Services resume at Charleston church where nine were killed
Members of a historic black church worshipped at their sanctuary Sunday for the first time since a gunman opened fire at a Bible study, killing nine people, and uniformed police officers stood among...
View ArticleCharleston Emanuel church hosts first service since shootings
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Members of a historic black church returned to their sanctuary Sunday, perhaps united like never before, and will hear a sermon of recovery and healing, a message that will no doubt...
View ArticleCharleston shooting: Emanuel AME church reopens for first service
The congregation at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal swayed and sang, prayed and welcomed the world into their sanctuary on Sunday, holding the first worship service since a white gunman was accused...
View ArticleChurch shooting victims identified: Track coach and librarian among those killed
The nation is mourning the deaths of nine people who were murdered while gathered in prayer at a historically black church in Charleston, S.C. A white gunman attended a bible study class at the Emanuel...
View ArticleBlack church in US to hold first service since shootings
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Members of a historic black church in the US will return to their sanctuary Sunday and worship less than a week after a white gunman killed nine people there, and similar...
View ArticleBlack church in US holds first service since shootings
CHARLESTON: Members of a historic black church returned to their sanctuary Sunday to hear a sermon of recovery and healing, a message that will reverberate across America. Sunday morning marks the...
View ArticleNationwide Prayer Vigils Held for Church Shooting Victims
VOA News Prayer vigils were held in churches across the country Thursday evening to honor the nine people killed in a mass shooting at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina. Hundreds of...
View ArticleChurch shooting suspect 'had plan'
A childhood friend of the man accused of shooting dead nine people inside a black church in South Carolina said he told him a few weeks ago he had "a plan". Joey Meek, who alerted the FBI after...
View ArticleSongs, prayer accompany 1st service at church since shooting
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- The congregation at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal swayed and sang, prayed and welcomed the world into their sanctuary on Sunday, holding the first worship service since a...
View ArticleEmanuel AME church shooting victims
Advertisement Advertise here The victims of a shooting at the Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina: The Rev. Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Cynthia Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lance, The Rev....
View ArticleCharleston, S.C., Shooting: 1st service held since 9 killed at church
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Members of a historic black church worshipped at their sanctuary Sunday for the first time since a gunman opened fire at a Bible study, killing nine people, and uniformed police...
View ArticleSuspect caught in US black church 'hate crime' rampage
Police captured the white suspect Thursday in a gun massacre at one of the oldest black churches in the United States, the latest deadly assault to feed simmering racial tensions. Police detained...
View ArticleMalcolm Graham: Flag removal shows nine victims ‘did not die in vain’
As he drove to Columbia from Charlotte on Thursday afternoon, Malcolm Graham thought about his sister and how bittersweet it was that he was making the trip. His sister, Cynthia Graham Hurd, was one of...
View ArticleA day of determined hope as Charleston mourns 3 more slain at AME church
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A day after President Barack Obama called on Americans to end the deep hold of racial discrimination in the country, the lives of three more victims of the church massacre here were...
View ArticleCharleston Shooting Victims Identified: Killed Include State Senator,...
The shooting took place Wednesday evening, with police saying Dylann Storm Roof entered the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, sat in a prayer meeting for roughly an hour, and then opening fire. Nine...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Church Shootings: TV News Mobilizes to Cover Manhunt, Aftermath
TV news crews and top anchors are descending on Charleston, S.C., today to cover the hunt for a gunman who opened fire in a church Wednesday night,...
View ArticleCharleston shooting: Here are the victims killed in the hate crime
Four victims have been identified as the victims from last night’s mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. Clementa Pinckney, 41 Mr Pinckney was a 1995 graduate of Allen University who is...
View ArticleCharleston Shooting Victims Identified
Several of the victims of the South Carolina church shooting have been identified, including the Rev. Clementa Pinckney, a state senator who pastored the Charleston church, and another member of the...
View ArticleInside the lives lost in the Charleston church massacre
CHARLESTON, S.C. — One was a longtime librarian looking forward to retirement. Another had recently graduated from college with a business degree. At least two died in the church that they had attended...
View ArticleFor Charleston shooting victims, Emanuel AME Church was their bond
It was a weekly meeting at the historic black church on Charleston's Calhoun Street. Mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers huddled inside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on a humid...
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