Raw feelings abound as Senate turns back to Russia probe
Two Republican-led Senate committees have launched election-year investigations into the Justice Department’s Russia probe.
Politics
Biden moves closer to formally winning Democratic nomination
Joe Biden is on the cusp of formally securing the Democratic presidential nomination after winning hundreds of delegates in primaries Tuesday.
Joe Biden speaks on the unrest across US as protests call for justice
"I won’t fan the flames of hate," Biden said.
By John Verhovek and Molly Nagle ABC News – Following a week of nationwide unrest and protests following the death of George Floyd, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and former vice president Joe Biden delivered an emotional speech Tuesday morning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, condemning President Donald Trump, and addressing what he describes as a “wake-up call” for a country upended by…
President Trump took shelter in White House bunker as protests raged
Secret Service agents rushed President Trump to a White House bunker on Friday as hundreds of protestors gathered.
US Senator Tim Scott: “Protestors be heard, be seen but be orderly”
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– In a briefing Sunday, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, along with State and Local leaders, gathered to address Saturday’s violent eruptions in Columbia and Charleston. Senator Tim Scott was on hand to deliver a message to South Carolina. The Republican Senator said, we as a state cannot tolerate violence. Scott said “if we are going to make…
Funeral protests held for COVID-19 victims
SC is just one of several places across the country that have held similar protests
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — protestors are holding a funeral procession for the victims of COVID-19. The procession began at Leevy’s Funeral Home and ended at Senator Lindsey Graham’s campaign office on Hampton Street in downtown Columbia. Protests began across the country on May 20, as a day of mourning and an attempt to hold President Donald Trump and Senator Lindsey…
McMaster updates SC’s response to Coronavirus, issues new State of Emergency
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster updated the state’s response to the Coronavirus Thursday afternoon. McMaster announced that there are still closures in the state, including schools and entertainment venues. McMaster announced he has issued a new State of Emergency that will focus on a new phase of the Coronavirus, including social distancing guidelines and outlining those at…
Trump, downplaying deaths, once claimed US would never see 100,000 milestone
Trump suggested throughout April the country wouldn't reach 100,000 deaths.
In just under four months, more than 100,000 Americans are now reported to have died from the novel coronavirus, a grim milestone President Donald Trump once suggested the country would never see.
Fauci: we could have a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year
(ABC NEWS) – Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN on Wednesday morning that he thinks “we have a good chance — if all the things fall in the right place — that we might have a vaccine that would be deployable by the end of the year.” The World Health Organization…
DHEC director resigns
Courtesy:SCDHEC Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– The man at the helm of the state health agency is resigning in the middle of a pandemic. This is breaking news and we will continue to follow developments. Director Rick Toomey’s resignation was approved Wednesday during the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental control’s scheduled board meeting. Toomey says he is stepping down due…
