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Shooter Almost Backed Out Because ‘Everyone Was So Nice’ — Dylann Roof, the man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, has been charged with nine counts of murder and illegal weapons possession, police said.
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Story highlights — (CNN)[Breaking news update at 7:27 a.m. ET] — Dylann Roof has confessed to authorities to shooting and killing nine people this week at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, two law enforcement officials said Friday.
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Jeb Bush: 'I Don't Know' If Charleston Shooting Was Racially Motivated — As more becomes clear about the motives of the man believed to be behind the Charleston church shooting, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was hesitant to connect Dylann Storm Roof's alleged actions to any racial prejudice.
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Hillary Clinton Suggests Donald Trump-Like Comments Can ‘Trigger’ Events Like Charleston … Hillary Clinton didn't call The Donald out by name, but she suggested in an interview Thursday that comments like ones the real estate tycoon-turned-Republican presidential candidate made during …
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Why South Carolina's Confederate flag isn't at half-mast after church shooting — After Dylann Storm Roof allegedly shot up an AME church in Charleston, S.C., killing nine people, two flags were lowered more than 100 miles away in Columbia, the state's capital.
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Despite mourning, statehouse Confederate battle flag remains at full staff — The Confederate flag flying at the Statehouse in Columbia became part of the Charleston church shooting story Thursday after the U.S. and South Carolina flags were lowered in mourning but the rebel banner was left flying at its full height.
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Dylann Roof's Uncle Would ‘Push Button’ Himself If Nephew Receives Death Penalty … The uncle of a 21-year-old man accused of opening fire inside a Charleston church — killing nine people — says he will “push the button myself” if his nephew receives the death penalty, which is legal in South Carolina.
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The Charleston Shooting — An echo of 52 years ago, but also a crucial difference.
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Charleston and the Age of Obama
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Jeb Bush: 'I Don't Know What Was On The Mind' Of Charleston Shooter
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For accused killer Dylann Roof, a life that had quietly drifted off track
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Gov. Nikki Haley: Charleston shooting ‘An absolute hate crime’
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The Confederate Flag Isn't Budging From South Carolina's Capitol — Because It's Protected Under State Law
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Why South Carolina's Confederate Flag Is Still Flying at Full Staff
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Dylann Roof Had Confederate Plates. Here's Why the Rebel Flag Still Flies in South Carolina.

Charleston shooting victim posted Snapchat from Bible study moments before attack
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Henry Louis Gates: If Clementa Pinckney Had Lived
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Jeb Bush Makes Surprise Pick for Political Director — For the second time in less than two weeks, Jeb Bush is shuffling the top tier of his 2016 campaign staff. — The job of political director - expected to go to Kentucky-based consultant Scott Jennings - will instead be filled by David James …
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Operation Replace Jeb Bush
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Clintons cover both sides on trade deals — Hillary cites problems, Bill the benefits, while labor leaders complain about mixed signals. — Getty — The ears of labor bosses and progressives perked up Sunday when Hillary Clinton sounded a sharply skeptical note about President Barack Obama's trade agenda.
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Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump's racial rhetoric ‘not acceptable’
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In break with Obama, Clinton won't back fast-track trade bill
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Ballot Access Problem For Bernie Sanders? — In what I assume is a moment of mischief, former NH Republican congressman Charlie Bass has penned a WaPo op-ed suggesting that Bernie Sanders' robust poll numbers in NH may not matter because he will not be elgible to run for president in the Granite State as a Democrat.
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Insiders: Marco Rubio has an Obama problem
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In L.A., Obama addresses Washington's dysfunction: ‘I did not say I would fix it’ — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — President Obama wrapped up a day he began with an angry and frustrated reaction to the mass killings in Charleston, S.C., by acknowledging that he has been unable to change the culture …
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Here's The Video A Tea Party Group Made That Implies Oral Sex Between A Panda And Hillary Clinton — WASHINGTON — BuzzFeed News has obtained parts of the video produced by Tea Party group FreedomWorks several years ago that features two female interns dressed up as a panda bear and Hillary Clinton …
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Huckabee: If Somebody in That Prayer Meeting Had a Conceal Carry... President Obama had a moment to bring healing to the nation, but he chose to play politics instead, using the terrible massacre in Charleston to call for a crackdown on guns. — Everything with this administration is about politics.
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Health Law Repeal Would Raise Federal Deficits by $137 Billion in 10 Years, CBO Says — Ending health subsidies would increase number of uninsured Americans by 19 million in 2016 — Repealing the Affordable Care Act would cost the U.S. government $137 billion over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said on Friday.
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