Arts Sep 09 This unusual Charleston college produces educated artisans By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Nation Sep 05 Watch 4:16 How Charleston is faring after battering from Hurricane Dorian The port city of Charleston is prone to flooding even in normal rain events, so local officials and residents prepared for the worst when awaiting Hurricane Dorian. In the end, the city saw less flooding and storm surge than they…
Politics Aug 07 WATCH: Booker gives gun policy speech at 2015 church slaying site The speech — following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that killed 31 people — came as White House hopefuls grapple with how to respond to the violence. By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press
Nation Apr 16 7 inmates dead, 17 injured in South Carolina prison fighting It's the latest violence in a system where 12 inmates were killed by other prisoners last year and 250 prisoners were assaulted so severely in 2016 and 2017 they had to be treated in outside hospitals, according to public records… By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press
Nation Sep 29 Tennessee church suspect may have sought Charleston revenge A note found in the car of a man charged with spraying deadly gunfire at a Tennessee church made reference to revenge for a white supremacist's massacre at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, two years earlier, law enforcement… By Sadie Gurman and Eric Tucker, Associated Press
Jan 10 Watch News Wrap: Dylann Roof is first to get death sentence for federal hate crime By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal jury sentenced Dylann Roof to death for the racially motivated murder of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina. Also, nearly 40 people died in a pair of bombings near the Afghan Parliament… Continue watching
Jan 10 Dylann Roof receives death penalty from federal jury By Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako A federal jury sentenced Dylann Roof to death for killing nine black parishioners in 2015 at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Roof was convicted on Dec. 15 on 33 federal charges, including hate crimes. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 2:15 News Wrap: Dylann Roof insists he’s not mentally ill at sentencing By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Wednesday, the white supremacist who killed nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, insisted in court he’s not mentally ill. Dylann Roof is acting as his own lawyer in the death penalty phase of his federal… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 5:19 News Wrap: Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke chosen for Interior Department By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump picked Rep. Ryan Zinke to lead the Interior Department. A first-term congressman, Zinke has pushed for energy independence and voted to expand oil and gas drilling. Also, white supremacist Dylann Roof was… Continue watching
Dec 15 Dylann Roof found guilty in Charleston church massacre, could face death penalty By Alison Thoet Roof was found guilty on all 33 counts for fatally shooting nine members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on June 17, 2015. Continue reading