South Carolina

News from the state of South Carolina

Medicaid incentive so far not enough to sway holdout states

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democrats' nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package includes a big financial incentive for the states that have opted against expanding Medicaid...

South Carolina judge: Abortions to continue during lawsuit

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A lawsuit challenging South Carolina's new ban on most abortions is “likely to succeed," a judge wrote Friday, ruling that abortions...

S Carolina lawmaker draws ire from fellow Dems on trans bill

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Twenty-three South Carolina Republicans have signed onto a measure aimed at blocking hormonal treatments for transgender youth. But the bill’s chief...

Staley helps sister battle leukemia, seeks more Black donors

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dawn Staley's passion is evident when she's on a basketball court. ...

Assumptions about hurricane season face winds of change

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With named storms coming earlier and more often in warmer waters, some assumptions about the Atlantic hurricane season are being rethought. ...

South emerges as flashpoint of brewing redistricting battle

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The partisan showdown over redistricting has hardly begun, but already both sides agree on one thing: It largely comes down to the South. ...

Federal agents arrest rapper who was on the run for months

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — U.S. Marshals in Tennessee have arrested a Georgia rapper who was wanted for nearly three months after violating his probation by...

Former point guard jailed in bribery scheme has book deal

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NEW YORK — A former point guard sentenced to prison in 2019 for his role in a college basketball bribery scheme has a book...

Palmetto pride: South Carolina state flag sparks debate

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina senators may soon take up one of the most divisive issues to hit the state in years: standardizing the...

3 South Carolina officers sentenced in FBI fake cartel sting

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three more ex-South Carolina law enforcement officers have been sentenced to federal prison following an FBI operation in which agents posed...