Dylann Roof charged with 9 counts of murder in S.C. massacre

Dylann Roof charged with 9 counts of murder in S.C. massacre
Dylann Roof and Michael Slager are cellblock neighbors in Charleston County jail
Jeb Bush: Culture Warrior
At least four dead as Tropical Depression Bill soaks central U.S.
U.S. employee data breach tied to Chinese intelligence
Church shooting victims identified: Track coach and librarian among those killed
Justices render differing verdict in 2 free speech cases

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 11:00 AM PDT

By Edward McAllister, Harriet McLeod and Alana Wise CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A 21-year-old white man has been charged with nine counts of murder in connection with an attack on a historic black South Carolina church, police said on Friday, and media reports said he had hoped to incite a race war in the United States. Residents of Charleston flocked to the nearly-200-year-old Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church as they struggled to comprehend how suspected shooter Dylann Roof could sit with worshippers for an hour of Bible study before allegedly opening fire on Wednesday, killing nine black people and fleeing into the night, triggering a 14-hour manhunt. "This was not merely a mass shooting, not merely a matter of gun violence, this was a racial hate crime and must be confronted as such," said Cornell William Brooks, president of the NAACP.

Dylann Roof and Michael Slager are cellblock neighbors in Charleston County jail

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 10:58 AM PDT

Charleston County's high-profile murder suspects Dylann Roof and Michael Slager are now jail neighbors.

Jeb Bush: Culture Warrior

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At least four dead as Tropical Depression Bill soaks central U.S.

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 10:47 AM PDT

Bill, the second named tropical storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to lose strength as it moves into the Ohio Valley, bringing about 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cms) of rain in places such southern Illinois and Indiana as well as western Kentucky, the U.S. National Weather Service said. In Oklahoma, where two people were killed in weather-related incidents, the storm caused rivers already swollen by heavy rains at the end of May to spill their banks. The most recent victim was an 80-year-old woman found in a pickup truck that had been submerged about 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, police said.

U.S. employee data breach tied to Chinese intelligence

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 10:17 AM PDT

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Chinese hacking group suspected of stealing sensitive information about millions of current and former U.S. government employees has a different mission and organizational structure than the military hackers who have been accused of other U.S. data breaches, according to people familiar with the matter. While the Chinese People's Liberation Army typically goes after defense and trade secrets, this hacking group has repeatedly accessed data that could be useful to Chinese counter-intelligence and internal stability, said two people close to the ...

Church shooting victims identified: Track coach and librarian among those killed

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 01:06 PM PDT

A parish community in Charleston, S.C., is mourning the loss of nine people who were shot and killed in what authorities are calling a hate crime.

Justices render differing verdict in 2 free speech cases

Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:48 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — In dueling decisions Thursday about free speech, the Supreme Court upheld Texas' refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag and struck down an Arizona town's restrictions on temporary signs put up by a small church.