WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democrats' sweeping attempt to rewrite U.S. election and voting law has suffered a major setback in the U.S. Senate. The bill failed in a key test vote Tuesday, blocked by a filibuster wall of Republican opposition.…
The Supreme Court is backing Nestle and Cargill and threw out a child slave labor lawsuit against both of the companies.
Columbia, SC (Associated Press) -- South Carolina lawmakers are considering a bill to let mental health professionals refuse to provide care that violates their religious beliefs. The legislation was introduced in response to a…
(CNN) -- The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, has been saved by a Supreme Court decision. In a 7 to 2 vote, the Justices kept the health care law intact,…
LONDON (AP) — Scotch single malt whisky makers breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after the United States agreed to suspend tariffs on one of Scotland’s main exports in the wake of the resolution of a long-standing transatlantic trade row…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)--The controversial practice of conversion therapy is now banned in the city of Columbia. Tuesday afternoon the Columbia City Council voted four to three to pass the ordinance which prohibits…
Bruce Brown, second from right executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, speaks accompanied by Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan, left, Washington Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee, Washington Post general counsel Jay…
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Israel's parliament has voted in favor of a new coalition government, formally ending prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's historic 12-year-rule. Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu turned bitter rival, becomes prime minster, presiding over a diverse and fragile…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A group of state senators investigating South Carolina's juvenile prison system have voted they have no confidence in Department of Juvenile Justice Director Freddie Pough. The vote Wednesday by a Senate subcommittee investigating the agency came…
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) - A federal judge in South Carolina is considering a bid to block the upcoming electrocutions of two prisoners under the state's recently revised capital punishment law. U.S. District Judge Bryan Harwell heard arguments Wednesday on whether…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina judge is refusing to block two executions set for later this month. The two condemned inmates, both men, have sued the state over a new law effectively forcing prisoners to choose between the…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says the U.S. will swiftly share millions more doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world. The U.S. will be directing most of the excess doses through the lagging United Nations-backed international COVAX program. This…
BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina state Sen. Mia McLeod says she's the person who can become the United States' first Black female governor. The Columbia Democrat is officially launching her campaign on Thursday. In an exclusive interview, McLeod told…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has issued an execution date for a death row inmate suing the state over a new law forcing inmates to choose between a firing squad or the electric chair. Court documents…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pressure is mounting on Democrats to end the practice of requiring 60 votes to move legislation through the Senate if they hope to advance President Joe Biden's agenda. Earlier Friday, Republicans blocked a bill that would have…
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