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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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jun 24, 2022

‘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,…

Tribune News Service · Jun 23, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

‘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.

Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jun 19, 2022

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.

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2022

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.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2022