Carolina RB McCaffrey suffers hamstring injury at Texans
Carolina running back Christian McCaffrey left Thursday night’s game against the Houston Texans with a hamstring injury and did not return.
Author: Associated Press
Slain woman Gabby Petito’s boyfriend indicted for bank fraud
By Matthew Brown
Federal officials say the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, whose body was found at a national park in Wyoming after a cross country trip with him, has been indicted for unauthorized use of a debit card as searchers continued looking for him in Florida swampland.
US sets the stage for COVID booster shots for millions
By Lauran Neergaard and Mike Stobbe
The advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the extra doses for people 65 and older, nursing home residents, and people who are 50 to 64 with underlying medical conditions. It also said boosters can be offered to people 18 to 49 with underlying conditions.
CDC advisers try to work out the details on booster shots
By Lauran Neergaard and Mike Stobbe
With booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine now authorized in the U.S., government advisers reconvened on Thursday to tackle the most contentious question yet: Exactly who should roll up their sleeves right away?
S. Carolina senators hear testimony on COVID-19 treatments
By Michelle Liu
As South Carolina continues to grapple with thousands of new coronavirus cases that have burdened hospitals and disrupted schools, the panel of lawmakers that oversees medical issues is gathering testimony from people who want greater access to unproven alternative COVID-19 treatments not currently recommended by public health officials.
Lawsuits: Murdaugh used attorney friend to manipulate
By Jeffrey Collins
A South Carolina lawyer charged with trying to arrange his own death steered the family of a housekeeper who died in his home to use a longtime friend as their attorney without revealing their friendship and then tried to take a $4 million settlement, according to the family’s lawyer. Alex Murdaugh also tried to convince a friend of his son to use the same lawyer again without revealing their friendship as investigators tried to sort out who was driving a boat in a 2019 fatal crash, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
South Carolina’s Confederate monument protection law upheld
By Jeffrey Collins
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law preventing anyone from moving a Confederate monument or changing the historical name of a street or building without the Legislature’s permission is legal.
CDC panel tackles who needs booster shot of COVID vaccine
By Lauran Neergaard and Mike Stobbe
An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention convened on Wednesday to debate which Americans should get COVID-19 booster shots and when — a question that has proved more contentious than the Biden administration apparently expected.
Biden doubles US global donation of COVID-19 vaccine shots
By Zeke Miller
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embraces the goal of vaccinating 70% of the global population within the next year.
South Carolina agencies to get grants to help crime victims
Millions of dollars in government grants will soon flow to a variety of agencies that work with crime victims, state officials announced.
