Calls for tolerance after Charleston church shooting
Following the 2015 Emanuel AME Church massacre in Charleston nine parishioners were killed. Aiken residents urged gun reform and solidarity as vigils and services spread across the state. Robert Zipfel in downtown Aiken described feeling sad and more aware.
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Stephen B. Morton
Emanuel Ame
FBI
Dylann
Charleston
South Carolina
Statehouse
Aiken
Cynthia Hurd
DePayne Middleton
Susie Jack
Sharonda Singleton
Ethel Lance
Tywanza Sanders
Myra Thompson
Daniel Simmons Sr
Clementa Pinckney
Robert Zipfel
New Moon Cafe
Edisto
Zipfel
Inside Family's Excruciating Orlando Journey Ends with Forgiveness
A family recounts an agonizing trip to Orlando marked by fear and hardship, culminating in a quiet moment of forgiveness and reconciliation among relatives amid ongoing healing and reflection.
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Orlando
Area Deaths: Donald Ladson McKinnon
Obituary notice for Donald Ladson McKinnon of Beech Island listed among area deaths. Service details and funeral arrangements referenced in local death notices.
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Donald Ladson McKinnon
Beech Island
Murphy ends 15 hour filibuster on gun background checks
Sen. Chris Murphy spoke for about 15 hours on the Senate floor urging expanded gun background checks and a terrorist gun sale ban after a Florida nightclub massacre. He cited Sandy Hook and his own sons watched from the gallery as he urged action and warned compromise remained unlikely in a Republican Senate aligned with the NRA.
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Washington, D.C
Chris Murphy
Senate
Florida
Murphy
D-Conn
Mitch McConnell
Rky
National Rifle Association
Harry Reid
D-Nev
NRA
Sandy Hook
Newtown
Connecticut
Alligators Rarely Fatal but Still Dangerous Across Southeast
The Southeast faces brackish wetlands home to many American alligators with 18 deaths since 2000. The latest fatal attack struck a 2 year old at a Walt Disney World resort while Florida accounted for most incidents and Georgia and Texas each had one.
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South Carolina
Walt Disney World Resort
Florida
Savannah
Georgia
Texas
Aiken County
Brick Pond Park
North Augusta
Whit Gibbons
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
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