Jun 19 Watch 5:04 South Carolina still reeling after devastating hate crime By PBS News Hour Wracked by grief, Charleston is struggling to recover in the wake of the shooting at Emmanuel AME church. During a bond hearing for gunman Dylann Roof, family members of victims presented a portrait of grief, strength, and forgiveness. Continue watching
Jun 19 What preachers are preparing for their Sunday sermons after the unspeakable event in Charleston By Corinne Segal What can you say? The murder of nine people by a gunman at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, Wednesday has left people throughout the country mourning and struggling for answers. Meanwhile, the men and women who… Continue reading
Jun 19 GOP contenders condemn SC shooting as attack on faith By Steve Peoples, Associated Press Republican presidential contenders on Friday condemned the deadly shootings in South Carolina as an attack on faith, offering deeply personal responses to the murders but no suggestion that they see gun control as part of the answer. Continue reading
Jun 18 Watch 10:09 Charleston shooter likely inspired by white supremacy movement By PBS News Hour The deadly shooting at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, has rocked the nation. Gwen Ifill speaks with Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) and Heidi Beirich of Southern Poverty Law Center about the tragedy and how it reflects current race relations… Continue watching
Jun 18 Everything we know about the Charleston church shooting By Larisa Epatko The nine people shot and killed at a historic African-American church on Wednesday evening ranged in age from 26 to 87. They were attending Bible study and the gunman was sitting among them. Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 4:26 News Wrap: Former SC cop indicted for murder of black suspect who was running away By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a grand jury indicted former policeman Michael Slager for killing a black man, Walter Scott, as he tried to run away. The prosecutor says a video of the shooting will be key to the trial. Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch 8:02 Sen. Lindsey Graham on fighting Islamic State, shoring up Social Security By PBS News Hour South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican presidential candidate, joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the fight against the Islamic State group, his stance on Social Security and retirement, why he supports increasing legal immigration, plus how his life was turned… Continue watching
May 19 Threatened with closure, one historically black university charts a path to recovery By Kyla Calvert Mason When Darian James walks across the South Carolina State campus in her hometown of Orangeburg she sees a place where much of her life to this point has played out. It’s the place where she went to preschool through middle… Continue reading
May 14 O’Malley to announce presidential plans on May 30 By Ken Thomas, Associated Press BOSTON — Martin O'Malley plans to announce his presidential intentions on May 30 in Baltimore, a move that could present another Democratic challenger to Hillary Rodham Clinton. Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch 7:06 Pulitzer-winning report leads S.C. lawmakers to push for stronger domestic abuse laws By PBS News Hour Continue watching