Author: Associated Press

Lizzo leads Grammy nominations with 8

The Grammys have announced the first nominees for its 2020 show, and contenders include Beyoncé and Taylor Swift

The Grammys are screaming “Cuz I Love You” to Lizzo: the breakthrough singer-rapper scored a whopping eight nominations, including bids for the top four awards, making her the show’s top-nominated act.

2nd horse stabbed and killed in northern South Carolina

CAMPOBELLO, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say two horses have recently been stabbed in northern South Carolina and investigators are trying to figure out if the attacks are related. In the most recent incident, owner Ann McGinnis told the Herald-Journal her quarter horse named Trigg had been cut on the leg down to the bone and was slashed so deep on…

AP Interview: Steyer’s fortune fuels underdog 2020 campaign, candidate visits SC

by Steve Peoples, Associated Press

BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — Tom Steyer says it’s “not possible” to buy the Democratic presidential nomination. Yet the elderly crowd gathered in the back of the Southern Barrel Brewing Company in this town near the South Carolina coast sure did appreciate the waitresses offering free iced tea and lemonade as they waited for the wealthy White House hopeful to take…

Lawyer for mother denies teen died being denied medical care

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say a South Carolina mother killed her 16-year-old daughter by withholding medical care to her during her life. But a lawyer for 32-year-old Kynika Green says the woman’s daughter had serious medical problems, wasn’t expected to live past age 1 and an autopsy showed the teen died of natural causes. Green was charged this month…