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Officials in the historic South Carolina city of Charleston have unanimously voted to remove a statue of former vice president and slavery advocate John C

Despite a South Carolina law protecting monuments, officials in the historic city of Charleston announced Wednesday that they plan to remove a statue of slavery advocate John C. Calhoun from a downtown square. Mayor John Tecklenburg announced he will send a resolution to the City Council to remove the statue at a news conference on the fifth anniversary of the…

If you’ve wanted to travel by train, now’s a good time to buy your tickets. Amtrak is offering 50% off fares as part of a two-day sale this Tuesday and Wednesday. Travel dates run from

Katelyn French was at a loss when her nine months of planning to be married this weekend in North Carolina’s mountains was washed away by Hurricane Florence. But then family and friends in Florida’s Panhandle stepped up to give her and her fiance, Matt Parsons, a dream wedding a little closer to home.

A couple from Plano spent the week scrambling to rearrange their wedding that was supposed to happen in Charleston, S.C., a city now under an evacuation order.

Serena Williams kept booming big shots for winners, never allowing herself to feel sorry for the overmatched player on the other side. So what if it happened to be her big sister? On Friday, it was perhaps the best she’s ever done against Venus.

Uber unveiled a new security feature Tuesday that allows you to connect directly with a police dispatcher at the tap of a button. The “call 911” feature in Uber’s app also displays your location information, the make and model of the driver’s vehicle, and its license plate number, NBC’s “Today” show reported. An Uber pilot program in six cities will...

A bill prohibiting domestic abusers and people under restraining orders from owning firearms became America’s first new gun control law since the Feb. 14 Florida high school massacre. “Well done Oregon,” Democratic Gov. Kate Brown exclaimed Monday after signing the law on the steps of the state Capitol as some 200 people, including victims of domestic abuse and high school...

A note found in the car of a man charged with spraying deadly gunfire at a Tennessee church made reference to revenge for a white supremacist’s massacre at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, two years earlier, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The note could offer a glimpse into Emanuel Kidega Samson’s mindset at the time of...

As Irma made its landfall in the Florida Keys last weekend, South Florida experienced the “big three” effects of a hurricane: damaging winds, torrential rains, devastating storm surge. We also had the fourth and sometimes less-common effect: tornadoes. A total of 16 tornado warnings were issued for South Florida on Saturday and Sunday. This does not count any that were…

Passengers who paid high prices on American Airlines to flee Hurricane Irma may be able to get some of their money refunded.

The Washington National Cathedral is in the process of removing two stained glass windows that depict Confederate generals.

An inmate was re-captured in Texas early Friday after his second escape from a maximum security prison in South Carolina, prison officials say.

A black Mississippi citizen is taking his case against the state’s Confederate-themed flag to the U.S. Supreme Court. In papers filed Wednesday, attorneys for Carlos Moore said lower courts were wrong to reject his argument that the flag is a symbol of white supremacy that harms him and his young daughter by violating the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection to...

Famed architect Michael Arad, designer of the National September 11 Memorial in New York, will create a piece to honor the victims of the church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, NBC News reported....
Rev. Eric Manning, Emanuel AME pastor, said that the memorial will serve as a representation of the historically black church’s strength and called it the oldest African Methodist...

A person inside an orange dinosaur costume who spooked carriage horses, causing them to back up and strike a parked vehicle, in Charleston, South Carolina, on Thursday has surrendered to the police Friday.
The person inside the ‘T-Rex’, 26-year-old Nicole Wells, allegedly made growling noises at the horses which scared them and they began backing up, according to Charleston police.

A person in a Tyrannosaurus Rex costume allegedly growled at a pair of horses pulling a carriage in Charleston, South Carolina. The horses were frightened and caused the carriage to jackknife, injuring the driver.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says his directive that prosecutors should charge suspects with the most serious crimes is a “key part of President Trump’s promise to keep America safe.” Sessions says drugs and violence go hand-in-hand. His memo tells prosecutors to charge steeper crimes that would trigger long, mandatory minimum prison sentences.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is sure to send more people to prison and for much longer terms. The move has long been expected from Sessions, a former federal prosecutor who cut his teeth during the height of...