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Half of all South Carolinians eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine are now fully inoculated. The milestone announced Thursday by the state Department of Health and Environmental Control comes as a recent spike in cases driven by the delta variant has begun to decline.
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Upstate Granite Solutions/FacebookAuthorities in South Carolina say a large granite monument honoring 9/11 victims was defaced by vandals who spray-painted “Taliban" on it in two places. -
James Willamor/FlickrTwo of the South's most picturesque destinations have topped a major travel magazine's list of best U.S. cities. Readers of Travel + Leisure ranked Charleston, South Carolina, No. 1 on its list of the top 15 cities in the U.S. Coming in at No. 3 was a Southern neighbor — Savannah, Georgia.
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Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey says he thinks Biden's order will be overturned before lawmakers could return. South Carolina is in the bottom 10 in the U.S. in percentage of fully vaccinated people at just under 45%. -
At least two children in South Carolina have died of COVID-19 this month as schools have reported thousands of cases among students and staff.
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A lawyer from a prominent South Carolina legal family who found his wife and son shot to death at their home three months ago and was injured when a bullet grazed his head as he changed a tire over the weekend says he is going to rehab.
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A family attorney says a lawyer from a prominent South Carolina legal family who found his wife and son shot to death at their home three months ago has been shot in the head and wounded. Attorney Jim Griffin told The State newspaper that Alex Murdaugh was shot Saturday after he had car trouble en route to Charleston.
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The National Guard is sending help to a South Carolina hospital system where a surge in COVID-19 patients is overwhelming emergency departments. Tidelands Health says it needs the extra hands because both of its hospitals have topped 100% capacity and emergency rooms now serve as holding areas when beds aren't available.
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The South Carolina Supreme Court has tossed out a school mask mandate by the city of Columbia. The high court ruled Thursday that the Columbia ordinance conflicts with a state budget requirement measure aimed at preventing face covering requirements.
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said Wednesday that a former clerk for a South Carolina town has been arrested for embezzlement after allegedly buying personal items worth more than $200,000 with the town’s credit card.
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South Carolina's highest court is considering two challenges to a state rule limiting the ability of school districts to require masks for students and educators. The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday over the state legislature's June decision to write a state budget item threatening school districts with withholding state money if they required masks.
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The chief contractor at a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina has agreed to pay more than $20 million as part of a cooperation agreement with federal authorities probing the fiasco.
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The number of new COVID-19 cases in South Carolina are reaching levels only seen in the worst days of the pandemic before vaccines were widely available. Health officials said there were 6,697 new cases of the disease reported Friday in South Carolina. The only days with more cases reported since the pandemic started 18 months ago were 7,680 cases on Jan. 6 and 7,450 cases on Jan. 8.
