Emanuel AME Shootings

Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the 2015 massacre.

A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation.

Six years ago, a white supremacist opened fire during a Bible study group at Emanuel AME Church — also known as Mother Emanuel — in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine Black parishioners were murdered. One of the victims was Cynthia Graham Hurd, the sister of Charlotte City Council member Malcolm Graham.

The man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation was wrongly allowed to represent himself during a critical phase of his trial, his attorneys argued Tuesday, saying Dylann Roof's continuing “delusional belief” he’d be saved by white nationalists — but only if he kept mental health evidence out of his defense — should have shown his trial judge he wasn't competent.

What does resiliency look and feel like to you? We’ve all experienced the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and there have been challenges we’ve all faced. What helped you get back up? In the latest installment of Still Here, our series on resiliency, WFAE's Sarah Delia speaks to a Charlotte journalist — co-worker Gracyn Doctor — about loss, family and acceptance.

Bethane Middleton-Brown, a Charlotte resident known globally as the sister of one of the people killed in the Charleston church massacre, died on March 18. She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Antonio Brown, three children and the four nieces she has been raising since her sister’s death. She was 50.

This week marks five years since a white supremacist killed eight African American parishioners and their pastor at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston,…

Hundreds of people gathered in Charlotte Wednesday evening during the third week of protests in the city. An event called the Black Men United March and…

In 2015, a white supremacist murdered nine worshippers at a historic African American church in South Carolina. The heinous tragedy prompted a racial reckoning that has lessons for today,

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Defying state law, officials in the historic city of Charleston, South Carolina, announced Wednesday that they plan to remove a statue of…