Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear masks inside school buildings, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines.
President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Friday phone call that he must “take action” against cybercriminals acting in his country and that the U.S. reserves the right to “defend its people and its critical infrastructure,” the White House said.
Governor Henry McMaster says he doesn’t want the federal government sending people door-to-door to convince residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19. McMaster asked DHEC on Friday to ban state and local health care groups from using door-to-door tactics suggested by President Joe Biden earlier this week.
The Phoenix Suns have never been closer to an NBA title.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina police officer involved in the arrests of two men last month that prompted several days of protests has been fired. Prosecutors said Thursday that Jonathan Moreno of the Rock Hill Police Department also faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery. Moreno was one of several officers seen in a Facebook video wrestling…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – Tropical Storm Elsa is carving a destructive path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida and spinning up a tornado in Georgia that flipped recreational vehicles, tossing one of them into a lake. One person was killed in Jacksonville, Florida, when a tree fell on a car. Elsa gained strength Thursday…
President Joe Biden on Thursday said the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on Aug. 31, saying “speed is safety” as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year war.
A South Carolina man has been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison after pleading guilty to taking part in violence that erupted last summer in Charleston following the death of George Floyd.
Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday.
Oregon’s death toll from last weekend’s record-smashing Pacific Northwest heat wave has risen to 116.
