Disavowed by GOP leaders, Trump has supporters cheering
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND JILL COLVIN The Republican establishment may hope this is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump’s circus-like run for the presidency. But as the fallout…
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Hari Jones Do You Know Robert Purvis
Robert Purvis was a African-American abolitionist in the United States. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, educated at Amherst College in Massachusetts, and lived most of his life in…
White man sought in killing of 9 people in black church
By ALEX SANZ and RUSS BYNUM An intense manhunt was underway Thursday for a white man who joined a prayer meeting and then opened fire inside a historic black church…
Report released after SC white deputy shoots black homeowner
By BRUCE SMITH As a South Carolina sheriff’s deputy responded to a report of a home invasion, he shouted commands at a black homeowner holding a gun before firing at…
South Carolina police officer charged with murder is fired
By BRUCE SMITH and JEFFREY COLLINS A white South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed an unarmed black man in self-defense has been fired, the city’s mayor announced Wednesday,…
War memorial separates dead by race, divides Southern city
By JEFFREY COLLINS Along Main Street in a small South Carolina city, there is war memorial honoring fallen World War I and II soldiers, dividing them into two categories: “white”…
After 150 years, Confederate submarine’s hull again revealed
By BRUCE SMITH A century and a half after it sank and a decade and a half after it was raised, scientists are finally getting a look at the hull…
IMPACT: Abused children die as authorities fail to protect
By HOLBROOK MOHR and GARANCE BURKE At least 786 children died of abuse or neglect in the U.S. in a six-year span in plain view of child protection authorities —…