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Failed nuclear contractor signs $21M deal, working with feds

Aug 30, 2021 11:03 AM EDT

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The chief contractor at a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina has agreed to pay more than $20 million as part of a cooperation agreement with federal authorities probing the fiasco.

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid in shambles

By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill and Janet McConnaughey

Aug 30, 2021 9:08 AM EDT

Associated Press,

Hurricane Ida kills at least one person in Louisiana and causes over a million power outages in two states.

Lawrence wraps preseason with 2 TDs, Jags beat Cowboys 34-14

Aug 29, 2021 5:44 PM EDT

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The former Clemson star had just one field goal to show for eight drives in his first two exhibition games. Lawrence changed that quickly four days after Meyer named him the starter.

US airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan

The United States military struck back at the Islamic State

Aug 27, 2021 9:42 PM EDT

Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The United States military struck back at the Islamic State , bombing an IS member in Afghanistan. The airstrike comes in retaliation for a devastating suicide bombing claimed by the group that killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 American service members at the Kabul airport Thursday. President Joe Biden said Thursday that the perpetrators cannot…

US forces keep up Kabul evacuation under threat of more attacks

Aug 27, 2021 6:54 PM EDT

Associated Press,

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – American forces working under heightened security and the threat of another attack are racing to complete the evacuation from Kabul’s airport, the day after a suicide bombing at the gates wrote a devastating final chapter to the war in Afghanistan. The death toll has risen to 169 Afghans, a number that could increase as authorities examine…

The Supreme Court rules to allow evictions to resume

The court blocks the Biden administration's temporary ban put in place due to the pandemic

Aug 26, 2021 10:15 PM EDT

Associated Press,

(AP) WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly 3.5 million people in the United States said they faced eviction in the next two months, according to Census Bureau data from early August….

Former deputy pleads guilty to assault

Aug 25, 2021 7:47 PM EDT

Associated Press,

Source: FCSO Florence Co., S.C. (AP)–A former police officer in South Carolina has been ordered to spend six months in prison for hitting a man under arrest and in handcuffs with his flashlight. Investigators say ex-Florence County deputy Brian Proffitt also left information about the beating out of his initial report in February 2019 and again in a follow up…

Surprise, surprise: Jaguars make Trevor Lawrence starting QB

Aug 25, 2021 2:56 PM EDT

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Urban Meyer assumed Trevor Lawrence would be his starting quarterback long before he even took the Jacksonville job.

Charleston church shooter’s death sentence upheld

A court has upheld Dylann Roof's death sentence in the Emanuel AME Church shootings

Aug 25, 2021 2:43 PM EDT

Associated Press,

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) –A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of a man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation. A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday affirmed Dylann Roof’s conviction and sentence in the shootings at Mother Emanuel AME…

ACLU sues over South Carolina ban on school mask mandates

Aug 24, 2021 3:13 PM EDT

Associated Press,

(AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit over a South Carolina law that bans school districts from imposing mask mandates. The lawsuit argues the ban effectively excludes vulnerable students from public schools and disproportionately impacts students with underlying health conditions or disabilities, who are at risk of becoming seriously ill if they contract COVID-19. South…

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Failed nuclear contractor signs $21M deal, working with feds

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid in shambles

By Rebecca Santana, Kevin McGill and Janet McConnaughey

Lawrence wraps preseason with 2 TDs, Jags beat Cowboys 34-14

US airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan

The United States military struck back at the Islamic State

US forces keep up Kabul evacuation under threat of more attacks

The Supreme Court rules to allow evictions to resume

The court blocks the Biden administration's temporary ban put in place due to the pandemic

Former deputy pleads guilty to assault

Surprise, surprise: Jaguars make Trevor Lawrence starting QB

Charleston church shooter’s death sentence upheld

A court has upheld Dylann Roof's death sentence in the Emanuel AME Church shootings

ACLU sues over South Carolina ban on school mask mandates

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