Southern Baptists oust one church for having woman pastor, two others over sexual-abuse policy
The Southern Baptist Convention’s top administrative body voted Tuesday to oust four congregations.
Author: Associated Press
South Carolina’s Elliott says downsizing was for family reasons, not changes in college football
Newly hired South Carolina assistant Shawn Elliott did not leave his job as Georgia State’s head coach because of challenges with NIL, retaining players or other changes in college football.
Major conferences races heating up down the stretch
The conference races are coming down the homestretch and while No. 1 South Carolina has basically run away with the SEC, many of the other power five leagues are still up for grabs.
Nikki Haley hasn’t yet won a GOP contest. But she’s vowing to keep fighting Donald Trump
In an emotional address on Tuesday, Haley declared, “I refuse to quit.”
She’s not quitting. Takeaways from Nikki Haley’s push to stay in the GOP contest against Trump
Ahead of a major speech on Tuesday, Haley told The Associated Press that she’s staying in the race no matter what at least until after another 20 states vote through Super Tuesday on March 5.
First federal trial for a hate crime based on gender identity starts over trans woman’s killing
The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity began Tuesday in South Carolina, where a man faces charges that he killed a Black transgender woman and then fled to New York.
William Byron launches Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season with win in Daytona 500
The goal was obvious to William Byron: put the No. 24 Chevrolet in victory lane in the 2024 Daytona 500 to launch Hendrick Motorsports’ 40th anniversary season.
GOP candidates elevate anti-transgender messaging as a rallying call to Christian conservatives
Thousands of people in one of South Carolina’s most conservative counties roared when Donald Trump promised to cut federal funding on “Day 1” for schools pushing what he called “transgender insanity” onto children.
Trump VP contender Tim Scott doesn’t want to talk about vice president’s role in certifying election
Sen. Tim Scott, a potential running mate if Donald Trump becomes the Republican presidential nominee, is treading carefully on questions about whether he would have certified the 2020 election had he been vice president at that time.
Nikki Haley is sharpening contrasts with Donald Trump in the South Carolina primary’s closing days
Nikki Haley is using the closing days of her South Carolina Republican primary matchup with Donald Trump to hone her argument that she is the lone remaining candidate who can unite Americans, despite the former president’s electoral wins thus far and his popularity in her home state.
