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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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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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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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Jeb Bush: 'I Don't Know What Was On The Mind' Of Charleston Shooter — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Friday that he has no idea what motivated a young white man to walk into a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, Wednesday night and kill nine people.
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The Confederate Flag Isn't Budging From South Carolina's Capitol — Because It's Protected Under State Law — The morning after nine people were shot to death Wednesday inside a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina, flowers were laid, black cloth was draped and flags …
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For accused killer Dylann Roof, a life that had quietly drifted off track
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Charleston shooting victim posted Snapchat from Bible study moments before attack
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The Charleston Shooting — An echo of 52 years ago, but also a crucial difference.
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Why South Carolina's Confederate flag isn't at half-mast after church shooting

Dylann Roof Had Confederate Plates. Here's Why the Rebel Flag Still Flies in South Carolina.
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Dylann Roof, Suspect in Charleston Shooting, Flew the Flags of White Power
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Why South Carolina's Confederate Flag Is Still Flying at Full Staff
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Shooting Suspect ‘Big Into Segregation,’ Roommate Says
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BREAKING: Tip from Kings Mountain florists led to Charleston shooting suspect's arrest
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Henry Louis Gates: If Clementa Pinckney Had Lived
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Lindsey Graham: Charleston Shooter May Have Been ‘Looking for Christians to Kill’
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Confederate Flag Flying on South Carolina Capitol Grounds Provokes Anger After Charleston Shooting
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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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Rick Santorum, reacting to Charleston shooting, denounces ‘assaults on our religious liberty’
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Voodoo, Jeb! Style — On Monday Jeb Bush — or I guess that's Jeb!, since he seems to have decided to replace his family name with a punctuation mark — finally made his campaign for the White House official, and gave us a first view of his policy goals. First, he says that if elected …
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Operation Replace Jeb Bush — John Kasich is on a last-ditch mission to prove he can be the Republican establishment's dream candidate in 2016. — Getty — Sensing the window of opportunity is closing, John Kasich is on a last-minute dash across the country to convince party donors …
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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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Nationally recognized teacher removed from class after allegations of misconduct — Attorneys for a nationally recognized Los Angeles Unified teacher, who was removed from his classroom after allegations of misconduct, are issuing an ultimatum to district administrators: publicly apologize and let him return to work, or get sued.
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Rand Paul's First Two Books Are Full Of Fake Founding Fathers Quotes — “We currently have no evidence to confirm that Thomas Jefferson ever said or wrote” this. — Many of the quotes attributed to the Founding Fathers in two of Rand Paul's books are either fake, misquoted, or taken entirely out of context, BuzzFeed News has found.
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My comments re Donald Trump running for President & wanting to nominate me for the Secretary of Treasury — I was extremely surprised to learn that Donald was running for President and even more surprised that he stated he would make me Secretary of Treasury.
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A winning long-term strategy on the medical device tax — The special tax on medical devices, which was created under the Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare, is public policy at its worst, but the solution is not the counterproductive immediate full repeal presently advancing through Congress.
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House approves fast-track 218-208, sending bill to Senate — The House on Thursday took the first step toward resuscitating the White House's trade agenda by passing legislation granting President Obama fast-track authority. — The bill now goes to the Senate, where the White House …
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