Retail sales suddenly booming
Retail sales are suddenly booming across the U.S.
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Groundhog winds up in claw machine
A claw prize machine at a Pennsylvania mini golf course recently got a huge upgrade.
T-Mobile to pay $60 million settlement for data breach
T-Mobile will pay a 60 million dollar settlement over alleged data breach coalitions.
Jobless claims fall for second straight week
Initial jobless claims fell for the second week in a row.
Family of woman killed by falling utility pole to receive $30M settlement
The family of a South Carolina woman struck in the head and killed by a rotting 70-year-old utility pole will get $30 million through a wrongful death settlement reached Thursday.
Harris is zeroing in on high food prices as inflation remains a big issue in the presidential race
Vice President Kamala Harris is zeroing in on high food prices as her campaign previews an economic policy speech that she will give in North Carolina on Friday, promising to push for a federal ban on price gouging on groceries.
White House says prescription drug deals will produce billions in savings for taxpayers, seniors
Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the lists prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs.
Vance and Walz agree to a vice presidential debate on Oct. 1 hosted by CBS News
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance have agreed to debate each other on Oct. 1, setting up a matchup of potential vice presidents as early voting in some states gets underway for the general election.
SCHP continues to investigate deadly golf cart accident
The SCHP continues t investigate a deadly accident in Lexington County involving a golf cart and pickup truck
School district invests in student athletes safety with the purchase of Guardian Caps
The Kershaw County School District has made an investment in the safety of student athletes, said the district.
"We started it with water beds" -- Vista icon Whit-Ash Furnishings set to close after 52 years
"So we've had a great store, and our customers have been so good, and our employees are fantastic. And we just tried to treat people the way you'd want to be treated, the way I want to be treated," he says.
Big Lots to close more than 300 locations
Big Lots is closing more than 300 locations across the U.S. or about 4% of its stores.
Flooring chain files bankruptcy, to close 94 stores
LL Flooring has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
3 years into a life sentence, Alex Murdaugh to get his day before the South Carolina Supreme Court
The appeals are just beginning for disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is almost three years into a life sentence without parole for killing his wife and son.
WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads
The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading.
Sweet and salty deal worth $30 billion would put M&M's and Snickers alongside Cheez-It and Pringles
M&M's maker Mars is buying Kellanova, the maker of Cheez-Its and Pop-Tarts, for nearly $30 billion, in an effort to broaden its snacking portfolio and expand globally.
SC climatologist speaks on drought, flooding after Tropical Storm Debby
Rainfall in South Carolina has seen increasing levels compared to recent years, and some record rainfall helped the Pee Dee region to get out of a severe drought.
US inflation slowed again in July, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates
Year-over-year inflation reached its lowest level in more than three years in July, the latest sign that the worst price spike in four decades is fading and setting up the Federal Reserve for an interest rate cut in September.
Judge rejects Donald Trump's latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal case
Donald Trump has lost his latest bid for a new judge in his New York hush money criminal case as it heads toward a key ruling and potential sentencing next month.
Presented with rise in border crossings, Harris chose a long-term approach to the problem
President Joe Biden, watching tens of thousands of migrants from Central America reach the U.S.-Mexico border just a few months into his administration, tapped his second-in-command to help address the influx — a decision that has exposed Vice President Kamala Harris to one of her biggest political liabilities.
