Author: Associated Press

Sweeping new Federal vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

By Zeke Miller

Sep 9, 2021 6:10 PM EDT

Associated Press,

In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant.

South Carolina tailback Harris returns after back surgery

Sep 9, 2021 6:04 PM EDT

Associated Press,

Kevin Harris is finally healthy enough to play college football again after his breakthrough season as one of the Southeastern Conference’s top rushers.

No. 6 Clemson looks to address ‘details’ against SC State

Sep 9, 2021 6:00 PM EDT

Associated Press,

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney understands what cost his sixth-ranked Tigers in their season opener — and he understands what it’ll take to get it fixed.

Justice Dept. sues Texas over state’s new abortion law

By Michael Balsamo and Paul Weber

Sep 9, 2021 4:48 PM EDT

Associated Press,

The Justice Department on Thursday sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.” The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas, asks a federal judge to declare that the law is invalid, “to enjoin its enforcement, and to protect the rights that Texas has violated.”

FDA delays decision on e-cigarettes from vaping giant Juul

By Matthew Perrone

Sep 9, 2021 3:53 PM EDT

Associated Press,

Federal health officials on Thursday delayed a high-stakes decision on whether to permit bestselling vaping brand Juul to stay on the market, while banning the sale of thousands of other electronic cigarettes.

Lawyer whose son and wife killed has law license suspended

By Jeffrey Collins

Sep 9, 2021 1:37 PM EDT

Associated Press, ABC News,

The South Carolina Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the law license of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday, two days after his law firm said he took money from the business. Murdaugh found the bodies of his wife and son, shot multiple times, at the family’s Colleton County home on June 7. On Saturday, he told police someone shot at him as he changed a tire on the side of a rural road. A family attorney has suggested someone cut the tire before Murdaugh left. State police haven’t commented on the shooting.

Dylann Roof seeks rehearing on church shooting conviction

By Meg Kinnard

Sep 9, 2021 12:29 PM EDT

Associated Press,

Dylann Roof has filed the next step in his federal appeal, challenging a court’s confirmation of his conviction and death sentence for the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation. Last month, a three-judge panel of the court unanimously upheld Roof’s conviction and sentence, saying the legal record cannot even capture the “full horror” of what he did.

South Carolina abortion law challenge backed by 20 states

By Meg Kinnard

Sep 9, 2021 11:00 AM EDT

Associated Press,

Twenty Democratic attorneys general have voiced their support for a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s new abortion law, arguing that the restrictive measure could harm their states by taxing resources if women cross borders to seek care.

AP source: Biden requiring federal workers to get COVID shot

Sep 9, 2021 10:54 AM EDT

Associated Press,

President Joe Biden on Thursday is toughening COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers and contractors as he aims to boost vaccinations and curb the surging delta variant that is killing thousands each week and jeopardizing the nation’s economic recovery.

Two SC children die from COVID-19

Sep 7, 2021 6:15 PM EDT

Associated Press,

Aiken Co., S.C. (AP)–At least two children in South Carolina have died of COVID-19 this month as schools have reported thousands of cases among students and staff. The Aiken County coroner confirmed a 9-year-old and a 15-year-old died from the virus on Sept. 1. Aiken County Public Schools had previously announced the deaths of two students in fourth and tenth…

Author: Associated Press

Sweeping new Federal vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans

By Zeke Miller

South Carolina tailback Harris returns after back surgery

No. 6 Clemson looks to address ‘details’ against SC State

Justice Dept. sues Texas over state’s new abortion law

By Michael Balsamo and Paul Weber

FDA delays decision on e-cigarettes from vaping giant Juul

By Matthew Perrone

Lawyer whose son and wife killed has law license suspended

By Jeffrey Collins

Dylann Roof seeks rehearing on church shooting conviction

By Meg Kinnard

South Carolina abortion law challenge backed by 20 states

By Meg Kinnard

AP source: Biden requiring federal workers to get COVID shot

Two SC children die from COVID-19

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