Author: Associated Press

SC announces the first flu death during spike in COVID-19 cases

Health experts say the victim died as a result of complications from influenza

(Associated Press) –The state’s first flu death of the season was announced Wednesday. The agency announced that an individual from the Pee Dee region has died from complications due to the flu. the person’s age and gender we not released. The Department of Health and Environmental Control (D-HEC) recommends everyone six months or older receive a flu vaccine. For more…

South Carolina schedules execution but doesn’t have drugs

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The state of South Carolina has scheduled what would be its first execution in nearly a decade, but corrections officials say they still don’t have any lethal injection drugs to carry out the execution. Richard Moore (SCDC) The state Supreme Court has scheduled the execution of Richard Bernard Moore for Dec. 4. The 54-year-old inmate has…

U.S. Sen. Grassley, 87, says he tested positive for coronavirus

In this Oct. 12, 2020 file photo, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator, says he is quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus. Grassley is 87. He did not say how he was exposed. (Kevin…

President Trump has fired the federal election security director who vouched for 2020 election

FILE – In this May 22, 2019 file photo, Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. “I have confidence that your vote is secure, that state and local election officials across this country are working day in and day out, 24/7, that the 2020 election is as secure as…