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Former Vice President Joe Biden called his deceased son Beau Biden his "soul" as he discussed faith and death Wednesday with an Episcopalian pastor whose wife was killed in a South Carolina church massacre in 2015.

"I hope it's a trap and y'all get shot we know it's fixing to be nothing but black people walkin out anyway."

Alabama Flag & Banner's owner told AL.com she's seen a jump in orders for the Civil War–era flags.

Officials say they're attempting to weigh kids' First Amendment rights against the potential threat of spreading intolerance among America's youngest.

The legislation would prohibit Americans convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes from obtaining guns.

Jury selection in the case begins on Monday.

If NRA claims about guns reducing crime were true, the U.S. would have the lowest homicide rate among industrialized nations.

Authorities believe Joey Meek knew about Dylan Roof's plans for the June massacre.

A guilty plea could mean life in prison instead of the death penalty.

Attorneys have not said if Roof would enter a plea on Friday.

Roof is accused of fatally shooting nine African-American worshippers in Charleston, South Carolina.

Dylann Roof is accused of fatally shooting nine people in Charleston last month.

Roof is accused of killing nine African-American worshippers at a church in Charleston last month.

The gunman who allegedly killed nine people in Charleston last month posed in photographs with the Confederate flag.

The golf star said he made the decision because "all men are created equal."

Big corporations are taking the lead on social issues ranging from gay marriage to the Confederate flag.

"Strike at the Black church, and you strike at the heart of Black American life," wrote David A. Love in the 'Atlanta BlackStar.'

Republicans have made it impossible for the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of political groups.

Dylann Roof last week told police he wanted to purchase an AR-15 when they stopped him earlier this year.

The desire stems from a form of Christianity with a dark and largely unrecognized history.

President Barack Obama gave the eulogy for the late reverend and state senator, Clementa Pinckney.

A hundred fifty years after the end of the Civil War, the Confederacy is on the run.

People resumed gathering a week after the deadly shooting at Emanuel AME Church.

A Civil War descendant speaks out on the battle flag: "It should be put in its proper place."

We should oppose the death penalty for Roof, not only for moral reasons, but for reasons of racial justice as well.

Police arrested and charged 21-year-old Dylann Roof with the murder of nine people in a church.

Generational neglect, demonization and the stigma that American society has attached to blackness go a lot deeper.

Legislators on Tuesday took their first steps toward removing the flag.

The recent church massacre occurred in a state with no hate crime law. Does it matter?

Etsy, Amazon and eBay are among the companies banning products with the flag.