Updated Friday, June 19, 10:10 a.m. EDT: Dylan Storm Roof told authorities that he “almost didn’t go through” with the horrific shooting spree at a South Carolina church Wednesday night “because everyone was so nice to him,” sources told NBC News.  Despite the welcome he received at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Roof concluded that he…

In a speech Thursday afternoon before a trip to California, President Barack Obama gave a statement on the mass shooting in Charleston, S.C., denouncing the “senseless murders” while also remembering the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church’s long and embattled history.  “To say our thoughts and prayers are with [the victims] and their families and their…

Updated Thursday, June 18, 1:36 p.m. EDT: A South Carolina news station, WLTX, is reporting that law enforcement has apprehended Dylann Storm Roof in Shelby, N.C.  According to the report, the 21-year-old was taken into custody at approximately 11 a.m. after a traffic stop. Charleston, S.C., Police Chief Greg Mullen said that a citizen called…

Shots were fired into a Memphis, Tenn., church early Thursday morning during a choir rehearsal, WMC Action News reports.  There was a bullet in the wall of St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, the news station reports. No one was present at the time of the shooting. A pastor noticed the bullet in the front door,…

The city of Wichita, Kan., released a copy Tuesday of the full claim document that a grieving family filed against the city claiming that Icarus Randolph, a Marine veteran struggling with his mental health, was needlessly and wrongly shot by a police officer who ignored the Wichita Police Department’s policy on engaging mentally ill individuals,…

When a fire broke out early Tuesday morning inside a mobile home in Orange County, Fla., Isiah Francis leaped into action, even though he’s only 10, WFTV reports. The boy rushed into the burning home and successfully pulled two young children out of the blaze with the help of his friend, 11-year-old Jeremiah Grimes. The…

One of the white women seen on video in a scuffle with black teens in a fight at the notorious McKinney, Texas, pool party is now defending her name, insisting at a press conference in Los Angeles Tuesday that she never said anything racist toward the teens, the Dallas Morning News reports.  Tracey Carver told…

Rachel Dolezal may have accused her older, biological brother, Joshua Dolezal, of sexually attacking her when she was a teenager, and forcing her to look at nude photos in a National Geographic magazine, according to court documents obtained by TMZ and BuzzFeed. According to the documents, Joshua Dolezal has been charged with four counts of sexual…

Fairfield, Ohio, police and a local family are disagreeing on almost every point of an altercation last week that led to the arrest of two adults, Krystal and Maya Dixon, and two children, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. The family is accusing the officers of using excessive force against its members, while the police are saying that…

The Golden State Warriors made their claim to the NBA title Tuesday night, ending the grueling showdown between the California team and the Cleveland Cavaliers, CNN reports.  Tuesday night’s game was close, 105-97, with the Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Andrew Iguodala scoring 25 points each. Iguodala was named MVP of the series.  “They were all in…