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Charleston suspect Dylann Roof’s alleged manifesto discovered online

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 04:11 PM PDT

Dylann Storm - flagThe white man accused of killing nine people at a historic black church in South Carolina appears to have left a hateful screed on the Internet.

Police check out new lead on escaped New York prisoners

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 04:22 PM PDT

FILE - At left, in a May 21, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police is David Sweat. At right, in a May 20, 2015, file photo released by the New York State Police is Richard Matt. New York State Police are investigating a possible sighting of the two convicted killers who escaped from an upstate New York prison two weeks ago. In a news release posted late Friday, June 19, 2015, State Police say two men fitting the description of inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt were seen a week ago in Steuben County, New York, over 300 miles southwest of the prison in Dannemora. (New York State Police via AP, File)FRIENDSHIP, N.Y. (AP) — The search for two killers landed Saturday in New York's southern tier near the Pennsylvania border, about 350 miles from the prison where they escaped two weeks ago.

Hillary Clinton calls for gun control, decries racism

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 11:16 AM PDT

Sacramento, Calif. Mayor Kevin Johnson takes a photograph as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 83rd Annual Meeting as in San Francisco, Saturday, June 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)WASHINGTON (AP) — Issuing an emotional plea following the South Carolina church shooting, Hillary Rodham Clinton called for "common-sense" gun reforms and a national reckoning with the persistent problem of "institutional racism."

Racist manifesto linked to Charleston shooting suspect

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 04:05 PM PDT

Handout of photograph posted to a website with a racist manifesto appears to show Dylann Roof, the suspect in Wednesday's Charleston church massacre, posing with a burning American flag in an unknown locationDylann Roof, the suspect in Wednesday's church massacre in Charleston, appears to have written a racist manifesto, posing in photographs with a handgun and standing in front of a Confederate military museum and plantation slave houses. An FBI spokesman in Columbia, South Carolina, declined to comment on the website or its contents. Many of the local landmarks shown in the photos appeared chosen to highlight Charleston's segregated past and to touch a nerve with the city's black community by singling out sites with a special importance and sensitivity in African-American history.

Police converge on NY town where escaped prisoners said sighted

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 04:27 PM PDT

Prison inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat are seen in enhanced pictures released by the New York State policePolice using dogs and helicopters converged on a town in western New York state on Saturday to investigate a reported sighting of two convicted murderers who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks ago, police said. New York state police spokesman Beau Duffy said police set up a perimeter in the area of the town of Friendship, about 280 miles 450 km) southwest of the Clinton Correctional Facility, where the escaped convicts had been serving sentences for murder. A witness saw two men walking along a railroad track that runs along a road in Friendship, a community of about 2,000 residents in Allegany County, New York State Police said in a statement.

Los Angeles police shoot unarmed man who raised towel-covered hand

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 11:25 AM PDT

The man, in his 30s, was walking on a busy street in the Los Feliz neighborhood and "appeared to be in distress" when police approached him around 6:30 p.m. local time on Friday, Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Rosario Herrera said. A passing motorist recorded police arresting the man, who appears to be bleeding from the head, and posted the video online, the Los Angeles Times reported. The incident is the latest in a string of police-involved shootings in Los Angeles, and comes amid nationwide protests over policing tactics and use of force, especially in minority communities.

Man accused of church killings spoke of attacking college

Posted: 20 Jun 2015 09:14 AM PDT

Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Storm Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C., Thursday, June 18, 2015. Roof is a suspect in the shooting of several people Wednesday night at the historic The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)A black drinking buddy of Dylann Roof says he told him a week earlier of his plan to shoot up a college campus.

Families of Charleston shooting victims to Dylann Roof: We forgive you

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 11:58 AM PDT

Dylann Storm Roof appears via closed-circuit televison at his bond hearing in CharlestonRelatives of the Charleston church shooting victims gave emotional statements during Dylann Roof's initial court appearance Friday, telling the accused murder suspect they forgive him.

Obama rejects mass shootings as 'new normal' in America

Posted: 19 Jun 2015 07:36 PM PDT

In this June 19, 2015, photo, President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about gun violence at the Annual Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco. Conceding that congressional action was unlikely soon, President Barack Obama said lawmakers will tighten federal firearms restrictions when they believe the public is demanding it. "I am not resigned," Obama said. "I have faith we will eventually do the right thing." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he refuses to accept the idea that regular mass shooting are "the new normal" in America but doesn't expect Congress to respond because of the influence of the National Rifle Association.

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