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A person crosses the pedestrian bridge in the Public Garden during a winter storm in Boston, Saturday.

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New storm hits West as South, New England slow to thaw

by Jeffrey Collins Associated PressJanuary 8, 2017

FILE - In this June 20, 2015 file photo, Allen Sanders, right, kneels next to his wife Georgette, both of McClellanville, S.C., as they pray at a sidewalk memorial in memory of the shooting victims in front of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Prosecutors who wanted to show that Dylann Roof was a cruel, angry racist simply used his own words at his death penalty trial on charges he killed nine black people in June 2015 at a Charleston church. Roof's two-hour videotaped confession less than a day after the shooting and a handwritten journal found in his car when he was arrested were introduced into evidence Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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Dylann Roof convicted of all counts in church slaughter

by Jeffrey Collins Associated Press, and Meg Kinnard Associated PressDecember 15, 2016

FILE- In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 file photo, Michael Slager, at right, walks from the Charleston County Courthouse under the protection from the Charleston County Sheriff's Department after a mistrial was declared for his trial in Charleston, S.C. Relatives of Walter Scott, the black motorist fatally shot while fleeing a traffic stop, say they are confident justice will prevail even though a South Carolina jury could not reach a verdict in the murder trial of a white former police officer charged in his death. (AP Photo/Mic Smith, File)

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Mistrial in S. Carolina police shooting mystifies observers

by Errin Haines Whack Associated Press, and Jeffrey Collins Associated PressDecember 6, 2016

FILE - This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. A judge ruled Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, that Roof is competent to stand trial for the killing of nine black worshippers at a South Carolina church. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

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Church shooting suspect allowed to act as his own attorney

by Meg Kinnard Associated Press, and Jeffrey Collins Associated PressNovember 28, 2016

Anthony Crawford, seen in this undated photo, was a wealthy black farmer in Abbeville County, S.C., lynched by a white mob in 1916. His descendants will honor him and unveil a historical marker Saturday in a ceremony outside the Abbeville Opera House.

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Lynching memorial rises near revered Confederate sites

by Jeffrey Collins Associated PressOctober 20, 2016