Here is the latest South Carolina news from The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A friend of the alleged Charleston church shooter has been arrested and is expected to make his first court appearance. Twenty-one-year-old Joey Meek is expected to appear in court today. He was arrested more than a month after authorities told him he was under federal investigation for lying to them and failing to report a crime.

UNDATED (AP) – A Virginia student who’s leading the fight against his high school’s ban on clothes emblazoned with the Confederate flag says he’s not sure what the students’ next move will be. Houston Miller was among roughly 20 students suspended from Christiansburg High School yesterday after holding a rally to protest a new policy banning vehicles with Confederate flag symbols from the school parking lot and refusing to take off clothing displaying the symbol.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal officials and North Carolina and Virginia representatives have approved a final environmental study on plans for a shorter rail line linking Raleigh and Richmond. The documents signed yesterday are part of the effort to allow faster trains from Atlanta to Washington, D.C.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Presidential contender Rick Santorum is returning to South Carolina for a campaign swing. The former Pennsylvania senator is holding a media availability today with state Chairman Matt Moore at Republican Party Headquarters in Columbia.