No. 16 Chanticleers set to run with the Bulls in Buffalo
No. 16 Coastal Carolina (2-0) at Buffalo (1-1, Saturday at noon EDT (ESPN2).
Author: Associated Press
No. 6 Clemson opens ACC play against Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech (1-1) at No. 6 Clemson (1-1), Saturday at 3:30 p.m. EDT (ABC).
Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error
By Robert Burns
The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed.
FDA advisory panel rejects widespread Pfizer booster shots
By Matthew Perrone and Lauran Neergaard
An influential federal advisory panel has soundly rejected a plan to offer Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans. The vote Friday, 61-3, was a blow to the Biden administration’s effort to shore up people’s protection against the virus amid the highly contagious delta variant.
SC Senators plan to return to State House for special session on Federal spending
AP: SC Senators to return to Statehouse next month for special session on spending federal COVID-19 relief money
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina senators plan to return to the Statehouse next month for a special session on spending federal COVID-19 relief money and redistricting. But one thing not on the agenda at the moment for the Oct. 12 session is any discussion of mask rules. Senate President Harvey Peeler wrote in a letter to senators he wants…
South Carolina officials want out of mask mandate ban suit
By Meg Kinnard
South Carolina officials who have been sued over a law banning school districts from issuing face mask mandates say that they should be removed from pending litigation.
Small agency, big job: Biden tasks OSHA with vaccine mandate
By Paul Wiseman
Small agency, big job: Biden tasks OSHA with vaccine mandate
‘Jeopardy!’ hosts: Bialik, Ken Jennings will finish 2021
Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will split “Jeopardy!” hosting duties for the remainder of 2021.
Lawyer says Murdaugh to turn himself in on insurance fraud
By Jeffrey Collins
A prominent South Carolina lawyer who found the bodies of his wife and son three months ago plans to turn himself in to face charges in a plot to arrange his own death that ended with the shooter only grazing him in the head, his defense attorneys said.
Maverick Dem senators meeting with Biden on spending plan
By Alan Fram and Marcy Gordon
President Joe Biden planned meetings Wednesday with a pair of moderate Democratic senators whose objections to the size of a proposed, huge package of social and environment initiatives have thrown serious obstacles in its path. Biden was scheduled to meet Wednesday morning with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and later with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.
