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South Carolina Senator Tim Scott is just as appalled by the shootings in a Black church as anyone else, but he’s obviously in the midst of the heartbreak in the city. The murder of 9 parishioners at historic Emmanuel AME Church in Columbia, S.C. has the nation reeling and one again examining the psychology of […]

We are impressed by this kid! Most kids want to use their allowance money to purchase something for themselves, well Xavier Elliott isn’t like most kids. The Huffington Post reports: After serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq, Xavier’s father experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, and their family ended up in about six different homeless shelters, […]

Two Florida boys became heroes after they rescued children from an Orange County mobile home fire on Tuesday. According to NBC affiliate WESH Orlando, Isiah Francis,…

A brutal reminder of the South’s racial history was on full display Thursday as South Carolina capitol’s U.S. and state flags were lowered to half-staff…

VICENZA, Italy (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama says she hopes that tragedies like the slayings in a historic black church in the U.S. South “will one day come to an end.” The U.S. first lady on Friday expressed horror over the fatal shooting of nine people during a Bible study session in Charleston, South […]

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) — Debbie Dills thought the black Hyundai next to her at a stoplight looked familiar — it had a South Carolina tag and a white decal on the front. Her heart raced when she saw the driver, the bowlcut-wearing white man who authorities say killed nine people in a black church […]

FONBAYA, Haiti (AP) — Saint-Soi Souverin sat on a bench resting and thinking about his plight after being uprooted from his longtime home on the other side of the border in the Dominican Republic, far from the Haitian shelter where he is staying. Dominican authorities deported the 35-year-old farm worker along with his wife and […]

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — In recent weeks, Dylann Storm Roof reconnected with a childhood buddy he hadn’t seen in five years and started railing about the Trayvon Martin case, about black people “taking over the world” and about the need for someone to do something about it for the sake of “the white race,” the […]

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama unleashed a torrent of frustration Thursday night over Washington gridlock and acknowledged he has not been able to bring the hope and change to America’s political system that he campaigned on. Obama told donors at a Democratic Party fundraiser hosted by filmmaker Tyler Perry that he has […]

Matthew Apperson, the man who allegedly tried to shoot George Zimmerman in May, will face attempted murder charges, according to the latest news in the highly publicized…

The Charleston AME Emanuel Church shooting that left nine dead Wednesday night is being called one of the deadliest attacks on a house of worship in this…

MILAN (AP) — Michelle Obama and her daughters visited Milan’s Duomo cathedral on Thursday, where an official traveling with her said they lit candles in memory of the victims of the shooting in South Carolina. The first lady, dressed in black, and her elder daughter Malia were seen by photographers entering the Gothic-inspired cathedral on […]