Meg Kinnard | Associated Press
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Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the 2015 massacre.
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster brought in more than $1 million in the most recent fundraising quarter. That figure eclipsed the amount one of his Democratic challengers has raised overall since launching his campaign.
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The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied a request by South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson that a law prohibiting school mask mandates be allowed to take effect while a lawsuit continues.
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South Carolina officials who have been sued over a law banning school districts from issuing face mask mandates say that they should be removed from pending litigation. That’s the argument made in recent court filings from Gov. Henry McMaster, Attorney General Alan Wilson and others being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a man on federal death row for the racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation.
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A leading anti-abortion group has picked South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster as its first gubernatorial endorsement in next year’s elections, part of a broader strategy to seed top state jobs with abortion opponents as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to give states more power over the issue.
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster says that he sees a city-enforced school mask mandate as a violation of state law. South Carolina’s capital city on Thursday ratified an ordinance mandating the use of masks in Columbia elementary and middle schools for at least the beginning of the school year. Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin says the move will help protect children who are too young to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Rep. Ralph Norman, one of the three congressional Republicans suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi over fines for not wearing masks during a vote on the U.S. House floor, has contracted a breakthrough case of COVID-19, the second member of South Carolina's delegation to do so.
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The state's top prosecutor says the University of South Carolina can’t lawfully require students and staff to wear face coverings on campus this fall, despite increasing cases of coronavirus, thanks to recent legislative action. University officials said last week they would require “face coverings to be worn at all times inside all campus buildings" except dorms, private offices or dining halls.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham has tested positive for the coronavirus. The South Carolina Republican is the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated.