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Obama Mourns Charleston Victims, But Laments 'Politics' Of Gun Control

8:44pm June 20, 2015

by Domenico Montanaro

After a shooting at a Charleston, S.C., church left nine dead, President Obama noted, "Mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries," but tighter gun controls in the U.S. were unlikely.

Charleston residents visit a makeshift memorial for victims of Wednesday's mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church on Calhoun Steet in Charleston, S.C.

The Victims: 9 Were Slain At Charleston's Emanuel AME Church

8:44pm June 20, 2015

by NPR Staff

Pastors, parishioners, a coach, a librarian, a graduate: Authorities identify the nine people who were shot and killed during a Bible study at a Charleston, S.C., church on Wednesday night.

Mourners pass by a makeshift memorial on the sidewalk in front of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.

In Charleston, A City Gathers To Mourn, Try To Understand Mass Shooting

8:44pm June 20, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The community began to try to pick up the pieces, in the days after a gunman opened fire at a historically black church, killing nine people.

Dylann Roof appears via video before a judge in North Charleston, S.C, today. The 21-year-old man accused of killing nine people inside a black church in Charleston made his first court appearance and bail was set for $1 million on a charge of weapons pos

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$1 Million Bond For Charleston Church Shooting Suspect

8:43pm June 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Dylann Roof appeared via videolink for a court hearing today, where he stood expressionless as victims' family members poured out their emotions.

A Confederate flag that's part of a Civil War memorial on the grounds of the South Carolina State House flies during a Martin Luther King Day rally in 2008. The state is under fire for continuing to fly the flag.

Confederate Flag 'Has To Come Down' In S.C., NAACP Leader Says

8:43pm June 20, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Calling Wednesday's killing of nine black church members in Charleston, S.C., a hate crime, the head of the NAACP says it's not appropriate for South Carolina to keep flying the Confederate flag.

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WATCH: President Obama's Statement On Charleston Mass Shooting

4:57pm June 18, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Obama said that at some point, the United States has to come to terms with the fact that "this kind of violence doesn't happen in other advanced countries."

Vince Cameron has worked the docks at the Port of Jacksonville for more than three decades. If the city doesn't deepen the port, he says, a new breed of massive cargo ship will instead go to Savannah, Ga., or Charleston, S.C.

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Jacksonville Split Over Joining A Southern Port Dredging Frenzy

8:01pm November 26, 2014

by Peter Haden

Jacksonville, Fla., is racing to find funds to deepen its port. If it can't accommodate newer, bigger cargo ships from Asia, the city says, it will lose out to Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C.

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