No. 6 Clemson looks to address ‘details’ against SC State
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.
Author: Associated Press
Justice Dept. sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
By Michael Balsamo and Paul Weber
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
AP: Law firm: Attorney whose wife, son were killed took money
AP: Murdaugh's law firm said he took money from the business. PMPED law firm says Murdaugh is no longer associated with them.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A lawyer from a prominent South Carolina legal family who found his wife and son shot to death at their home three months ago and was injured when a bullet grazed his head as he changed a tire over the weekend says he is going to rehab. Alex Murdaugh’s statement Monday also said he “made a…
Denny Hamlin wins Southern 500 to open NASCAR Cup playoffs
Denny Hamlin shook off a difficult week in the best way possible — ending his season-long winless drought with a victory at the Southern 500 to open the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.
