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FILE - This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. Jury selection resumes Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in the federal death penalty trial of Roof, the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston, South Carolina church last year. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Documents question Charleston massacre suspect’s competency

By SEANNA ADCOX - Associated Press

FILE - This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. Jury selection resumes Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in the federal death penalty trial of Roof, the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston, South Carolina church last year. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Judge orders competency exam, delays church shooting trial

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

FILE - This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. Jury selection resumes Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in the federal death penalty trial of Roof, the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston, South Carolina church last year. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

The Latest: Judge’s memo stresses need for private hearing

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FILE - This June 18, 2015, file photo, provided by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office shows Dylann Roof. Jury selection resumes Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, in the federal death penalty trial of Roof, the white man charged in the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners during a Bible study at a Charleston, South Carolina church last year. (Charleston County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Jury selection to resume Wednesday in church shooting trial

By MEG KINNARD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2014, file photo, Colleen Condon, left, and her partner Nichols Bleckley appear at a news conference in Charleston, S.C., shortly after filing a federal lawsuit seeking the right to marry in South Carolina. On Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel ruled in their favor in the case, striking down the state's same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional. He gave the state a week to appeal his ruling before marriage licenses will be issued. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

S.C. to appeal ruling striking down gay marriage ban

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

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Judge enjoins provisions of S.C. immigration law

By Meg Kinnard - Associated Press