More and more businesses are mandating vaccines for their employees. According to the popular job hunting site Indeed, job postings that list COVID-19 vaccination as a requirement shot up 34% in the first week of August compared to the month before.
According to SLED, an Orangeburg County man has been charged with manslaughter and other crimes for a shooting that took place in Hampton County earlier this month.
President Joe Biden said Monday that he stands “squarely behind” his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan and that the government’s collapse was quicker than anticipated.
President Joe Biden’s administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food aid available to needy families — the largest single increase in the program’s history. Starting in October, average benefits for food stamps will rise more than 25% above pre-pandemic levels.
The Richland County Sheriff’s Department says one man is dead after a shooting that took place Sunday morning in the 2000 block of Dominion Drive.
The South Carolina School Board Association says it is calling on the State General Assembly to empower local school boards and districts to make decisions regarding the health and safety of their school communities concerning COVID-19.
With hundreds of South Carolina students already quarantined for COVID-19 at the start of the fall semester, some local governments are considering joining the capital city of Columbia in requiring masks in schools despite a state budget proviso that bans districts from doing so without risking funding.
A South Carolina-based pharmaceutical manufacturer that has offered coronavirus vaccines to the public and run thousands of COVID-19 tests throughout the pandemic will now require all of its employees to get inoculated.
President Joe Biden will address the nation on Monday about the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan, after the planned withdrawal of American forces turned deadly at Kabul’s airport as thousands tried to flee the country after the Taliban’s takeover.
DHEC reports 3,177 new cases of COVID-19 and 19 additional deaths in South Carolina.
