Author: Associated Press

AP: Mom gets 40 years in deaths of 2 babies left in trash bags

A South Carolina mother who skipped the trial where she was convicted of homicide by child abuse for throwing two of her newborns away in trash bags moments after they born will spend 40 years in prison. Alyssa Dayvault’s sentence was handed down Thursday. She turned herself in the day after her trial ended.

Mace becomes SC’s first Republican woman elected to Congress

U.S. House candidate Nancy Mace addresses supporters outside a Waffle House where the Republican once worked on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Ladson, S.C. Mace defeated Democratic U.S. House Rep. Joe Cunningham in South Carolina’s 1st District. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) LADSON, S.C. (AP) – Nancy Mace has become the first Republican woman ever elected to Congress in South Carolina. Her…