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Columbia police officer fired after off-duty fight

Sep 2, 2015 8:00 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Columbia police officer has been fired after he was involved in an off-duty fight.

House Ethics: Harrell improperly paid lawyers from campaign

Sep 2, 2015 7:00 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The House Ethics Committee says former Speaker Bobby Harrell improperly paid his attorneys with campaign money and must pay nearly $113,500.

Scott to respond to SC Brig for Guantanamo Detainee

Sep 2, 2015 6:30 PM EDT

Kimberlei Davis

U.S. Senator Tim Scott will hold a press conference to address the surveying of a Charleston Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston as the new home for Guantanamo detainees.

Parents seek halt to 48-year-old’s gender reassignment

Sep 2, 2015 6:18 PM EDT

Associated Press

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) – A judge has temporarily blocked gender-reassignment surgery for a transgender woman from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, while he considers her parents’ request she be declared incompetent. A competency hearing was underway Wednesday for 48-year-old Christine Klaus Kitzler in suburban Philadelphia, where her surgery had been scheduled this week. Her parents, Klaus and Ingrid Kitzler, are looking…

Malloy, Tenenbaum to Serve as South Carolina Draft Biden Co-Chairs

Sep 2, 2015 5:55 PM EDT

Kimberlei Davis

An exploratory committee announced Wednesday that State Senator Gerald Malloy and former State Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum will serve as the Co-Chairs of the South Carolina Draft Biden movement.

Court hearing for 6 officers charged in death of Freddie Gray

Sep 2, 2015 5:21 PM EDT

Associated Press

A Baltimore judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss charges against six police officers facing criminal charges in connection with the death of a black man seriously injured in their custody. He also refused to remove the prosecutor in the case.