A New York state corrections officer was suspended on Friday in connection with the prison escape of two convicted murderers who have evaded capture for nearly two weeks, officials said. Authorities did not say whether they believed the corrections officer, whose name was not released, would face charges or if he was believed to have assisted in the breakout at the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in the upstate New
The Washington Post reported 22-year-old Christon Scriven, a black neighbor of gunman Dylann Roof, said that during a recent night of drinking, Roof said he wanted to open fire on a school. “My reaction at the time was, ‘You’re just talking crazy,’” Scriven told the Post.
Charleston County’s high-profile murder suspects Dylann Roof and Michael Slager are now cellblock neighbors.
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.
By Edward McAllister, Harriet McLeod and Alana Wise CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – A 21-year-old white man has been charged with nine counts of murder for an attack on a historic black South Carolina church, local police said on Friday, with media reporting that he had hoped his actions would incite a race war in the United States. Dylann Roof is due to face a bail hearing later on Friday, where
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — With the clock running down on Greece’s chances of avoiding a painful exit from the euro, the country got a temporary lifeline Friday to help it cope with a bank deposit drain and turned its hopes to a European leaders’ summit next week.
FBI investigating attack on historic black church as a hate crime.
The former NAACP leader at the center of a controversy surrounding her race says she cried when reading about the transgender former Olympian’s transition.