WASHINGTON (AP) – The speedy Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has revived alarms about a resurgent al-Qaida and new terrorism threats against the U.S. The group’s danger to the United States had been eclipsed in the past two decades by other threats, but experts are concerned that al-Qaida could again be given unfettered safe harbor by the Taliban. The renewed attention…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Authorities say an inmate who had been on South Carolina’s death row for more than 37 years has died from a stroke. Donald Allen Jones (SCDC) Sixty-year-old Donald Allen Jones was convicted of killing a dairy owner in Lancaster he briefly worked for and raping his wife during a robbery in 1983. Jones was the second-longest…
Search crews worked through shattered homes and tangled debris on Monday, looking for about a dozen people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through rural Tennessee, killing at least 22 people.
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The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office says they are looking for individuals suspected of robbing Dollar General stores at gunpoint.
The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office says deputies in Fairfield County have arrest warrants for a man wanted for attempted murder.
The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office says they were involved in a vehicle pursuit on I-20 that came from Lee County.
The Newberry County Sheriff’s Office says 15 individuals have been arrested in connection with an investigation into a check cashing ring. Authorities say this scheme defrauded banks and businesses out of over $70,000.
Congressman Jim Clyburn: “FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine reinforces what we already knew: coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective at saving lives from this deadly disease… It is my hope that today’s news will dispel any remaining doubts unvaccinated Americans may have about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, help them recognize the falsity of dangerous misinformation, and lead them to get vaccinated without delay.”
