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In this Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, file photo, a child looks at a candle during a vigil at the Oak Creek Civic Center in Oak Creek, Wis., for the victims of a mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Tom Lynn)

Attacked in places most sacred, congregations struggle on

By Adam Geller - Associated Press

The Rev. Clementa Pinckney

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: A call to courage in the hour of evil

By Armstrong Williams

Dylann Roof appears via video before a judge, in Charleston, S.C., Friday, June 19, 2015. The 21-year-old accused of killing nine people inside a black church in Charleston made his first court appearance, with the relatives of all the victims making tearful statements. (Centralized Bond Hearing Court via AP)

Church victims’ family face, forgive Dylann Storm Roof in court

By Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

Worshippers embrace following a group prayer across the street from the scene of a shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside the historic black church, killing multiple people, including the pastor, in an assault that authorities described as a hate crime. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Defy Obama by supporting Charleston, S.C.

By Judson Phillips

Police in Richmond, Virginia, took a white man into custody Thursday night after witnesses say he was threatening black church members and shouting racial slurs. (WTVR)

White Va. man evaluated after threatening black church members, shouting racial slurs

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Dylann Roof in this photo posted on Facebook.

Dylann Roof arrested in N.C. for shooting deaths of 9 at church; Hate crime probed

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Women pray together at a makeshift memorial on the sidewalk in front of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where nine people, including the church's pastor, were gunned down at a prayer meeting Wednesday evening. (Associated Press)

Dylann Roof in custody as Charleston church shooting reignites debates over guns, race

By S.A. Miller and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A man looks on as a group of people arrive inquiring about a shooting across the street Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Black activists fear ‘race war’ amid Charleston shooting

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Dylann Roof in this photo posted on Facebook.

Dylann Roof, 21, arrested, identified as Charleston shooting suspect

By Staff

Worshippers embrace following a group prayer across the street from the scene of a shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. A white man opened fire during a prayer meeting inside the historic black church, killing multiple people, including the pastor, in an assault that authorities described as a hate crime. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

Charleston shooting: What we know so far

By Staff

Police stand outside the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. (Wade Spees/The Post And Courier via AP)

White man fatally shoots 9 in historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina

By Alex Sanz and David Goldman - Associated Press

Hillary Rodham Clinton, who on Wednesday will make her second visit to South Carolina, moved early and forcefully to shore up support of black voters, but that Democratic bloc has yet to coalesce behind her. That includes young blacks who say they have lost faith in politics after their experience with President Obama. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton gives baby advice to rural voters

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles as she is introduced before addressing an audience during a campaign stop at a Flag Day dinner, Monday, June 15, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Hillary Clinton wants to give job training the Obamacare treatment

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Hillary Rodham Clinton, who on Wednesday will make her second visit to South Carolina, moved early and forcefully to shore up support of black voters, but that Democratic bloc has yet to coalesce behind her. That includes young blacks who say they have lost faith in politics after their experience with President Obama. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton fights post-Obama apathy in bid to energize South Carolina blacks

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Sol Driven Train

Sol Driven Train rock band takes unique sound blends on tour, calls South Carolina home

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

South Carolina police officer Michael Thomas Slager was charged with murder Tuesday, hours after law enforcement officials viewed a dramatic video that appears to show him shooting a fleeing man several times in the back. (Associated Press)

White South Carolina officer charged with murder in black man’s shooting

By Bruce Smith - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 1999 file photo, former South Carolina Gov. James B. Edwards stands on the porch of his home in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Edwards, South Carolina's first Republican governor since Reconstruction and later energy secretary for two years in the Reagan administration, died Friday, Dec. 26, 2014. He was 87. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)

James Edwards, former S.C. Gov., dies at age 87

By Bruce Smith - Associated Press