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Five people pose for a photo with music instruments.
Music
Ranky Tanky honors Gullah culture with Grammy-nominated album
A palm tree among wreckage
Natural disasters
‘Everything is gone:’ Bahamians struggle in Dorian’s devastating wake
A bishop sprinkles holy water on a coffin covered in the Polish flag
Health & Medicine
Was this Polish American war hero intersex?
Growing high tides have turned this photo — taken from Pompano Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 — into a regular occurrence along the U.S. coastlines.
Climate Change
New report forecasts a troubling picture of rising tides, frequent flooding on coasts
The West Virginia State Capitol building in Charleston sits on the Kanawha River, which is fed in part by the Elk River — the main water supply for nearly 300,000 of the state's residents.
Science
Documentary uncovers contaminated truths behind water crisis in West Virginia, other locations
Items left at a memorial at the Armed Forces Career Center are seen in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Justice
How do we define domestic terrorism? The legal meaning of a loaded term.
Dylann Roof at his bond hearing
Justice
America has no monopoly on racism, it’s just ‘more lethal’
A man reacts while talking to police officer near the scene of shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.
Conflict
A call to prayer, a crime of hate, symbols of evil — and donations to a violated house of worship
Cruise Ship Docks May Be Good for Business, but Some Charleston Residents Want Them Gone
The Civil Rights Movement Comes of Age
Arts, Culture & Media
Charleston Remembers the War
Your Take: Hearings On American Muslim Radicalization
Arts, Culture & Media
Southern groups celebrate Civil War’s 150-year anniversary