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Loving father, or murderous ‘storm’? Dueling arguments face off in Murdaugh trial opener

WALTERBORO, S.C. — “He was the storm,” prosecutor Creighton Waters thundered, pointing at Alex Murdaugh, who is on trial accused of murdering his wife and son. “The storm came for them.”

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Gov. McMaster targets courts after abortion ruling, says he wants say in South Carolina judge picks

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster says he no longer wants lawmakers getting all the say over who can be a judge in South Carolina.

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SC governor renews push for abortion ban in State of State

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is pressing forward with efforts to further restrict abortion

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Alex Murdaugh's murder trial starts with cellphones, bullets

After 19 months of speculation, prosecutors have finally laid out their evidence that Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son as they opened the double murder trial for the disgraced South Carolina attorney

The Independent UK

Prosecutors paint grisly portrait of Alex Murdaugh killing wife and son as key Snapchat video revealed

Jury was told that Maggie and Paul Murdaugh were shot at close range in June 2021 and had no defensive wounds

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh trial - live: Murder suspect weeps in court as lawyer insists he didn’t kill wife and son

Jury hears grisly details about the murder of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh

The Independent UK

Prosecutors to Congress: Let state prisons jam cellphones

Top state prosecutors are urging Congress to pass legislation allowing state prisons to jam signals of cellphones smuggled to inmates

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New Hampshire has led the presidential primaries for 100 years. Democrats say that's enough

WASHINGTON — Phil Hatcher and his wife moved to New Hampshire from the Midwest in 1986, and soon got a taste of what makes the state's first-in-the-nation primary so special to the people who live there.

Los Angeles Times

Trump’s SC campaign event closes State House, most of its grounds to the public

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s State House will be closed to the public on Saturday as part of security measures for former President Donald Trump’s campaign visit, the state Department of Public Safety confirmed.

Tribune News Service

Before Alex Murdaugh testimony starts, judge has key rulings

Jury selection is continuing in the murder trial of South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is accused of the 2021 killings of his wife and son

The Independent UK

Vikings add CB Cam Smith in Bucky Brooks’ mock draft

The South Carolina cornerback would be a talented addition to the Vikings defense

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Vikings 2023 NFL draft scouting report: South Carolina CB Cam Smith

The South Carolina product is a versatile and talented cornerback. How does he project to the next level?

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Alex Murdaugh trial: What you need to know about the case, key players, more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Paul and Maggie Murdaugh were shot next to the dog kennels. They died under dark pines in a far corner of the family’s sprawling 1,700-acre hunting property in Colleton County. Now, the eyes of the world are on their father and husband, Alex Murdaugh, as he goes…

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Alex Murdaugh goes on trial in 2021 killings of wife, son

Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is about to put his fate before a small-town jury

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Kam Pringle, top in-state recruit for 2024, commits to South Carolina Gamecocks

DORCHESTER, S.C. — The South Carolina football program landed a big piece Sunday for its 2024 recruiting class.

The Guardian - US

The Murdaugh trial begins: the family murders that rocked South Carolina

Corruption, money and unsolved deaths form a gothic backdrop to charges that Alex Murdaugh murdered his wife and son

The Conversation

South Carolina's execution by firing squad: The last reenactment of the Civil War?

Americans have an appetite for reenacting the past, especially the battles of the U.S. Civil War, which took place from 1861 to 1865. Every year, in an effort to relive something of the nation’s bloodiest war, thousands don blue and gray uniforms and gather on fields where the distant echoes…

The Independent UK

South Carolina still seeking a way to hold executions

A small group of South Carolina senators are moving to shield large parts of the state's lethal injection process from public scrutiny

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Redistricting litigation updates in five states

Welcome to the Thursday, January 19, Brew.

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Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys ask SC judge to bar testimony about blood spatter at trial

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Attorneys for accused double murderer Alex Murdaugh have asked a South Carolina judge to bar a key prosecution trial witness from discussing blood spatter evidence they describe in a new court motion as merely a flawed “science fair” effort.

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Recapping 2022’s state legislative special sessions

Welcome to the Wednesday, January 18, Brew.

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Trump to Make First 2024 Campaign Appearance in South Carolina

Republican former President Donald Trump on Jan. 28 will make the first public appearance of his 2024 presidential run in the early voting state of South Carolina since announcing his candidacy in November, his campaign announced on Tuesday. Two well-known South Carolina Republicans - US Senator Lindsey Graham, one of…

The Independent UK

Trump to be joined by Graham, McMaster at Jan. 28 SC event

Former President Donald Trump will be joined by two of his highest-profile South Carolina supporters at the first public campaign event of his 2024 White House bid later this month in the early voting state

Tribune News Service

How much slower is the SC Southern drawl than other US accents really? This study has an answer

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolinians speak slower in general than most other Americans, a linguistic study shows.

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Federal three-judge panel rules South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District unconstitutional

On January 6, 2023, a federal three-judge panel ruled that South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District was unconstitutional and enjoined the state from conducting future elections using its district boundaries. The panel’s opinion said, “The Court finds that race was the predominant factor motivating the General Assembly’s adoption of Congressional District…

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