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Hate crime legislation making way through SC Senate

Hate Crime legislation continues to make its way through the South Carolina Senate

After passing in the House, hate crime legislation is now making its way through the South Carolina Senate. Wednesday morning, a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee heard testimony from various organizations and the business community in favor of passing the bill that would create harsher penalties for crimes based on race, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity.

COVID-19 vaccine may cause confusion, alarm for women receiving mammogram results

COLUMBIA (WOLO): A side effect from the COVID-19 vaccine is swollen lymph nodes, which can mirror the signs of breast cancer on a routine screening. Director of Breast Imaging at Prisma Health, Dr. Douglas Bull, says it’s no reason for concern.   “That’s really an understandable phenomenon; it probably happens in a lot of vaccines because it’s a normal body response…

Outer fencing around U.S. Capitol removed

Fencing installed around the United States Capitol after the violent security breach is being scaled back. Capitol Police tweeted all of the fencing surrounding the outer perimeter of the Capitol has now been taken down.