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State probe into SC church finances finds no wrongdoing

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This Nov. 19, 2019 photo shows the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Ga. A white 16-year-old girl is accused of plotting to attack a mostly black church in Gainesville, where police say she planned to kill worshippers because of their race. (Nick Bowman/ Gainesville Times via AP)

Fears spread in churches after girl accused of mayhem plot

By JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

SC opens probe into church’s finances, including donations

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The Latest: Dylann Roof said death better than autism label

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The Latest: Charleston church killer gets life in state case

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In this June 18, 2015, file photo, Charleston, S.C., shooting suspect Dylann Roof is escorted from the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby, N.C. A federal jury has sentenced Roof to death for killing nine black church members in a racially motivated attack in 2015. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

The Latest: Judge formally sentences Dylann Roof to death

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FILE -In this Friday, June 19, 2015 file photo, the men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. lead a crowd of people in prayer outside the Emanuel AME Church, after a memorial for the nine people killed by Dylann Roof in Charleston, S.C. A federal jury will consider whether Roof should be sentenced to death or life in prison for the racially motivated attack.(AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

The Latest: Victim’s brother says death appropriate for Roof

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FILE -In this Friday, June 19, 2015 file photo, the men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. lead a crowd of people in prayer outside the Emanuel AME Church, after a memorial for the nine people killed by Dylann Roof in Charleston, S.C. A federal jury will consider whether Roof should be sentenced to death or life in prison for the racially motivated attack.(AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

The Latest: Hearing on Roof jury instructions concludes

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FILE - This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. Jury selection resumes Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in the federal death penalty trial of Roof, the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston, South Carolina church last year. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

The Latest: Oldest shooting victim loved her large family

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FILE - In this May 13, 2016 file photo, Jennifer Pinckney speaks beside an image of her late husband, the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, one of the victims of the shooting at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, during the unveiling of the mural on a building a few blocks from the sanctuary. Convicted Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof spoke to the jury for the first time at his death penalty trial Wednesday, telling them there's nothing wrong with him psychologically and that he is not trying to keep any secrets from them. As their first witness, prosecutors called Pinckney. During more than two hours on the stand, Pinckney described her husband as an affable figure who garnered respect from all corners in his roles as legislator and preacher but was a goofy family man in private with his two young daughters. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

The Latest: Roof mused about adoption, Hitler’s canonization

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John Johnson pays his respects at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. Johnson was visiting from Ocean City, Md., and made the church a destination for the day. &quot;We just came to pay our respects,&quot; he said, &quot;I feel like we had to do something.&quot; Dylann Roof went into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015, sat through a 45-minute Bible study in the fellowship hall, then fired 77 shots. After a judge ruled Monday that Roof is competent to represent himself, the same jury that last month unanimously found him guilty in the slayings of nine black parishioners at the church will return to court to begin contemplating his punishment. (Michael Pronzato/The Post And Courier via AP)

The Latest: Judge agrees with Roof, nixes prosecutor exhibit

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FILE - This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. Jury selection resumes Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in the federal death penalty trial of Roof, the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston, South Carolina church last year. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

The Latest: Jurors see dashcam video of Roof apprehension

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The Latest: 320 potential jurors report in church slayings

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Jennifer Pinckney, the widow of a pastor slain in June along with eight others at a Charleston church, center, fields questions from reporters with family friends, the Rev. Kylon Middleton ,right, and the Rev. Chris Vaughn, left, on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at Duke University in Durham, N.C. Pinckney discussed the death of her husband, The Rev. Clementa Pinckney, with reporters before a speaking engagement at Duke University. (AP Photo/Jonathan Drew)

Charleston pastor’s widow: Daughters must live without ‘sense of fear’

By JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

Parishioners pray and weep during services at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston, S.C., four days after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of it's pastor and eight others. (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool)

TAMMY BRUCE: Faith prevails over Charleston church massacre

By Tammy Bruce

People raise their hands as a show of unity as thousands of marchers meet in the middle of Charleston's main bridge after nine black church parishioners were gunned down during a Bible study, Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

CAL THOMAS: Amazing grace in Charleston

By Cal Thomas

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Black gun rights advocate challenges Obama’s call after church shooting for fewer firearms

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A police officer searches for a shooting suspect outside the Emanuel AME Church, in downtown Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday. The shooting has prompted not just a calls for tighter gun-control laws, but also pleas from the right for churches to protect themselves by allowing their parishioners to carry concealed firearms. (Associated Press)

Charleston shooting prompts gun-rights supporters to call for more concealed-carry at churches

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Charleston, S.C., Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. stands on the portico of Charleston City Hall on Sept. 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Joseph P. Riley, Charleston mayor: ‘There are far too many guns out there’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times