The Latest Breaking News from South Carolina

South Carolina's Nikki Haley and Tim Scott on collision course in 2024 presidential race

They could stunt each other's momentum at a time when the traditional wing of the GOP can't afford to divide its votes.

Axios · Feb 19, 2023

Mother is shot dead in front of her children by a stranger after fight in supermarket parking lot

Alexandria Cress Borys, 26, was allegedly shot by Christina Harrison in Irmo, South Carolina, on Valentine’s Day

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023

A visit to Nikki Haley's hometown — where division 'still exists'

Nikki Haley paints her hometown as a place where race was a reality, but not a limitation. But residents say some racial divisions still exist.

WEKU · Feb 19, 2023

U.S. completes recovery of Chinese balloon but other "object" searches called off

The United States said on Friday it had successfully concluded recovery efforts off South Carolina to collect sensors and other debris from a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon shot down by a U.S. fighter jet on Feb. 4, and investigators are now analyzing its "guts."

Reuters · Feb 18, 2023

Murdaugh prosecutors reveal flurry of steps after killings

Prosecutors have presented a detailed timeline of what they think happened the night Alex Murdaugh's wife and son were killed in South Carolina

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Military finishes recovering Chinese balloon debris

U.S. officials say the military has finished efforts to recover the remnants of the large balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina, and analysis of the debris so far reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese spy balloon

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Timeline of murders delivers new revelations about pills, money, and phone records

Defence case begins after prosecution rests in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Alex Murdaugh trial – live: Bombshell rehab call reveals Murdaugh confessing to ‘side of road’ shooting plot

Fourth week of testimony underway in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial at Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, South Carolina

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Current presidential candidate field a quarter of the size of 2020’s at this point last cycle

Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) announced on Feb. 14 that she was running for president of the United States. In a video, she said, “It’s time for a new generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border, and strengthen our country, our pride,…

Ballotpedia · Feb 17, 2023

Anti-immigrant pundit Ann Coulter tells GOP candidate Nikki Haley to ‘go back to your own country’ in racist rant

Ann Coulter says American-born Nikki Haley should “go back to (her) own country” because the former South Carolina governor once pushed to remove the Confederate flag from the state capitol.

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2023