AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/sc-state-wire-us-news-race-and-ethnicity-charleston-slavery-3e3d4a9cf077ae2cb45f2fa1dc517d5dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/sc-state-wire-us-news-race-and-ethnicity-charleston-slavery-3e3d4a9cf077ae2cb45f2fa1dc517d5dClick to copyRelated topicsCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Officials in the historic South Carolina city of Charleston voted unanimously Tuesday to remove a statue of former vice president and slavery advocate John C. Calhoun from a downtown square, the latest in a wave of actions arising from protests against racism and police brutality...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/sc-state-wire-us-news-race-and-ethnicity-charleston-slavery-3e3d4a9cf077ae2cb45f2fa1dc517d5dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/sc-state-wire-us-news-race-and-ethnicity-charleston-slavery-3e3d4a9cf077ae2cb45f2fa1dc517d5dClick to copyRelated topicsCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Officials in the historic South Carolina city of Charleston voted unanimously Tuesday to remove a statue of former vice president and slavery advocate John C. Calhoun from a downtown square, the latest in a wave of actions arising from protests against racism and police brutality...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-legislature-senate-elections-ap-top-news-jaime-harrison-80afcfd501b57f7df5df8ef3ae13ff62Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-legislature-senate-elections-ap-top-news-jaime-harrison-80afcfd501b57f7df5df8ef3ae13ff62Click to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — There’s an unusual feeling emerging among Democrats in South Carolina: energy.The party can be almost an afterthought in this deeply conservative state where Republicans control the governor’s office, both chambers of the Legislature and all but two seats in the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-legislature-senate-elections-ap-top-news-jaime-harrison-80afcfd501b57f7df5df8ef3ae13ff62Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-legislature-senate-elections-ap-top-news-jaime-harrison-80afcfd501b57f7df5df8ef3ae13ff62Click to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — There’s an unusual feeling emerging among Democrats in South Carolina: energy.The party can be almost an afterthought in this deeply conservative state where Republicans control the governor’s office, both chambers of the Legislature and all but two seats in the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/henry-mcmaster-political-action-committees-south-carolina-3842c8240713e9272470b43e588a7d1fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/henry-mcmaster-political-action-committees-south-carolina-3842c8240713e9272470b43e588a7d1fClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — John Warren, the businessman who nearly bested South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster for the GOP nomination two years ago, is launching a political action committee that could ultimately serve as the springboard for another effort to oust the incumbent, should Warren opt to run again. “Although...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/henry-mcmaster-political-action-committees-south-carolina-3842c8240713e9272470b43e588a7d1fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/henry-mcmaster-political-action-committees-south-carolina-3842c8240713e9272470b43e588a7d1fClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — John Warren, the businessman who nearly bested South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster for the GOP nomination two years ago, is launching a political action committee that could ultimately serve as the springboard for another effort to oust the incumbent, should Warren opt to run again. “Although...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-us-news-columbia-south-carolina-29886e0c4e4457e7b237a62f9e7af8c0Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-us-news-columbia-south-carolina-29886e0c4e4457e7b237a62f9e7af8c0Click to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A white Army non-commissioned officer depicted in a viral video accosting and shoving a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood has been charged with third-degree assault.Jonathan Pentland, 42, was charged Wednesday and listed as detained in the Richland County jail and issued a personal recognizance...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-us-news-columbia-south-carolina-29886e0c4e4457e7b237a62f9e7af8c0Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/race-and-ethnicity-us-news-columbia-south-carolina-29886e0c4e4457e7b237a62f9e7af8c0Click to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A white Army non-commissioned officer depicted in a viral video accosting and shoving a Black man in a South Carolina neighborhood has been charged with third-degree assault.Jonathan Pentland, 42, was charged Wednesday and listed as detained in the Richland County jail and issued a personal recognizance...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-orangeburg-south-carolina-united-nations-nikki-haley-fda929b5d69ab0a91b97edc62207bcfbClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-orangeburg-south-carolina-united-nations-nikki-haley-fda929b5d69ab0a91b97edc62207bcfbClick to copyRelated topicsORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, often mentioned as a possible 2024 GOP presidential contender, said Monday that she would not seek her party’s nomination if former President Donald Trump opts to run a second time.“Yes,” Haley said, when asked if...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-orangeburg-south-carolina-united-nations-nikki-haley-fda929b5d69ab0a91b97edc62207bcfbClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-orangeburg-south-carolina-united-nations-nikki-haley-fda929b5d69ab0a91b97edc62207bcfbClick to copyRelated topicsORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, often mentioned as a possible 2024 GOP presidential contender, said Monday that she would not seek her party’s nomination if former President Donald Trump opts to run a second time.“Yes,” Haley said, when asked if...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/phillip-adams-kills-5-then-himself-south-carolina-aaf71f2618f139ab3781592634c8e37cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/phillip-adams-kills-5-then-himself-south-carolina-aaf71f2618f139ab3781592634c8e37cClick to copyRelated topicsROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday.York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson told a news conference that investigators had not yet determined a motive for Wednesday’s mass shooting.“There’s...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/phillip-adams-kills-5-then-himself-south-carolina-aaf71f2618f139ab3781592634c8e37cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/phillip-adams-kills-5-then-himself-south-carolina-aaf71f2618f139ab3781592634c8e37cClick to copyRelated topicsROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday.York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson told a news conference that investigators had not yet determined a motive for Wednesday’s mass shooting.“There’s...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/phillip-adams-kills-5-then-himself-south-carolina-aaf71f2618f139ab3781592634c8e37cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/phillip-adams-kills-5-then-himself-south-carolina-aaf71f2618f139ab3781592634c8e37cClick to copyRelated topicsROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday.York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson told a news conference that investigators had not yet determined a motive for Wednesday’s mass shooting.“There’s...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/phillip-adams-kills-5-then-himself-south-carolina-aaf71f2618f139ab3781592634c8e37cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/phillip-adams-kills-5-then-himself-south-carolina-aaf71f2618f139ab3781592634c8e37cClick to copyRelated topicsROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Former NFL player Phillip Adams fatally shot five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren before killing himself early Thursday.York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson told a news conference that investigators had not yet determined a motive for Wednesday’s mass shooting.“There’s...WW…

TRENDING:Follow UsQuestion of the DayCOLUMBIA, S.C. — In his farewell speech to Congress on Thursday, freshman U.S. Rep. of South Carolina made it one for the road, cracking open a can of beer in a toast to his fellow members in a sign-off of his brief tenure.“For the betterment of this country, we have to come together, we have to sit down and listen to each other, and maybe even have a beer,” , a Democrat, said, reaching into his suit jacket and pulling out a can. “In the spirit of bipartisanship, of cooperation, I raise this glass to my colleagues, both Democrats and Republicans.”TOP...…TRENDING:Follow UsQuestion of the DayCOLUMBIA, S.C. — In his farewell speech to Congress on Thursday, freshman U.S. Rep. of South Carolina made it one for the road, cracking open a can of beer in a toast to his fellow members in a sign-off of his brief tenure.“For the betterment of this country, we have to come together, we have to sit down and listen to each other, and maybe even have a beer,” , a Democrat, said, reaching into his suit jacket and pulling out a can. “In the spirit of bipartisanship, of cooperation, I raise this glass to my colleagues, both Democrats and Republicans.”TOP...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-a9f90786291a8815f545cff56103989eClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-a9f90786291a8815f545cff56103989eClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In his farewell speech to Congress on Thursday, freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham of South Carolina made it one for the road, cracking open a can of beer in a toast to his fellow members in a sign-off of his brief tenure.“For the betterment of this country, we have to come together, we have to sit down and listen to each other, and maybe even have a beer,” Cunningham, a...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-a9f90786291a8815f545cff56103989eClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/south-carolina-a9f90786291a8815f545cff56103989eClick to copyRelated topicsCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — In his farewell speech to Congress on Thursday, freshman U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham of South Carolina made it one for the road, cracking open a can of beer in a toast to his fellow members in a sign-off of his brief tenure.“For the betterment of this country, we have to come together, we have to sit down and listen to each other, and maybe even have a beer,” Cunningham, a...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-senate-elections-georgia-elections-1731659a8256d16d2c52603b9ae08dabClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-senate-elections-georgia-elections-1731659a8256d16d2c52603b9ae08dabClick to copyRelated topicsAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Back in Georgia to rally electoral support for the state’s two Republican senators, Vice President Mike Pence told voters in Augusta on Thursday that returning the incumbents to Washington would secure a GOP Senate and help preserve what he characterized as the successes of the Trump...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-senate-elections-georgia-elections-1731659a8256d16d2c52603b9ae08dabClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-senate-elections-georgia-elections-1731659a8256d16d2c52603b9ae08dabClick to copyRelated topicsAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Back in Georgia to rally electoral support for the state’s two Republican senators, Vice President Mike Pence told voters in Augusta on Thursday that returning the incumbents to Washington would secure a GOP Senate and help preserve what he characterized as the successes of the Trump...WW…