No. 15 Coastal Carolina seeking 11th straight Sun Belt win
No. 15 Coastal Carolina must lean on what’s gone right to handle a quick turnaround.
Author: Associated Press
Mace says fundraising tops South Carolina House ’22 hopefuls
By Meg Kinnard
In her first congressional reelection campaign, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace said this week that she’s raised more than any other South Carolina House candidate in 2022, seeking to maintain the GOP’s hold on a district that has changed party hands twice in the last two election cycles.
J&J seeks US clearance for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
By Matthew Perrone
Johnson & Johnson asked the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to allow extra shots of its COVID-19 vaccine as the U.S. government moves toward expanding its booster campaign to millions more vaccinated Americans.
In budget turning point, Biden conceding smaller price tag
By Alan Fram
President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats’ push for a 10-year, $3.5 trillion package of social and environmental initiatives has reached a turning point, with the president repeatedly conceding that the measure will be considerably smaller and pivotal lawmakers flashing potential signs of flexibility.
Police: Student opens fire at Texas high school; 4 hurt
A student opened fire inside a Dallas-area high school during a fight, injuring four people before he fled, authorities said Wednesday.
Former exec readies for 2 years in prison in nuclear debacle
By Jeffrey Collins
An executive who spent billions of dollars on two South Carolina nuclear plants that never generated a watt of power, lying and deceiving regulators about their progress, is ready to go to prison.
Court keeps South Carolina school mask mandate ban on hold
By Meg Kinnard
South Carolina districts can continue to require face coverings to protect against the coronavirus in the state’s schools under an appellate court’s decision this week.
Biden pushes plans as key to keep US from ‘losing our edge’
By Jonathan Lemire and Alexandra Jaffe
With his plans in jeopardy on Capitol Hill, Biden visited a union training center in Michigan, declaring that he wanted to “set some things straight” about his agenda and cut through what he dismissed as “noise” in Washington.
Dylann Roof asks judges to reconsider recusal from his case
By Meg Kinnard
Dylann Roof wants an entire appellate court to reconsider a decision to recuse itself from hearing his case, as the appeal of his death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation winds its way through the judicial system.
McMaster: Build I-73 with $300M in COVID relief and surplus
By Jeffrey Collins
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster wants lawmakers to set aside $300 million in federal COVID-19 relief money and surplus money to pay for the first segment of a long-desired interstate link between Interstate 95 and Myrtle Beach.
