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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Convicted killer Dylann Roof said Monday he will offer no witnesses to counter the prosecution’s case that he should die by execution. As the jury watched, Roof rose from his table in the front of the courtroom around noon Monday. “The defense rests,” Roof told U.S. Judge Richard Gergel, then sat back

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday he’s still hoping to confirm President-elect Donald Trump’s national security Cabinet picks on Jan. 20, just after the new president is sworn in. After meeting with Mr. Trump in New York, Mr. McConnell emerged to say Republicans will give all the nominees scrutiny, but he’s pushing to have

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Esteban Santiago, handcuffed, shackled and wearing a red maximum-security jumpsuit, spoke in a monotone Monday as he answered questions from a federal magistrate during a hearing that lasted about 30 minutes. Santiago, 26, who is accused of killing five people and wounding six others at Fort Lauderdale’s airport, was flanked by

President Obama on Sunday said he and his Twitter-loving successor, Donald Trump, are “sort of opposites in some ways,” though he acknowledged that neither of them suffers from a lack of confidence. “It’s probably a prerequisite for the job, or at least you have to have enough craziness to think that you can do the

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —Annika Dean’s decision to fly home early from a trip to Atlanta almost cost the Parkland teacher her life. A stranger helped her survive. As shots rang out at Fort Lauderdale airport, he shielded her. “He basically climbed on top of me and whispered, ‘I will protect you,’” Dean said. “I knew