An Indiana high school student has been accused of plotting a mass shooting at a school near Indianapolis on Valentine's Day, local police said Thursday.
After a vote at their national convention being held in Philadelphia, the NAACP has lifted its 15-year economic boycott of South Carolina.
The lowering of the Confederate flag was the topic of conversation Friday as the NAACP's 106th annual National Convention kicked off in Philadelphia.
The Confederate flag was lowered from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse to the cheers of thousands on Friday, ending its 54-year presence there.
The South Carolina Senate has voted to remove the Confederate flag from a pole on Statehouse grounds.
Historians point out that the cross and stars design was technically never the official flag of the Confederacy.