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Today, Charleston, South Carolina, has a reputation of being one of America’s friendliest cities and a popular travel destination for vacationers nationwide. The “Holy City” was also once regarded as the national’s capital of the international slave trade, with 40 to 60 percent of slaves landing in the New World within the region. Sullivan’s Island, […]

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio — without television cameras or any other media in tow — has been paying tribute to nine African-American worshippers were shot to death earlier this year. Before attending a town hall meeting Monday night in South Carolina, Rubio made a visit to the Charleston church […]

UPDATE: 5:20 p.m. An assistant clerk in North Carolina says the extradition hearing for suspect in the fatal shooting of nine people at a historic black church lasted just 10 minutes, and he waived his right to counsel. At the hearing, suspect 21-year-old Dylann Roof waived his right to extradition, which means he will be […]

  Stephen K. Benjamin made history as the first Black mayor of South Carolina and continues to break down many barriers in the growing state. “It’s a lot of love down here,” Benjamin says of his historic appointment. We’ve had a really good run.  But it’s political and public life in America so you’ve got […]