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Columbia hosts Delaware State after Robinson's 30-point game
Delaware State Hornets (0-1) at Columbia Lions (2-0) New York; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: The Delaware State play Columbia after Martez Robinson scored 30 points in Delaware State's 83-60 loss to the Virginia Tech Hokies. Columbia finished 13-14...
AP Race Call: Democrat James Clyburn wins reelection to U.S. House in South Carolina's 6th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing South Carolina on Tuesday. The sole Democrat in the state's congressional delegation, Clyburn is also its dean. He has represented the district stretching from Charleston to Columbia, including majority Black rural areas, since 1993....
US Rep. Nancy Mace wins a third term as she cements her support in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace on Tuesday cemented her hold on her seat in a state that doesn’t mind sending people back to Congress for decades. Mace defeated Democratic businessman and former International African American Museum CEO...
AP Race Call: Republican Joe Wilson wins reelection to U.S. House in South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District
Republican Rep. Joe Wilson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing South Carolina on Tuesday. Wilson has represented the state's 2nd District, which includes suburban areas around Columbia west and south toward Aiken, since 2001. He is a member of the House Republican Policy Committee and received...
Authorities used justified force in 5 shootings, Mississippi attorney general says
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officers were justified in using force in five shootings in Mississippi from 2021 to 2023, including a shootout that involved an escaped inmate, state Attorney General Lynn Fitch said Monday. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation examined...
Justices refuse to stop execution of South Carolina inmate who says the jury was racially biased
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of South Carolina inmate Richard Moore, a Black inmate whose lawyers say he is the only person on the death's death row convicted by a jury with no African American members. There were no...
1960s civil rights protesters who staged historic sit-in finally have arrest records cleared
Simon Bouie told his mother and grandmother he wasn't going to get in trouble back in 1960. Then the Black Benedict College student sat at a whites-only lunch counter in South Carolina and got himself arrested. Finally on Friday, that arrest and the records of six of his friends were...
South Carolina man gets life in prison in killing of Black transgender woman
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man was sentenced to life in federal prison Thursday in the killing of a Black transgender woman after the exposure of their secret sexual relationship. U.S. District Judge Sherri A. Lydon sentenced Daqua Lameek Ritter in federal court in...
Family looks for missing Broadway dancer Zelig Williams in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A family in South Carolina pleaded for help Wednesday in finding Broadway dancer Zelig Williams, whose disappearance nearly two weeks ago has also drawn the concern of the broader theater community, including Hugh Jackman. Williams, who danced in New York...
Federal court rejects Murdaugh's appeal that 40 years is too harsh for stealing millions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal court has rejected Alex Murdaugh's request to throw out his 40-year sentence for stealing from clients and his law firm. The disgraced South Carolina lawyer said his punishment is a decade longer than what prosecutors recommended. U.S. District Judge...
