December 28, 2016 Church shooter Dylann Roof says he won't call witnesses, give evidence to spare life Dylann Roof told a judge Wednesday he doesn't plan to call any witnesses or present evidence to ask a jury to spare his life for killing nine black worshippers at a Charleston church in a hate crime.
December 21, 2016 Shooting at Los Angeles International Airport The gunman in a shooting Friday at LAX was wounded and taken into custody after prompting authorities to evacuate a terminal and stop flights headed for the city from taking off from other airports, officials say. Read more
December 15, 2016 Dylann Roof convicted in Charleston church massacre A jury in South Carolina Thursday convicted Dylann Roof in the shootings that killed nine black church members during a Bible study in Charleston last year, a verdict that could lead to a death sentence for the self-avowed white supremacist.
December 15, 2016 Jury deliberates in Charleston church shooting trial Jurors on Thursday began deliberations in the capital murder trial of Dylann Roof after a federal prosecutor contrasted the hate of the self-avowed white supremacist with the goodness of the nine African-American church members he was accused of gunning down at a Bible study last year.
December 14, 2016 Newtown marks 4th anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre Newtown held a moment of silence and flags were flying at half-staff across Connecticut to mark the fourth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
December 14, 2016 Dylann Roof's lawyers call no witnesses in Charleston church shooting trial Lawyers for Dylann Roof, the man accused of killing nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church during a Bible study last year, rested their case without calling any witnesses Wednesday after a judge ruled they could not present evidence about his mental health.
December 13, 2016 Dylann Roof's mother collapsed when confronted over church shooting, deputy says The mother of the Charleston church massacre suspect collapsed when investigators came to her home the day after the shootings and started asking questions about her son, a sheriff's deputy testified Tuesday during the trial in South Carolina.
December 12, 2016 Hit list? Evidence found in Dylann Roof's car included list of black churches A search of Dylann Roof's car turned up a handwritten list containing the names and addresses of several predominantly black churches -- including the site of the Charleston church massacre, a former investigator who collected evidence in the case testified on Monday.
December 9, 2016 Dylann Roof laughed during church slaying confession to FBI Dylann Roof wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals. He thought about attacking drug dealers, but they might shoot back. So, he told the FBI, he picked a historic black church in Charleston he had learned about online.
December 9, 2016 Jury views Charleston church shooting suspect's confession: 'I had to do it' Prosecutors showed jurors video from a police interrogation in which Dylann Roof calmly admits to opening fire inside an historically black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina.