Pastor-politician slain in Charleston is mourned at state capitol
COLUMBIA (Reuters) – The body of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, the state senator and pastor gunned down with eight others at a historic black church in Charleston last week, was taken on Wednesday to the South Carolina capitol to lie in state inside the rotu…
Rapper Rick Ross arrested near Atlanta on assault charges: officials
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Rapper Rick Ross and his bodyguard were arrested at his home near Atlanta on Wednesday on charges they kidnapped a man, beat him and threatened him with a handgun earlier this month at the rapper’s mansion, authorities and media rep…
Wahlberg brothers to open burger joint on New York’s Coney Island
(Reuters) – Celebrity brothers Mark, Donnie and Paul Wahlberg are bringing their Wahlburgers burger joint to New York, opening a restaurant on seaside resort Coney Island.
U.S. to alter long-term detention of immigrant families with children
(Reuters) – U.S. immigration authorities plan to cut back on long-term detention for families with children who entered the country illegally while speeding up how they are processed at detention centers, the homeland security secretary said on Wednesd…
Alabama governor orders Confederate flags removed from state capitol
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) – Alabama’s governor ordered Confederate flags removed from the grounds of the Southern state’s Capitol, his office said on Wednesday, joining a growing movement of politicians to spurn an emblem widely associated with slaver…
U.S. likely to file hate crime charges in Charleston shooting: New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department likely will file federal hate crime charges against the suspect in the recent South Carolina church shooting, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing law enforcement officials.
Wednesday Bible study: Charleston attack upsets a Southern tradition
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Brushing aside her son’s concerns, Rosa Ellington plans to keep attending Wednesday evening Bible studies as she has the past 15 years, despite last week’s massacre of nine black worshippers at a nearby church in Charleston…
California coal divestment bill clears committee vote
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A bill to require California’s state pension funds Calpers and CalSTRS to sell their investments in companies that generate at least half their revenue from coal mining passed an Assembly committee by a vote of 5-1 on Wednesda…
New York prison escapees may have guns from cabin hideaway: police
CADYVILLE, N.Y. (Reuters) – Two prison escapees may have at least one gun from a cache of weapons in an upstate New York cabin where they hid about 20 miles from a maximum security facility, police said on Wednesday.
Sarah Palin ends run as Fox News political contributor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fox News has ended its relationship with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as a political contributor.
