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Homeland Security officers walk outside the federal courthouse in Charleston, S.C. Jury selection in the case will resume Monday.

Dylann Roof Declared Competent To Stand Trial In S.C. Church Killings

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel announced his ruling after a two-day competency hearing that was closed to the public. The 22-year-old Roof is facing 33 federal hate crime charges.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory speaks during a Trump rally in November.

Ending 'Closest Governor's Race' In N.C. History, Pat McCrory Concedes

The incumbent McCrory conceded in a YouTube message just as the recount that he requested came to a conclusion. The state's Democratic attorney general, Roy Cooper, will be the state's 75th governor.

Juliana Torres (left), 16, and Micaela Lattimer, 16, both of Baltimore, rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, known as DACA, outside the White House on Tuesday.

Protesters In D.C., Denver, LA, Elsewhere Demonstrate Against Rescinding DACA

The protests follow an announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that an Obama administration policy protecting some children brought to the U.S. illegally will be ended.

Demonstrators against House Bill 2 protest outside the Governor's Mansion in downtown Raleigh, N.C., on March 24. Among other restrictions, the law says transgender people have to use the bathroom that corresponds with their biological sex rather than their gender identity.

N.C. Will Miss Deadline To Respond To Justice Department About LGBT Law

A North Carolina law that restricts which bathrooms transgender people can use violates the Civil Rights Act, the DOJ says. State House Speaker Tim Moore says lawmakers won't take action by Monday.

Police secure the street outside the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C, on Tuesday. Nine people were injured when a fight broke out during a demonstration outside the embassy. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in town to meet President Trump at the White House.

Violence Erupts During Protest At Turkish Ambassador's Residence In Washington, D.C.

Nine people were injured and two arrests were made on Tuesday during an altercation, authorities say.

Former North Charleston, S.C., police Officer Michael Slager, seen leaving the Charleston County Courthouse after his murder trial ended in a mistrial in December 2016, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal civil rights violation.

Former S.C. Police Officer Pleads Guilty In Shooting Of Walter Scott

Michael Slager pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge for using excessive force in attempting to arrest Scott in 2015. As part of the plea deal, the state will drop a pending murder charge.

<em>Macrobdella mimicus</em>, the first new species of medicinal leech discovered in over 40 years

A New Bloodsucking Leech Species Found Hiding Outside Washington, D.C.

Smithsonian researcher Anna Phillips led the recent discovery of the new medicinal species. Its superficial similarities to a North American leech species helped prevent its detection before.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they arrested a man, who was on the way to the hospital with his pregnant wife for a scheduled cesarean section, because of an arrest warrant for him in Mexico related to a homicide case.

ICE Detains Man Driving His Wife To Hospital For Planned C-Section

A pregnant woman had to drive herself to the hospital and deliver her baby after U.S. immigration officials took her husband into custody because of an arrest warrant related to a homicide in Mexico.

One month after winning a seat in Minnesota's legislature, Ilhan Omar says she was assailed in a cab ride to her hotel from the White House.

History-Making Somali-American Legislator Reports 'Hateful' Taunts In D.C.

Ilhan Omar says she was "subjected to the most hateful, derogatory, Islamophobic, sexist taunts and threats I have ever experienced" in a cab during her visit to the nation's capital.

Demonstrators rally before a meeting of a state wage board in New York. On Wednesday, a state panel recommended the minimum wage for fast-food employees be raised to $15 an hour, bypassing the state Legislature.

California, New York And Washington, D.C., Make Moves On Minimum Wage

The University of California system will increase hourly wages to $15, while New York is one step closer to doing the same for its fast-food workers.

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