WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following statement on June 17, 2025: * * * DNC Statement on Mother Emanuel AME Church Shooting Anniversary On this day ten years ago, nine Black Americans were brutally murdered while attending a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. To recognize the lives lost, DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement: "On June 17, 2015, members of the Mother Emanuel AME Church  more

NEW YORK, June 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF on Ten Year Anniversary of Mother Emanuel Massacre * Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the following statement to mark ten years since the tragic racial hate crime mass murder of a Black pastor and parishioners by a white gunman at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina: "Ten years ago, we witnes  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 17 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release: * * * Public Interest Law Firm Commends Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office for Ending Operation Rolling Thunder After Public Records Lawsuit Revealed Constitutional Violations * Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) commends the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) for discontinuing its Operation Rolling Thunder, an annual search-and-seizure blitz along Interstate 85 in S  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 17, 2025: * * * Scott Champions Historic Senate Passage of GENIUS Act Washington, D.C. - Today, the United States Senate passed the bipartisan Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act - legislation Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) co-sponsored and championed as it advanced through the Senate. Th  more

ROCK HILL, South Carolina, June 18 -- Winthrop University issued the following news: * * * Winthrop University Joins the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED), Advancing Practice-Based Leadership in Education HIGHLIGHTS * Beth Costner, dean of Winthrop's Richard W. Riley College of Education, Sport and Human Sciences, said that as the university moves closer to launching its doctoral program in leadership and innovation, its inclusion in the CPED Network marks an important miles  more

ROCK HILL, South Carolina, June 18 -- Winthrop University issued the following news: * * * Winthrop University, Spartanburg Community College Announce New Transfer Partnership HIGHLIGHTS * The agreement, which introduces four guided Meta-Majors, will allow students to complete both their associate's and bachelor's degrees efficiently. * The four meta-majors include: business and management; science and health; society and politics; and arts, language and communications. * ROCK HILL, SOUTH  more