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Major retailers, including Amazon, Sears, eBay, Etsy and Wal-Mart, are halting sales of the Confederate flag and other such related merchandise. (Associated Press)

Confederate flag flap doesn’t ruffle shoppers

The decision by Wal-Mart and other major retailers to ban the sale of the Confederate battle flag was met with shrugs and rolling eyes Wednesday in this small town on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

June 24, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton peers over a podium while addressing an audience during a campaign stop at Trident Technical College, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton tells Americans to face their racism

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Americans on Tuesday to take action against the persistence of racism in the country, commending political and business leaders who have taken the initiative to remove the Confederate battle flag from public display.

June 23, 2015
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan spoke of his recent cancer diagnosis and treatment plan during a press conference Monday. The Republican said that, while the treatment itself will be grueling, he expects to make a full recovery. (Associated Press)

Larry Hogan has ‘very aggressive’ cancer

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that he has been diagnosed with a "very aggressive" cancer that had spread throughout his body, but he vowed to battle the disease and confidently predicted he would beat it.

June 22, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 83rd Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Saturday, June 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Mathew Sumner)

Hillary Clinton eases into gun debate with call for more laws

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton stepped carefully into the gun control debate following the shooting massacre at a historic black church in Charleston, pledging her respect for "responsible gun owners" while calling for tough new laws to keep firearms out of the hands of killers.

June 22, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton peers over a podium while addressing an audience during a campaign stop at Trident Technical College, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton to join race debate, campaign near Ferguson, Missouri

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton will call for racial harmony and make a campaign stop Tuesday near Ferguson, Missouri, where black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer last summer, setting off protests and a national debate about police race relations.

June 22, 2015
Women pray together at a makeshift memorial on the sidewalk in front of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where nine people, including the church's pastor, were gunned down at a prayer meeting Wednesday evening. (Associated Press)

Dylann Roof in custody as Charleston church shooting reignites debates over guns, race

Dylann Storm Roof -- a skinny, young white man with a bowl haircut -- entered a historic black church, sat down next to its well-known pastor for a Bible study and, about an hour later, according to police, he pulled out a gun and killed nine people in a race-fueled mass shooting that reignited talk about guns and racism in America.

June 18, 2015

Hillary Clinton heads to Nevada to woo Hispanic voters

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton will campaign Thursday in Nevada, targeting the state's Hispanic voters as she wraps up a tour of early-voting states, the Clinton campaign said.

June 17, 2015
Hillary Rodham Clinton, who on Wednesday will make her second visit to South Carolina, moved early and forcefully to shore up support of black voters, but that Democratic bloc has yet to coalesce behind her. That includes young blacks who say they have lost faith in politics after their experience with President Obama. (Associated Press)

Hillary Clinton fights post-Obama apathy in bid to energize South Carolina blacks

She has mastered the art of affecting a folksy twang when speaking to Southern crowds and her husband once boasted that he was the first black president, but Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton has a long way to go to win over black voters crucial to victory in South Carolina's early primary.

June 16, 2015