Charleston Lit Fest author, Pulitzer Prize winner gets finalist placement for Mother Emanuel book

A veteran journalist who was a speaker at last year's Charleston Literary Festival was announced on May 4 as a finalist for ...

Mother Emanuel book named Pulitzer Prize finalist. Average gas price tops $4 in SC.

In today’s news briefing, we catch you up on stories about the Pulitzer Prizes, gas prices and free sandwiches.
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Clementa Pinckney Hate Crimes Act receives favorable report, but no pathway to passing

The Senator Clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act recevied a favorable report from theAfter more than a decade of debate at the Statehouse, House lawmakers are ...

Justice Department recommends using firing squads for executions

President Donald Trump directed the DOJ to resume seeking executions on his first day in office last year.

Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment

The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author to speak at Stockbridge Library about book on mass shooting at historic SC church

STOCKBRIDGE — The author who wrote the definitive chronicle of a horrific massacre at one of the nation’s most historic African American churches will describe his 10-year project at the town library ...
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Charleston church shooting survivors, lawmakers push for state hate crime law

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — Just days after the 10th anniversary of the Mother Emanuel AME Church shooting, survivors and local leaders are calling for action against hate. On Friday, the Racial Justice ...

Emanuel church in Charleston to re-open as FBI reviews manifesto

A small group of parishioners was allowed inside the bullet-scarred Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church on Saturday in Charleston, S.C., getting a firsthand glimpse of the room where nine ...