U.S. health officials say fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks outdoors anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s population has grown by double-digit percentage points for the fifth decade in a row, but that wasn’t enough for the state to add another U.S. House seat. The U.S. Census Bureau says South Carolina had 5,118,425 people as of April 1. The state grew by 10.7% from 2010, adding nearly 500,000 people. South Carolina…
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Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham has announced he will vie for his party’s nomination for the 2022 South Carolina governor’s race.
South Carolina senators are getting ready to debate a state budget that ended up with a lot more money that expected. Debate begins Tuesday on the roughly $10 billion spending plan that starts July 1.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota court has set a June sentencing date for Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. Online court records say Chauvin will be sentenced on June 16 at 1:30 p.m., by Judge Peter Cahill, the Hennepin County judge who oversaw the trial. Chauvin, 45, was convicted Tuesday of…
A U.S. health panel says it’s time to resume use of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, despite a very rare risk of blood clots. Out of nearly 8 million people vaccinated before the U.S. suspended J&J’s shot, health officials uncovered 15 cases of a highly unusual kind of blood clot, three of them fatal.
Jacksonville’s draft prospects helped lure Urban Meyer out of coaching retirement.
The South Carolina House is sending a bill preventing people with COVID-19 from suing businesses and other groups to the governor’s desk. The proposal protects businesses as long as they follow guidelines to protect people from the virus.
U.S. authorities are weighing whether to resume the Johnson & Johnson vaccine more than a week after a pause was issued out of an abundance of caution. A government advisory panel is discussing a possible link between J&J’s shot and a handful of vaccine recipients who developed highly unusual blood clots. New guidance is expected later in the day.
