Author: Associated Press

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…

S.C. man convicted of slaying, dismembering teen roommate

LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) – A South Carolina man convicted of killing his teenage roommate and disposing of the body has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Christopher Allen Holford, 33, pleaded guilty to murder Thursday in the February 2018 death of 18-year-old Austin Tyler Steele. Authorities say the two men lived in a mobile home near Lancaster, along with…