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Abortion Vote
National News

House votes to restore abortion access nationwide

Washington update on House vote
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has voted to restore abortion access nationwide. It’s Democrats’ first legislative response to the Supreme Court’s landmark decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion. But the House bill approved Friday has little chance of becoming law, with the necessary support lacking in the 50-50 Senate. But the vote marks the beginning of a new era…
Local News, State

AP: Planned Parenthood sues over 6-week abortion ban in S.C.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) –Abortion access advocates have filed a lawsuit in South Carolina to block the state’s law banning abortion around six weeks. It’s the latest installment of a long legal battle over the so-called fetal heartbeat bill. Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed the law last year but a federal judge blocked it after a Planned Parenthood lawsuit. Earlier this…

Jan 6 Attack
National News

January 6 Panel to focus on extremists and Trump ties

(AP)-committee is probing whether extremist groups coordinated with White House allies ahead of the violence.
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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Jan. 6 committee is expected to highlight how violent far-right extremist groups answered what one lawmaker says was Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington. The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol is expected to hear from Stephen Ayres, who pleaded guilty last month to disorderly and disruptive conduct in…
Local News, News, State

Former Chester Co. sheriff sentenced

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Photo: WSOC Chester Co., S.C. (AP)–A former Chester County sheriff convicted of abuse power and other charges was sentenced Monday to nearly 4 years in prison. WSOC-TV reports that in April 2021, Alex Underwood was also convicted of stealing money from government programs, unlawfully arresting a man, and of wire fraud. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents began investigating Underwood after…

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