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.

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 …

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.

Turmoil Only Sure Thing If Supreme Court Rejects Gay Marriage  —  A victory at the U.S. Supreme Court on same-sex marriage would be a historic moment for gay rights.  Defeat would bring legal pandemonium.  —  The high court will decide by the end of the month whether the Constitution gives gays the right to marry.

Michele Bachmann is still in a race - for money  —  Fundraising goes on, and so does her spending.  —  U.S. Rep.Michele Bachmann spoke to family, friends and supporters during a tribute at Monticello High Friday, April 11, 2014, in Monticello, MN.  —  TEXT SIZE

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 …

City Council President Andy Ginther caught up in red-light camera bribe case  —  A former chief executive officer of the red-light camera company Redflex has pleaded guilty to bribing Columbus elected officials - including Council President Andrew Ginther - through the Ohio Democratic Party …

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.

Stowaway fell to death from plane on to London office after 8,000-mile flight  —  Body of man discovered on office below Heathrow flight path in Richmond, while another is in hospital in serious condition after surviving flight from South Africa  —  A suspected stowaway has been found …

Chief: ‘CPD lost one of its best today’  —  Sonny Kim, a 27-year veteran with the Cincinnati Police Department was shot and killed Friday morning during a shootout in Madisonville, leaving the department in mourning and a neighborhood on edge.  —  Kim, 48, had immigrated to the United States from South Korea in 1973.