15 h. ago Inmate suffers bungled execution after firing squad misses target in South Carolina

Mikal Mahdi was killed last month by prison officials, but autopsy results indicated that executioners did not follow protocol and Mahdi endured prolonged pain.

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1 week ago Shooting in South Carolina tourist town of Myrtle Beach leaves 11 wounded, police fatally shoot 1

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A shooting in the popular South Carolina tourist town of Myrtle Beach left 11 people wounded, and police fatally shot one person, authorities said. Myrtle Beach officers responded to a disturbance involving multiple individuals Saturday night in which someone began firing a weapon. In a statement, the department said that “based […]

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3 w. ago Murdaugh accomplice pleads guilty to wire, bank fraud in South Carolina

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The banker accused of helping disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh hide millions of stolen funds pleaded guilty Friday to federal bank and wire fraud charges. Russell L. Laffitte, 54, entered the plea after convictions on the same charges were overturned by an appeals court last year. Laffitte was one of […]

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3 w. ago Leviathan Gold commences first phase of trenching at the Foča Project, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Recent Induced Polarization survey results show a clear chargeable feature approximately 75-100 metres in width coincident with a prominent ENE-WSW trending system of faults, upslope from an area of very high-grade silver, lead and zinc in float samples. Target is believed to represent a conduit for underlying Mississippi Valley Type or SEDEX mineralization. Renewal of […]

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3 w. ago ‘HE’S A MIRACLE’: Toddler in recovery after rare tumor removed from heart

A toddler from South Carolina is recovering after having surgery to remove a rare tumor in his heart that was described as “literally one in a million.” The parents of 21-month-old Rhody Tabor said the tumor, which began in his liver, moved through his blood vessels and into the right side of his heart, is […]

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4 w. ago South Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi cried out as the shots hit him, and his arms flexed. He groaned two more times […]

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