An ambitious economic agenda took center stage during President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress. He’s now headed out to key swing states to sell it, while making it clear he wants lawmakers to move it forward.
The Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to ban menthol flavored cigarettes and all flavored cigars within the next year. Ultimately, the goal is to reduce disease and death from those products.
Police in North Carolina arrested at least five people Wednesday night after protests for the police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. turned confrontational. Elizabeth City authorities cited curfew violations for taking protesters who were still on the street after 11 p.m. into custody.
The families of several victims of police violence, including George Floyd’s family, had a meeting with U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott of South Carolina Thursday afternoon. Those families say they were discussing negotiations over legislation related to police reform.
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The U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan is now formally underway. U.S. air crafts have moved fewer than 100 troops, military equipment contractors and government workers from the country.
The Sumter Police Department says a repairman from Wedgefield has been arrested after he was accused of inappropriately a girl under the age of eight.
The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office says they are looking for a man with an outstanding warrant.
A small group of South Carolina senators has approved a bill that would allow licensed people to openly carry pistols and not hide them under a jacket. The 3-2 vote Thursday along party lines kept alive hopes in 2021 that the Senate could pass the House-approved bill.
Horry County Police Dept. have taken Terry Brady, the suspect wanted in an active shooting situation on Highway 544 near Conway, into custody following an active shooting situation.
