| FBI: Dylann Roof got gun because of screening-system failures Posted: 10 Jul 2015 10:19 AM PDT  FBI Director James B. Comey said that Dylann Roof was able to get a gun because of failures in the screening system for gun purchases.
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| CIA, FBI looking into forged letter from top Democrat Posted: 10 Jul 2015 11:34 AM PDT  The request for comment reached Sen. Dick Durbin's staff just after midnight on Monday. What did the No. 2 Senate Democrat have to say about a letter, over his signature, in which he appeared to dictate to Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk who should be in his government? A Washington, D.C.-based reporter for Russian outlet RIA Novosti wanted to know.
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| U.S. personnel chief quits after massive data breach Posted: 10 Jul 2015 10:02 AM PDT  Katherine Archuleta, the director of the Office of Personnel Management, has resigned from her post amid a cascading scandal over her handling of a massive breach of federal employee data, a congressional source has told National Journal.
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| U.S. women's soccer team gets heroes' welcome in NYC Posted: 10 Jul 2015 03:00 AM PDT  The world champion women's national team gets the rare honor of a ticker-tape parade in Manhattan.
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| Pope Francis seeks Bolivians' forgiveness for colonial-era crimes Posted: 10 Jul 2015 02:25 AM PDT  Pope Francis, in a historic gesture of reconciliation, sought forgiveness Thursday from Bolivia's predominantly indigenous inhabitants for crimes committed centuries earlier in the name of the Catholic Church. The Argentine-born pope, who has never been afraid to weigh into delicate issues both religious and political, made the comments on the second stop of a three-nation Latin America homecoming tour. "I want to tell you, and I want to be very clear: I humbly ask your forgiveness, not only for the offenses committed by our own church, but for the crimes committed by original inhabitants during the so-called conquest of America," Francis told a gathering of social activists, to sustained and enthusiastic applause.
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| Background check mix-up let suspected Charleston shooter buy gun: FBI Posted: 10 Jul 2015 01:31 PM PDT  The suspect in the killings of nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina, was able to buy a gun because of mistakes in a background check that should have revealed an admission of drug possession, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said on Friday. The examiner of suspect Dylann Roof's federal background check did not see a police report in which Roof admitted to drug possession, which would have barred him from buying the weapon, Comey told reporters at a briefing.
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| South Carolina lowers Confederate flag in wake of church massacre Posted: 10 Jul 2015 03:18 PM PDT  By Harriet McLeod COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) - South Carolina on Friday removed the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds in a joyous but solemn ceremony that relegated a divisive symbol of the South's pro-slavery legacy to a museum. The Civil War flag, which had flown at the State House for 54 years, came down less than a month after a white gunman killed nine black men and women in a historic Charleston church. In Washington, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Friday that the man charged in the massacre, Dylann Roof, was erroneously able to buy a gun due to a mix-up in a federal background check.
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| Cleveland judge won't be forced to issue warrants in Rice shooting Posted: 10 Jul 2015 02:38 PM PDT  A divided Ohio appeals court panel on Friday said it would not force a municipal judge to issue arrest warrants for Cleveland police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in a city park last November. A group of community activists who have sought to bring charges against the officers directly through a little known Ohio law had asked the 8th District Court of Appeals to compel the judge to issue arrest warrants in the case. Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Ronald Adrine in June found probable cause for Officer Timothy Loehmann, who shot Rice, and his partner, Frank Garmback, to face charges in the shooting.
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