, still shaken by the unthinkable murder of nine African Americans, planned protests across the state today, giving voice to their grief, anger and demands for change.
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'Mother Emanuel': Spiritual Home, Historic Symbol for Blacks in Charleston
The black church where a horrific shooting claimed the lives of nine people boasts a rich history echoing America's own painful passage through slavery, civil rights, and now, its racially turbulent present.
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Cardinal says Latin American or African pope possible
Cardinal Kurt Koch, a close aide of Pope Benedict who will cast his vote for the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, says there is no reason why the new pontiff cannot be African or Latin American.
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Facing Death Or Prison, Dylann Roof Squares Off With His Fate
Jurors begin considering Wednesday whether to sentence self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof to death or life in prison for the racially motivated slaying of nine African Americans in a South Carolina church.
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US Church Shooter Found Guilty, Could Face Death Penalty
Dylann Roof, the self-described white supremacist who gunned down nine African American parishioners at a historic church in Charleston last year, was found guilty of all charges Thursday and could now face the death penalty.
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US Church Shooter To Represent Self At Trial
A US federal judge granted self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof's request on Monday to represent himself at trial on charges of gunning down nine African American churchgoers last year in South Carolina.
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Donald Trump Courts Black Voters With Visit To Detroit Church
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised African Americans prosperity and jobs Saturday in a tempered speech to black churchgoers in a US city famous as a symbol of economic and urban decline.
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US Probe Sees No Links Among Black Church Fires in South
Federal law enforcement officials have found no links among any of several recent fires at African American churches in the US South and have determined that two were started by natural causes and one was due to an electrical fire.
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Alabama Lowers Confederate Battle Flag After Charleston Massacre
The Confederate battle flag was taken down today outside Alabama's state legislature as Americans increasingly shun the Civil War era saltire after the Charleston church massacre.
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Charleston Church Reopens in Triumph Over 'Devil' Massacre
The historic black South Carolina church where a white gunman murdered nine African Americans held its first service since the massacre on Sunday, an emotional gathering celebrating the lives of those slain.
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Racist 'Manifesto' Lays Bare Charleston Church Shooting Motive
A chilling website apparently created by Dylann Roof emerged Saturday in which the accused Charleston church shooter rails against African Americans and appears in photographs with guns and burning the US flag.
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Anger, Protests Grow After Charleston Church Killings
Residents of South Carolina, still shaken by the unthinkable murder of nine African Americans, planned protests across the state today, giving voice to their grief, anger and demands for change.
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'Mother Emanuel': Spiritual Home, Historic Symbol for Blacks in Charleston
The black church where a horrific shooting claimed the lives of nine people boasts a rich history echoing America's own painful passage through slavery, civil rights, and now, its racially turbulent present.
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Cardinal says Latin American or African pope possible
Cardinal Kurt Koch, a close aide of Pope Benedict who will cast his vote for the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, says there is no reason why the new pontiff cannot be African or Latin American.
