Senate Democrats have elected Chuck Schumer to be their new minority leader when Congress convenes in January. The New Yorker will be Washington’s most powerful Democrat as the party confronts an all-Republican government led by Donald Trump.
Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly said she did not come forward sooner with allegations of sexual harassment against former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes because it would have been a “suicide mission” professionally and she thought Ailes was interested in just her.
NEW YORK (AP) _ President-elect Donald Trump hadn’t been seen in public for days when he walked into New York’s 21 Club to applause from fellow diners. The unannounced evening out with family came amid suggestions of a less-than-smooth transition. Trump offered reassurances in a tweet, calling the process “very organized.” Before dinner, Trump met with the head of…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – After receiving an inundation of complaints from residents in parts of North Columbia, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department is trying to curb crime by implementing a grassroots approach. “Rather than just going out and stopping a bunch of cars and making arrests, what is the problem?” Senior Deputy Josh Duerkop said. “What’s bringing these people here? Why…
UNDATED (AP) – As drought dries up forests across the South with no sign of rainfall to help quench dozens of major wildfires, the Tennessee Valley Authority is banning burning on its public lands in seven states. That means no campfires, not even cigarette smoking, and cars can’t park off-road where a hot tailpipe could light up dry grass or…
(CNN)–A protest against the election of Donald Trump at Ohio State University was interrupted Monday evening when an anti-Trump demonstrator was tackled to the ground while making a speech. Video shows a man running down a staircase in the campus’ students’ union building before lunging towards the anti-Trump speaker. The suspect, who is a student at the college, was quickly…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The Columbia Fire Department is deploying personnel and equipment to fight wildfires in Pickens County. A spokesperson for the department says eight firefighters along with a command vehicle, support truck, and brush truck will be assigned to fight fires on Pinnacle Mountain. The Columbia Fire Department will join 40 other departments from around the state responding to…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The Department of Health and Environmental Control says smoke from wildfires across the southeast is prompting an Air Quality Action day. That means the air quality could reach unhealthy levels. The affected counties include Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville, Greenwood,Laurens, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Orangeburg, Pickens, Richland, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union, and…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO-TV) — The prosecution is wrapping up its case in the murder trial of Michael Slager. Prosecutors have called nearly 30 witnesses. The case being argued in a Charleston courtroom centers on the shooting of 50-year-old Walter Scott as he ran from a traffic stop. The prosecution argues it was murder. The defense contends the two men wrestled…
Rock Hill, S.C. (WSOC)–Rock Hill police have charged a man with DUI after they said he swerved all over the road before he sprayed AXE body spray into his mouth. According to a police report, just after midnight on Monday morning, an officer spotted Patrick Butler driving a silver Nissan Frontier erratically on Heckle Boulevard. Butler swerved to avoid a curb…
