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Dylann Roof faces the death penalty or life in prison when the penalty phase of his hate crimes trial resumes on January 3.

Judge Gergel warned Roof that it would be in his best interest to have legal representation, but approved the request and resumed jury selection.

In this special edition of the NewsOne Top 5 we take a look at the top news stories during a summer that gave us plenty to talk about and reflect on. Read more about them, below.

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Ironically, the incident that “awakened” 21-year-old killer Dylann Roof was the Trayvon Martin case, according to a manifesto that has been attributed to him. We…

As it turns out, Dylann Roof had a pretty racist manifesto. Anyone who had any doubts before, can stop pretending this isn't about race now.

Can someone explain how a judge who has used racial slurs in the past is presiding over this trial?

Killer Mike took to Twitter yesterday shortly after a racially-motivated mass murder tore through a church in Charleston, South Carolina and wondered what would have happened had…

Police are continuing their investigation into the South Carolina shooting that left nine dead at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, but the suspect, a…

In the wake of the tragedy, civil rights activist Al Sharpton released this statement.

As details regarding the Charleston, SC church shooting continue to unfold, the nation is grappling yet again with what appears to be a violent hate…

Mainstream media has decided how they’re going to cover the tragedy at “Mother” Emanuel A.M.E Church in Charleston, but Jeff Johnson is giving you the real facts…