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Swimming advisory repealed

Rob Dew,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–  A swimming advisory issued Thursday for parts of the Congaree and Saluda rivers has been repealed. The Midlands Rivers Coalition says follow-up water quality samples collected at sites that had shown elevated bacteria levels all met the state standard for swimming. On Thursday, ABC Columbia’s Tim Scott spoke with officials on what these advisories mean, and what…
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics will award medals made out of recycled cell phones

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(CNN) – The Tokyo 2020 Games are not far away and we’re learning more about the medals they will award. They all started off as a massive pile of old technology. The Tokyo Summer Olympics Organizing Committee unveiled the design of the medals on Wednesday. They’re made entirely from from over 78,000 tons of recycled electronics, including over 6 million…
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CDC says number of women having babies is at all time low

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COLUMBIA, SC (CNN) — A new report says American women are having fewer babies than ever before. The study from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the nation’s fertility rate dropped to an all-time low last year. The rate measures the number of live births per one-thousand women. It recorded a two-percent decline. Categories: National News
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Columbia Airport unveils new blended lane system

ABC Columbia Staff,

Courtesy: CAE COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — The Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE) announces new ” Blended Lane” system airport officials say will offer TSA Pre-check passengers the same security processing guidelines, regardless of which lane they get into from the checkpoint. Officials say the “Blended Lane” system was recently introduced by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and was created to provide…
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ASAP Rocky to remain in jail until trial next week

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(CNN) — – Swedish officials have decided ASAP Rocky will stay in jail on assault charges until his trial next week. The 30-year-old has been in custody since July third after a June 30th brawl in which his lawyer claims  ASAP Rocky was defending himself after being assaulted. President Trump has called for the rappers release but Swedish authorities say…