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After targeting critical race theory, some South Carolina lawmakers want to take aim at college diversity initiatives

COLUMBIA, S.C. — At the University of South Carolina, the state’s flagship college is working to add Braille to nameplates outside professors’ offices after a number of blind and low-vision students said they were having trouble attending office hours.

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Court order halts horseshoe crab harvesting on many SC beaches, protecting red knots

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dozens of critical habitat areas for threatened shorebirds will be protected after a U.S. District Court in Charleston handed down an order prohibiting three groups from harvesting horseshoe crabs on several of South Carolina’s beaches this season.

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Here’s what we know about the first Stephen Smith autopsy and the SC pathologist who performed it

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Before dawn on a steamy July day in 2015, Hampton County coroner Ernie Washington was called to an area of pine trees and cornfields, where a young man’s body was sprawled in the middle of the road.

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Arrests made after 6 wounded in ‘senior skip day’ shooting on South Carolina beach

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As many as six people were wounded in a shooting Friday along the Isle of Palms beach as hundreds of high school students from Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties were enjoying a traditional spring day of cutting class.

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Smith, Murdaugh’s alleged accomplice in fraud schemes, will get out of South Carolina jail on bond

COLUMBIA, S.C. — After 235 days behind bars, Curtis “Eddie” Smith, whom indictments allege was Alex Murdaugh’s accomplice in various money laundering, drug and fraud schemes, can get out of jail on $250,000 bond — if he behaves himself, a state judge said Monday.

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This SC city is the best for outdoor weddings in the US, new ranking shows. Why is it so special?

COLUMBIA, S.C. — It’s no secret that South Carolina is known for its many beautiful attributes and accolades for ‘best of’ nationwide.

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Should SC’s governor have say over judges? Dem lawmaker joins calls to shake up process

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina Democrat is joining calls to give the governor more power and say over the election of state judges.

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Alex Murdaugh moved to protective custody unit at South Carolina prison after double-murder conviction

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh has been transferred to a protective custody unit in a maximum security facility within the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

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Utility that sued customer after she complained about drinking water loses in court

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina utility that sued one of its customers for complaining about the quality of the drinking water she receives has lost in court after three years of legal disputes.

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This SC city ranks higher than Disneyland on list of 10 best US spring break vacation spots

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The magazine Good Housekeeping picked the 10 best places in the United States to go for spring break.

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‘His body is a crime scene’: Exhumation plans proceeding in Stephen Smith’s 2015 killing

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Plans to exhume Stephen Smith’s body are proceeding rapidly and will involve a team of state and national experts, one of the attorneys for Stephen Smith’s mother said Friday.

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South Carolina’s top accountant to resign after $3.5 billion accounting error

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s top accountant Richard Eckstrom says he will resign effective April 30 after disclosing to state lawmakers that he inflated the state’s cash balances for a decade, eventually reaching about $3.5 billion.

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South Carolina GOP senators consider ban on transgender care for children, joining a growing list of states

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A group of South Carolina Republican lawmakers are looking to join a handful of other states that have passed restrictions on certain medical care for transgender children.

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SLED investigating Stephen Smith’s death as a murder, says teen did not die by hit-and-run

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel confirmed Tuesday night that his agency is now investigating the 2015 death of Hampton County teen Stephen Smith as a murder.

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He chronicles SC’s Black history. It began with his great-grandfather

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Some begin their day with a cup of coffee. Every morning when he wakes up, Bobby Donaldson checks the obituaries.

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‘This has gone on far too long.’ Buster Murdaugh speaks out on Stephen Smith’s death

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Buster Murdaugh on Monday publicly denied being involved in the death of a teenager hours before Stephen Smith’s mother and her attorneys held a news conference.

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Mizzou linebacker Chad Bailey arrested for DWI

Missouri linebacker Chad Bailey was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Sunday morning in Columbia.

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Meet the lawmaker who wants to make abortion in South Carolina akin to murder

COLUMBIA, S.C. — When Rob Harris unseated longtime South Carolina House member Rita Allison last year he said, “We’re going to change some things, so people better buckle up.”

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South Carolina bill says women could face the death penalty for getting an abortion. Could it pass?

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A House bill that potentially could sentence a woman to death for having an abortion has very low odds, or maybe no chance, of actually passing, South Carolina legislative leaders say.

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South Carolina women who get abortions would be eligible for the death penalty under proposed bill

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Women who get an abortion in South Carolina would be eligible for the death penalty if a proposal at the State House becomes law.

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Parents sue after SC student says teacher assaulted her for not saying Pledge of Allegiance

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 15-year-old student at River Bluff High School says she was physically assaulted by a teacher for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

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‘Unsettling and frightening’: Buster Murdaugh asks to be left out of future police reports

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Ongoing media attention following the conviction of his father for double murder has prompted Buster Murdaugh to ask the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office that he not be associated with future police reports.

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Alex Murdaugh formally says he will appeal double murder convictions

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lawyers for Alex Murdaugh filed paperwork Thursday indicating that he will appeal his convictions in the murders of his wife and son.

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Double killer Alex Murdaugh placed in secure area of prison over fears he'll be attacked

Authorities fear the infamy of the case that gripped the nation will make Alex Murdaugh, who brutally killed his wife Maggie and their son Paul, a target for other inmates in Columbia, South Carolina, US

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2 SC survivors of Mexico kidnapping identified; remains of 2 who were killed not returned yet

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two of four South Carolina natives kidnapped in Mexico were being treated in a Brownsville, Texas, hospital Tuesday, while State Department officials worked to have the remains of the two who were killed returned, officials say.

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