South Carolina agencies to get grants to help crime victims
Millions of dollars in government grants will soon flow to a variety of agencies that work with crime victims, state officials announced.
Author: Associated Press
Coroner IDs remains, says Gabby Petito was homicide victim
By Curt Anderson
Gabby Petito was killed by another person, a coroner concluded while also confirming that the human remains found recently at a Wyoming national park were those of the 22-year-old woman who disappeared months after she set out on a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend, the FBI said Tuesday.
South Carolina to start Doty at quarterback against Kentucky
South Carolina sophomore Luke Doty will get his first start of the season at quarterback.
Biden pledges ‘relentless diplomacy’ on global challenges
By Josh Boak and Aamer Madhani
President Joe Biden summoned the world’s nations to forcefully address the festering global issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuses in his first address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. He decried military conflict and insisted the U.S. is not seeking “a new Cold War” with China.
Gabby Petito’s boyfriend sought in Florida nature preserve
By Curt Anderson
Gabby Petito’s boyfriend sought in Florida nature preserve
J&J: Booster dose of its COVID shot prompts strong response
Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive a first dose.
A school board may ask S.C to reverse mask mandate ban
At its Tuesday board meeting, Lexington 1 board will consider asking lawmakers to repeal a part of the state budget that effectively bans school mask mandates by denying districts the funds to enforce them.
Consultants sued over 2018 deaths of women in sheriff’s van
By Meg Kinnard
The estates of two South Carolina women who drowned while locked in the back of a sheriff’s department van during Hurricane Florence have filed lawsuits alleging negligence by a company that created policies and procedures for the law enforcement agency.
COVID has killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 flu
By Carla K. Johnson
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000.
US easing virus restrictions for foreign flights to America
By Zeke Miller
The U.S. said Monday it will ease airline restrictions this fall on travel to the country for people who have vaccination proof and a negative COVID-19 test, replacing a hodgepodge of rules that had kept out many non-citizens and irritated allies in Europe and beyond where virus cases are far lower.
