Obama in first presidential podcast: U.S. not cured of racism
The president uses the N-word to make case that the U.S. hasn’t overcome its racist past.
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Mourning shooting victims, Charleston anguishes over 'freshness of death'
Hundreds of people packed a sweltering Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston for an emotional memorial service on Sunday just days after a gunman, identified by authorities as a 21-year-old white man, shot dead nine black church members. “We are reminded this morning about the freshness of death that comes like a thief in the night,” the Reverend Norvel Goff told a mostly black congregation that swelled to about
Spieth wins a stunner at Chambers Bay for U.S. Open title
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) — Jordan Spieth is halfway home to the Grand Slam, a prize only three of the biggest names in modern golf have ever chased.
Obama, on podcast, says of racism: 'We're not cured of it'
U.S. President Barack Obama, in a podcast posted online on Monday, used the N word to emphasize his point that the United States has made progress in eliminating racism but there was still more work to do. Obama discussed race and gun control as part of the hour-long podcast interview, in the aftermath of the shooting deaths a week ago of nine black people at a church in South Carolina,
North Carolina man charged in plot to kill Americans for Islamic State
A North Carolina man has been charged with an alleged plot to buy a semiautomatic rifle which he planned to use to kill Americans to show his support for the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday. Justin Nojan Sullivan, 19, of Morganton, North Carolina, who was arrested Friday, is due to appear in federal court in Charlotte at noon (1600 GMT), said a spokeswoman
Thousands gather on Arthur Ravenel Bridge in solidarity
Thousands marched in a show of unity after nine black church parishioners were gunned down.
Mourning shooting victims, Charleston anguishes over 'freshness of death'
Hundreds of people packed a sweltering Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston for an emotional memorial service on Sunday just days after a gunman, identified by authorities as a 21-year-old white man, shot dead nine black church members. “We are reminded this morning about the freshness of death that comes like a thief in the night,” the Reverend Norvel Goff told a mostly black congregation that swelled to about
North Carolina man charged in plot to kill Americans for Islamic State
A North Carolina man has been charged with an alleged plot to buy a semiautomatic rifle which he planned to use to kill Americans to show his support for the Islamic State militant group, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday. Justin Nojan Sullivan, 19, of Morganton, North Carolina, who was arrested Friday, is due to appear in federal court in Charlotte at noon (1600 GMT), said a spokeswoman
Thousands gather on Arthur Ravenel Bridge in solidarity
Thousands marched in a show of unity after nine black church parishioners were gunned down.
Graffiti appears on Confederate statue in Charleston
A vandalized memorial honoring Confederate soldiers was covered in Charleston, S.C., on Sunday as the city continues to mourn the victims of last week’s shooting massacre at a historic black church.