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Photos: Here's what Ian looks like in South Carolina

5:32pm September 30, 2022

The storm has landed in South Carolina after devastating southwest and central Florida. Ian brought heavy rain, high winds and flooding along South Carolina coast, causing damage in some areas.

An architectural rendering shows the proposed design for a memorial on the Emanuel AME Church grounds, showing the fellowship benches and names fountain as seen from Calhoun Street in Charleston, S.C.

Architect Unveils Design For Emanuel AME Church Memorial

1:01pm July 16, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The memorial honors the nine worshippers murdered by a white supremacist at the church in Charleston, S.C., in June 2015. It is designed by the architect behind the Sept. 11 memorial in New York City.

A man fills out a federal background check form at Good Guys Guns & Range on Feb. 15, 2018 in Orem, Utah.

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FBI To Start Using A 2nd Database For Gun Background Checks

2:21pm July 13, 2018

by Victoria Hansen

Dylann Roof was able to buy a gun two months before the Charleston church massacre because of a background check error. A new plan by the FBI aims to fix what critics call the "Charleston Loophole."

The upstairs porch of Ann Blessing's home in Charleston, S.C. has been a stop on a popular historic home tour. For the first time, visitors will tour the kitchen where enslaved people once spent most of their lives, toiling over hot fires.

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Looking 'Beyond The Big House' And Into The Lives Of Slaves

4:12pm September 13, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

A new house tour bypasses Charleston's antebellum mansions and takes visitors directly to the quarters where enslaved people lived and worked.

Mourners left flowers and other mementos in front of Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in the days following the June 17, 2015 mass shooting. Nine worshippers were gunned down during Bible study in what authorities say was a racially

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While Grieving Continues, Church Shooting Was Charleston's Call To Action

10:49am June 07, 2016

by Debbie Elliott

It's been nearly a year since a gunman killed nine worshippers at a historic black church in Charleston, S.C. The attack shocked the community and exposed lingering racial tension.

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Mayor Joe Riley of Charleston, S.C. is the longest-serving mayor in the country.

America's Longest-Serving Mayor Steps Down

9:11am January 09, 2016

by Debbie Elliott

Joe Riley has been mayor of Charleston, S.C. for 40 years. His tenure has seen the transformation of downtown Charleston, and recently, the alleged racially-motivated murders at Emmanuel AME Church.

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Former North Charleston police Officer Michael Slager talks with his attorney before a hearing in front of Judge Clifton Newman on Monday.

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Former S.C. Officer Who Shot And Killed Walter Scott Is Out On Bail

3:25pm January 05, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Cellphone video showed Michael Slager shooting an unarmed black man in the back last year in North Charleston, S.C. He was charged with murder and initially denied bail. Now he's out on $500,000 bond.

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Friend Of Charleston Shooter Pleads Not Guilty To Lying To Investigators

6:10pm September 18, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Joey Meek is charged with concealing information and lying to investigators about his knowledge of Dylann Roof's plans to kill black people at a church in Charleston, S.C.