ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP is joining with the business school at Claflin University in Orangeburg to host an African American Economic Summit.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers began exploring the possible use of body cameras after the shooting of an unarmed black man in Ferguson, Missouri, last year.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County deputies say eight men forced their way into a home demanding money, burning three adults with hot kitchen utensils and putting a gun to a 1-month-old baby's head when the victims did not turn over some cash.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled same-sex marriage is the law of the land, the way is clear for same-sex couples who challenged South Carolina's gay marriage ban to seek tens of thousands of dollars in court costs.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler says groups that want to rally at the Statehouse should be required to get permission from state law enforcement.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The attorney general's office says state law already allows South Carolina's prisons agency to keep secret information on any company or pharmacist providing execution drugs.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A House panel's solution for putting more high-quality teachers in rural South Carolina classrooms could involve paying higher salaries.