Yahoo! News: Terrorism

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• Church shooting victims identified: Track coach and librarian among those killed
• Justices render differing verdict in 2 free speech cases
• Obama on Charleston: It’s too easy to get guns in America
• White suspect arrested in killing of nine at black U.S. church
• Ex-NAACP activist Dolezal removed from police oversight panel in Washington state
• Three dead as Tropical Depression Bill lashes central U.S. states
• Charleston church shooting: 9 killed; suspect in custody
• Pope challenges world to clean up its filth
• FAA investigating close call at Chicago's Midway Airport

Church shooting victims identified: Track coach and librarian among those killed Posted: 18 Jun 2015 01:06 PM PDT A parish community in Charleston, S.C., is mourning the loss of nine people who were shot and killed in what authorities are calling a hate crime.

Justices render differing verdict in 2 free speech cases Posted: 18 Jun 2015 11:48 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In dueling decisions Thursday about free speech, the Supreme Court upheld Texas' refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag and struck down an Arizona town's restrictions on temporary signs put up by a small church.

Obama on Charleston: It’s too easy to get guns in America Posted:

White suspect arrested in killing of nine at black U.S. church Posted: 18 Jun 2015 05:06 PM PDT A white man suspected of shooting nine people dead during Bible study at a historic African-American church in South Carolina was arrested on Thursday, a day after a massacre that authorities say was motivated by racial hatred. The mass shooting set off an intense 14-hour manhunt that ended when 21-year-old Dylann Roof was arrested in a traffic stop in a small North Carolina town, 220 miles (350 km) north of Charleston, South Carolina, where the shooting occurred, officials said. Roof, whose social media profile suggests a fascination with white supremacy, waived his right to extradition and was flown back to South Carolina hours after his arrest.

Ex-NAACP activist Dolezal removed from police oversight panel in Washington state Posted: 18 Jun 2015 04:57 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - The city council in Washington state voted on Thursday to remove civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal, who drew national attention over her racial identity, from a police oversight commission over conduct violations, a Spokane city spokesman said. Six members of the Spokane City Council voted unanimously to remove Dolezal following a city probe that found she had publicly named citizens who made complaints against police officers, in violation of confidentiality rules, and had also engaged in workplace harassment, city spokesman Brian Coddington said. (Reporting by Eric M. ...

Three dead as Tropical Depression Bill lashes central U.S. states Posted: 18 Jun 2015 02:48 PM PDT By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Depression Bill pelted Oklahoma with heavy rains, triggering flooding that killed a 2-year-old toddler who was swept out of his father's arms by raging waters, officials said on Thursday. One person in neighboring Missouri was killed by flooding caused by rains from the storm hitting the region and a woman died in central Texas when she lost control of her car while driving through the storm, officials said. Bill, the second named tropical storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to dump between 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) of rain as it travels northeast through Arkansas and Missouri into West Virginia.

Charleston church shooting: 9 killed; suspect in custody Posted: 18 Jun 2015 04:03 PM PDT FBI investigating attack at historic black church as a hate crime.

Pope challenges world to clean up its filth Posted: 18 Jun 2015 01:54 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — With a poet's lyricism, a former chemist's precision and a pontiff's moral thunder, Pope Francis recast humanity's relationship with nature in stark ethical terms, hoping to spur a warming, filthy world to clean up its act "before it's too late."

FAA investigating close call at Chicago's Midway Airport Posted: 17 Jun 2015 03:40 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Two passenger jets began to take off at the same time on intersecting runways at Chicago's Midway International Airport, prompting a controller to shout over the radio for one of the pilots to halt to avoid a collision, aviation officials said Wednesday.

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