Friday's Morning Email: Charleston Gunman Planned Attack For Months

Friday's Morning Email: Charleston Gunman Planned Attack For Months

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"Dylann Roof's roommate says the suspect was planning something big leading up to the alleged shooting at a South Carolina church Wednesday that left nine people dead. Dalton Tyler told ABC News that he'd known Roof for at least seven months, and that the 21-year-old was 'planning something like that for six months.'" Here's why the flags Roof is wearing in his Facebook profile picture matter. And watch President Obama discuss the horrific episode. [Andy Campbell, HuffPost]

Hundreds stood outside the Emanuel AME Church doors yesterday to mourn the nine victims of the Charleston shooting, who ranged in age from 26 to 87. [David Lohr, HuffPost]

"The recently disclosed breach of the Office of Personnel Management’s security-clearance computer system took place a year ago, giving Chinese government intruders access to sensitive data for a year, according to new information. The considerable lag time between breach and discovery means that the adversary had more time to pull off a cyber-heist of consequence, said Stewart Baker, a former National Security Agency general counsel." Today is the deadline for federal workers to be notified if their information was compromised in the attack. [WaPo]

Possessing up to one ounce of marijuana for personal use is no longer a criminal offense, making Delaware the 20th state to enact such a law. [Matt Ferner, HuffPost]

Memphis, Tennessee, and Bakersfield, California top the list of cities with the highest percentage of young people disconnected from school or a job. [CityLab]

Their fraudulent billing to the government healthcare program totaled $712 million. [Reuters]

WHAT’S BREWING

The International Air Transportation Association recanted its recommendations to decrease carry-on baggage by 20% after the entire internet flipped. [AP]

You can now order your favorite caffeine addiction via cell and pick it up in 3,400 more stores. [HuffPost]

The new Lightning feature will be a editorially curated look at what's "important" on Twitter -- therefore defeating the purpose of the filterless Twitter and maybe, just maybe, saving it. [Wired]

The indie flick "Boulevard" features Williams as a "60-year-old closeted man who's been hiding from his true self all of his life." [HuffPost]

Get excited for Facetiming from your wrist. [HuffPost]

WHAT'S WORKING

"Xavier Elliott is on a mission to make clothes for homeless children in Phoenix, Arizona, using fabric he buys with his own allowance, KPNX reported." [HuffPost]

ON THE BLOG

"When white people go on shooting sprees, their actions are frequently attributed to mental illness and, thus, they’re not considered fully accountable for the harm they’ve inflicted. This narrative -- which is not afforded to people of color -- feeds into the assumption that incidents like what happened at Emanuel AME Church are isolated tragedies executed by lone gunmen. Essentially, it excuses the system that allows racialized terrorism to keep happening." [HuffPost]

BEFORE YOU GO

~ Ta-Nehisi Coates' call to take down the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina Capitol.

~ Taking a look at computers' dreams.

~ President Obama is getting in on the podcast game.

~ When you propose to your 5th grade sweetheart.

~ NPR fans were not into Kim Kardashian showing up as a guest.

~ It's a bit alarming how close the depiction of 2015 in "Back to the Future II" is to reality.

~ Martha Stewart may be close to selling her now-flailing empire.

~ Photos of world borders around the world.

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