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Potential 2024 GOP presidential hopeful back to headline annual SC Republican gathering

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, will be the keynote speaker at an annual Upstate GOP event later this month.

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Gov. McMaster says SC’s abortion ban exceptions ‘reasonable,’ marriage debate a ‘distraction’

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster on Wednesday called exceptions to South Carolina’s six-week abortion ban a “reasonable” approach, clarifying earlier remarks he gave to reporters when asked whether he’d sign more restrictive legislation without exceptions.

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Felony hazing charges filed against 8 more former University of Missouri frat members

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An additional eight former members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the University of Missouri-Columbia are facing felony charges for their roles in an alleged hazing incident last fall that resulted in significant brain damage to a freshman pledge, according to court documents.

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South Carolina man charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot had Nazi images on phone

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is back in the hot seat after federal prosecutors say the man’s cellphone included 80 Nazi and white supremacist images, according to a government sentencing memorandum in the case.

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12-year-old Maryland girl dies after driving into tree

BALTIMORE — A 12-year-old girl died in a single-vehicle crash in Columbia early Sunday morning, Howard County police said. Police identified her on Monday as as Josseline Molina-Rivas.

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Top basketball recruit GG Jackson commits to South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Five-star basketball recruit G.G. Jackson has committed to play for the University of South Carolina.

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5-Star PF GG Jackson Commits to South Carolina

The South Carolina native reclassified to the 2022 class and is headed to Columbia to play for the Gamecocks.

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CDC Report On Overdose Deaths Finds BIPOC Disproportionately Affected

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently launched a report on the U.S. unintentional overdose deaths in 25 states and the Columbia district.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham’s fight against grand jury subpoena moves to Georgia

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A hearing to decide whether U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham will be forced to testify about possible 2020 election interference in front of a Georgia grand jury will take place in Georgia instead of South Carolina.

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‘Sometimes it takes a woman’: Nikki Haley teases 2024 presidential run at pro-Israel event

COLUMBIA, S.C. — In what was to be a speech focused on Middle Eastern foreign policy Monday night, Nikki Haley shifted attention to a topic much different: her potential 2024 presidential bid.

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Alex Murdaugh indicted in June 2021 murders of his wife, son at their SC estate

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Disbarred Hampton County attorney Alex Murdaugh has been formally indicted by a Colleton County grand jury in the June 2021 murders of his wife and youngest son.

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South Carolina couple going to prison for storming Capitol on Jan. 6

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina husband and wife who believed the 2020 presidential election was stolen and who smoked a joint inside the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021, were each sentenced to prison Tuesday.

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Jailed attorney Alex Murdaugh disbarred by Supreme Court, can no longer practice law in SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court has officially disbarred disgraced Hampton County attorney Alex Murdaugh, who remains jailed in Richland County on numerous financial fraud charges.

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Once-prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh to face charges in June 2021 shooting deaths of wife and son

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh is expected to be indicted later this week for murder in the grisly June 2021 shooting deaths of his wife and son, according to two sources with knowledge of the pending indictments.

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Woman remote works from anywhere in world and puts £1,600 a month into savings

Madi has been doing her office job from Columbia, Guatemala, Mexico, Italy, Costa Rica, France, Belgium and Kenya

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South Carolina’s strongest earthquake in eight years rattles state

City of Columbia felt the brunt of Wednesday’s quake

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Antisemitic flyers found throughout South Carolina city tied to nationwide propaganda campaign

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Antisemitic flyers in plastic sandwich bags were distributed to homes throughout the Columbia-area city of Forest Acres earlier this month. The local police department is now investigating.

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Secrecy surrounds latest SLED arrest of Murdaugh alleged accomplice

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Curtis “Fast Eddie” Smith, an alleged accomplice in some of disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s multimillion-dollar fraud schemes, has been quietly arrested and is being held in the Colleton County jail.

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Roe v. Wade was overturned, but who even gets abortions in South Carolina? This is what state figures show

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, but women currently can still have abortions in South Carolina, though the state prohibits them after 20 weeks and imposes other restrictions.

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‘Physically angry in a flash’: Sheena Greitens alleged abuse by former governor in 2018

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Sheena Chestnut Greitens grew concerned enough about her then-husband Eric Greitens’ violent and controlling behavior four years ago that she gave detailed allegations of the former Missouri governor being physically and emotionally abusive to her and their young children to a marriage therapist and a family lawyer,…

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South Carolina lawmakers poised to pass stricter abortion laws

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Legislature looks well positioned to pass more restrictive abortion legislation this year should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn its 1973 landmark decision Roe v. Wade.

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‘Rotting away’: Recorded phone calls depict Alex Murdaugh’s life in Richland County jail

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh’s voice rose as he talked to a family member about the remote control he had acquired for the television in the Richland County jail.

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2 killed, 2 more injured in shooting at South Carolina nightclub, sheriff’s office says

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two men were killed and two other people were injured Sunday in an early-morning shooting at a South Carolina nightclub, the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Decriminalizing hard drugs in B.C. follows decades of public health advocacy

British Columbia has become the first province to be granted an exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to remove criminal penalties for possession of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA for personal use.

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Here’s what family of Murdaugh housekeeper will do with money from lawsuit over her death

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Out of great evil has come good was the theme of a gathering Thursday to announce a foundation to help the Hampton County’s needy at Christmas time.

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