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‘A person of integrity’: Family carries on legacy of Army pilot Norman Flecker 25 years after death in Korea

It’s been nearly 25 years since Penny Flecker looked through the glass door of her west Columbia home and found a woman dressed in an Army uniform. Her mind raced to her identical twin sons, Norman and Alex.

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Judge rules Missouri AG Bailey had no authority to inflate cost of abortion rights ballot measure

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A Cole County judge on Tuesday ruled that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey had no authority to inflate the estimated cost of a ballot measure to restore abortion rights.

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Sins of the father: The pain and privilege of being Buster Murdaugh

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It was impossible to know what Buster Murdaugh was thinking. After six weeks of testimony, a jury was preparing to deliver its verdict against his father, Alex Murdaugh, a prominent former attorney accused of murdering Buster’s mother and brother.

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Nikki Haley vows to pardon Trump on documents charges if he’s convicted and she’s elected

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said that if she becomes president, she would pardon former president Donald Trump for crimes related to his improper handling of classified documents, if Trump is ultimately convicted.

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Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco offers advice to late-round draft picks

Speaking at a youth football camp in Columbia, Missouri, #Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco offered up some advice for late-round draft picks.

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Gas station owner charged with murder for fatally shooting teenager he falsely accused of shoplifting

Rick Chow is facing a murder charge after shooting 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton in Columbia, South Carolina, on Sunday, police say

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Wait, the Columbia Pictures logo was made during a lunch break?

The classic image involved some unusual improvisation.

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Columbia Mazama Trail Rain Shell review: watertight and highly breathable

A simple waterproof jacket that focuses on keeping the rain at bay while letting you dump heat on sultry hikes

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Cory Fleming pleads guilty to role in Murdaugh plot to steal $4.3 million from dead housekeeper

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Once he stood beside people accused of crimes, representing them in their time of trial.

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Sen. Tim Scott picks longtime ‘tacticians’ to help run South Carolina presidential operation. Who are they?

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign is tapping two longtime South Carolina political consultants to run his 2024 operations in the Palmetto State.

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South Carolina’s 6-week abortion ban now law after Gov. McMaster signs bill. Up next? A lawsuit

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday signed a six-week abortion ban into law, triggering a court challenge filed by Planned Parenthood and its partners.

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Missouri AG calls on Kansas City police to enforce trans care ban that chief says outside jurisdiction

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday urged the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners to enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for minors passed by Missouri lawmakers this month.

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South Carolina Senate votes to send 6-week abortion ban bill to governor. Court challenge coming

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina six-week abortion ban that has cleared the Republican-controlled Legislature is now for the second time headed to the governor’s desk, whose expected signature enacting the bill into law is likely to be challenged immediately.

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Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson pushes optimistic White House bid, not a candidate that ‘creates chaos’

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson wants to bring an optimistic tone as he makes his bid for the White House.

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University halts cocaine experiment because rats were shocked for too long

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A series of experiments at the University of South Carolina in Columbia involving rats, cocaine and electric shocks has been stopped following a university investigation into complaints about lab-animal welfare.

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Unsealed secret order reveals why convicted SC killer was released 16 years early

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A secret order that resulted in the early release of convicted South Carolina murderer Jeroid Price was unsealed Thursday by the state Supreme Court, detailing publicly for the first time what information Price shared to cut nearly 16 years off his prison sentence.

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South Carolina trooper shot in the face while making traffic stop, officials say

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A law enforcement officer was shot early Sunday morning in the line of duty, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.

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Warehouse worker crushed to death by lift in freak accident on his 26th birthday

Julio Armando Buelvas Salinas was crushed to death by a freight lift at Comerpes SA seafood warehouse in Cartagena, Columbia, on his 26th birthday - with his family waiting at his house with a cake

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Poll: Trump holds 21-point lead among South Carolina Republicans

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Republican support for Donald Trump is still strong, according to a new Winthrop University Poll that shows the former president with a 21-point lead over his GOP challengers for president.

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SC’s Tim Scott launches exploratory committee for 2024 presidential run

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina U.S. Sen Tim Scott has launched an exploratory committee for a 2024 presidential run.

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After targeting critical race theory, some South Carolina lawmakers want to take aim at college diversity initiatives

COLUMBIA, S.C. — At the University of South Carolina, the state’s flagship college is working to add Braille to nameplates outside professors’ offices after a number of blind and low-vision students said they were having trouble attending office hours.

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Court order halts horseshoe crab harvesting on many SC beaches, protecting red knots

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dozens of critical habitat areas for threatened shorebirds will be protected after a U.S. District Court in Charleston handed down an order prohibiting three groups from harvesting horseshoe crabs on several of South Carolina’s beaches this season.

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Here’s what we know about the first Stephen Smith autopsy and the SC pathologist who performed it

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Before dawn on a steamy July day in 2015, Hampton County coroner Ernie Washington was called to an area of pine trees and cornfields, where a young man’s body was sprawled in the middle of the road.

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Arrests made after 6 wounded in ‘senior skip day’ shooting on South Carolina beach

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As many as six people were wounded in a shooting Friday along the Isle of Palms beach as hundreds of high school students from Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties were enjoying a traditional spring day of cutting class.

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Smith, Murdaugh’s alleged accomplice in fraud schemes, will get out of South Carolina jail on bond

COLUMBIA, S.C. — After 235 days behind bars, Curtis “Eddie” Smith, whom indictments allege was Alex Murdaugh’s accomplice in various money laundering, drug and fraud schemes, can get out of jail on $250,000 bond — if he behaves himself, a state judge said Monday.

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