Dylann Roof
FILE - This file photo released April 19, 2013, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, convicted for carrying out the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing attack that killed three people and injured more than 260. The most prominent step on the death penalty by an administration led by a president who pledged during campaigning to eradicate capital punishment came this week when it asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence. (FBI via AP, File)
Biden's silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray

By Michael Tarm Jun. 18, 2021 06:00 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Apr. 29, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Thursday, April 29, the 119th day of 2021. There are 246 days left in the year. Today’s...

Tanice Cisneros walks by an anti-gun sign on the way to leave flowers for her friend, Rikki Olds on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Olds was a King Soopers employee that was killed at the Boulder King Soopers on Monday. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette via AP)
Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage

By Michael R. Sisak Mar. 25, 2021 12:18 AM EDT

FILE - This Aug. 26, 2020 file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Inmates on federal death row tell The Associated Press that a leading topic of conversation through airducts they use to communicate is whether President Joe Biden will keep a campaign pledge to halt federal executions. Biden hasn’t spoken publicly to that question since taking office four days after the Trump administration executed the last of 13 inmates at the Terre Haute prison where federal death row is located. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions

By Michael Tarm Mar. 22, 2021 06:04 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Mar. 10, 2021 03:22 PM EST
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ March 9 The Post and Courier on gun control...

A man enters a gun shop in Salem, Oregon, on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Salem, Ore. So many people are buying guns in Oregon these days that the state police are often unable to complete background checks in time, allowing the sales to proceed if the deadline isn't met. A handful of Democratic lawmakers have now put forward a bill in the Oregon Legislature that would close this loophole. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
Oregon lawmakers take aim at loophole in state gun law

By Andrew Selsky Feb. 19, 2021 04:15 PM EST

Christina Bollo of Urbana, Illinois, holds a sign as she protests the execution of Corey Johnson, near the Federal Correctional Complex, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Terre Haute, Ind. (Joseph C. Garza/The Tribune-Star via AP)
Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty

By Michael Tarm Feb. 07, 2021 07:45 AM EST

This undated booking file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows Christopher Cantwell, of New Hampshire. On Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, a federal jury in Concord, N.H., found a Cantwell guilty of threatening to rape the wife of a man who was part of a racist group he felt was harassing and bullying him. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)
Jury finds white nationalist guilty of rape threat

By Michael Casey Sep. 28, 2020 10:25 AM EDT

FILE - This undated booking file photo provided by the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail shows Christopher Cantwell, of New Hampshire. Cantwell went on trial Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, on federal charges of threatening to rape the wife of a person with whom he was having a dispute. (Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail via AP, File)
New Hampshire white nationalist on trial over rape threats

By Michael Casey Sep. 22, 2020 11:16 AM EDT

Oldest US city hopes to move forward from Confederate past

By Bobby Caina Calvan Jun. 23, 2020 12:23 PM EDT
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In a Florida city proud of its place in American history, the anguished discussion about how to move forward from its dark past...

Driver Bubba Wallace waits for the start of a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Martinsville, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
NASCAR bans Confederate flag from its races, venues

By Dan Gelston Jun. 10, 2020 08:17 PM EDT