Author: Associated Press

2 East Carolina students among 3 killed in S Carolina wreck

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) – Authorities say two East Carolina students died in a wreck in South Carolina that also killed the driver of another car. Two other ECU students are hospitalized with serious injuries. The South Carolina Highway Patrol tells media outlets that two cars collided Friday on U.S. 15, just east of the Interstate 26-Interstate 95 junction in Orangeburg…

Cellphone jamming tested at South Carolina state prison

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal officials this week oversaw the test at a South Carolina prison of a cellphone signal jamming technology that some hope will help combat the threat posed by inmates with smuggled cellphones, officials told The Associated Press. The test took place over the course of five days in a housing unit at Broad River Correctional Institution,…

Nipsey Hussle, a hometown hero, immortalized at memorial

Nipsey Hussle, a hometown hero, immortalized at Los Angeles memorial and sprawling street procession

Nipsey Hussle’s legacy as a persistent rapper, community activist, uniter, a doting father, a protective sibling and a loving son were underscored at his public memorial service on Thursday, with deeply personal testimonies from those closest to the rapper, including his actress-fiancee Lauren London, collaborator and dear friend Snoop Dogg and his mother, who said she was at peace with the death of her “superhero” son.