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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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'Hate Won't Win': Shock and Mourning In Charleston

8:43pm June 20, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

After an emotional day in Charleston, the city remembers victims of a mass shooting with an evening prayer vigil. It comes after a dramatic hearing where the suspect made a first court appearance.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to members of the media after visiting the memorial site at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., where nine people were killed.

Predictably, Democrats, Republicans Don't Agree On Charleston Causes, Solutions

8:42pm June 20, 2015

by Don Gonyea

The shooting at a historically black church in Charleston briefly put a pause on the campaign. But eventually politics crept back in, and both sides, as usual, took different lessons from the tragedy.

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Charleston Church To Hold Sunday Service And Deliver 'Message Of Hope'

8:42pm June 20, 2015

by Jeff Brady

Charleston's Emanuel AME Church will reopen for the first time since Wednesday night's mass shooting. The suspect, Dylann Roof, remains in custody under a suicide watch.

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A photo from the website "The Last Rhodesian" appears to show the Charleston church shooting suspect. The website contains a lengthy racist manifesto.

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Photos Of Dylann Roof, Racist Manifesto Surface On Website

6:48pm June 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The photos on the site, titled "The Last Rhodesian," appear to be authentic and an unsigned text refers to the Trayvon Martin case and details the author's attitudes toward various ethnic groups.

Residents Fight To Block Fracked Gas In New York's Finger Lakes

6:45pm June 20, 2015

by David Chanatry

New York state has banned fracking, but it is considering a plan to allow fracked gas to be stored under Seneca Lake — which isn't sitting well with residents of the state's Finger Lakes region.

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An Award To New England's Elderly Is Not Always Cause For Celebration

6:42pm June 20, 2015

by Daniel Rosinsky-Larsson

For more than 100 years, the Boston Post Cane has been awarded to the oldest residents of 700 small New England towns. More than 400 of the canes are still in circulation, passing from one elder to the next. But it's becoming harder to find people who appreciate an award for being old.

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An undated file picture shows Osama bin Laden. A new Wikileaks release purports to reveal that one of his sons requested a death certificate for the al-Qaida leader, who was killed in a U.S. military raid in 2011.

Bin Laden Son Asked U.S. For Father's Death Certificate, Wikileaks Says

1:40pm June 20, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The website has begun the release of 500,000 documents it says are related to Saudi Arabian diplomatic communications. Among them was the request from Abdullah bin Laden.

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Charleston Prayer Vigil Honors 9 Victims Of Deadly Church Shooting

1:00pm June 20, 2015

by Cheryl Corley

People gathered at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., Thursday night to remember the victims of the mass shooting there. Authorities have apprehended a suspect in Wednesday night's shooting.

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Criminal Justice Professor Discusses Charleston Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof

12:46pm June 20, 2015

More details are emerging about Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old suspect in the shooting deaths of nine people in Charleston. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Northeastern University professor James Fox.

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