Author: Jeffrey Collins
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Judge: Defendant competent to stand trial in South Carolina church shooting
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church last year is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel’s decision clears the way for jury selection to restart Monday in the hate-crimes trial of 22-year-old Dylann Roof.…
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Charlotte workers asked to stay home after night of violence
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Streets appeared calm early Thursday in downtown Charlotte after a second night of violent protests over the deadly police shooting of a black man, although at least three major businesses were asking their employees to stay home for the day as the city remained on edge. Bank of America, Wells Fargo and…
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Charlotte under state of emergency in 2nd night of protests
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Authorities in Charlotte tried to quell public anger Wednesday after a police officer shot a black man, but a dusk prayer vigil turned into a march that ended with a protester critically…
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Police: Man was given multiple warnings to drop gun
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte police chief says officers gave a black man clear, multiple warnings to drop a handgun before fatally shooting him. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said during a news conference Wednesday…
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Worry that Gulf oil spreading into major current
NEW ORLEANS — BP said Monday it was siphoning more than one-fifth of the oil that has been spewing into the Gulf for almost a month, but worries escalated that the ooze may reach a major ocean current that could carry it through the Florida Keys and up the East Coast of the U.S. BP…
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S.C. WWII vet’s battle ends in gunshot at VA clinic
EDITOR’S NOTE — In reporting this story, The Associated Press used mental health records provided by Grover Chapman’s family, records obtained from the military with the family’s permission and ships’ logs from World War II. The AP also conducted dozens of interviews over several months with Chapman’s family, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Greenville…
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Soldier on 1st skydive leads dying instructor down
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Strapped to his dying instructor a few thousand feet from the ground on his first skydive, Daniel Pharr found himself floating toward a house and some trees.The military taught the 25-year-old soldier not to panic. And TV taught him to pull the toggles on the already-deployed parachute to steer.So Pharr grabbed the…