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The latest on church shooting: Survivor played dead

The Associated Press 10:45 p.m. Felecia Sanders says she survived a shooting massacre at a historic black church in Charleston by playing dead as she lay on top of her granddaughter to protect her. Cynthia […]

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White gunman caught in killing of 9 in historic black church

By JEFFREY COLLINS and RUSS BYNUM CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It was an act of “pure, pure concentrated evil,” Charleston’s mayor said — a black community’s leading lights extinguished in a spray of bullets, allegedly at the hands […]

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Pastor, 8 others, fatally shot at church in Charleston, SC

By ALEX SANZ and DAVID GOLDMAN   CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside a historic black church in downtown Charleston on Wednesday night, killing nine people, including the pastor, in […]

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Mother charged in drowning death of four-year-old son

MERIDIAN, Miss. (AP) – Meridian police have arrested the mother of a child who died in a suspected drowning incident at Western Gardens in May. WTOK-TV (http://bit.ly/1JX2GFM ) reports Keanna Denise King was charged with capital […]

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Mississippi death-row inmate Caleb Corrothers denied appeal

( AP) The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a Mississippi death row inmate’s petition for a new trial. Caleb Corrothers argues he was the victim of mistaken eyewitness identification. The nation’s high court […]

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Officials: 2 dead at motel; 1 victim’s wound self-inflicted

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) – Jackson County sheriff’s deputies say they found two people dead in a motel room, and one victim’s gunshot wound was apparently self-inflicted. The bodies were found by the housekeeping staff […]

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Police: man punches officer in face, fights police in ditch

WAVELAND, Miss. (AP) – Police have arrested a man on felony assault and other charges after he got into a scuffle with officers. The Sun Herald (http://bit.ly/1cBo6Lt ) reports 31-year-old Leif Dasco was arrested after an […]