2 h. ago South Carolina judge speaks out after $1.5 million home was destroyed in ‘explosion’

Judge Diane Goodstein’s house in Edisto Beach burned to the ground at the weekend, forcing her loved ones to jump from windows to safety

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3 h. ago Agents investigate cause of fire that destroyed judge's home on South Carolina island

State investigators are trying to find the cause of a fire that destroyed a judge's home on a South Carolina island

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7 h. ago Teen killed and man injured in two separate shootings at South Carolina State University

Gunshots were heard on Saturday evening near an on-campus housing facility with off-campus students being urged to stay away

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10 h. ago South Carolina judge’s $1.5m home destroyed in huge fire with family forced to jump out of window

Circuit court justice Diane Goodstein, who ruled against Trump administration last month, was out walking when mansion erupted into flames

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39 h. ago South Carolina State University sealed off as 'gunshots heard' near student housing

South Carolina State University is on lockdown following reports of a shooting on campus Saturday night. The reported gunshots came from student housing

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3 d. ago Diddy bursts into tears as children speak at disastrous sentencing where judge has hinted at lengthy prison stint

LIVE UPDATES: Sean 'Diddy' Combs faces sentencing today for crimes prosecutors say deserve more than a decade behind bars as the pleads for 'mercy' and a swift release.

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5 d. ago Georgia farmers will get $531M in Hurricane Helene aid, but the deal's not done yet

Georgia farmers are still waiting for aid after Hurricane Helene, even as other states finalize agreements

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5 d. ago Woman wins big after store clerk gave her wrong lottery ticket

‘If the clerk hadn’t made a mistake, I wouldn’t have won’

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6 d. ago South Carolina prosecutor seeks death penalty in murder case after Biden reduced sentence to life

A local prosecutor in South Carolina plans to seek the death penalty against a man whose federal death sentence for killing two bank employees was commuted to life in prison by President Joe Biden

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6 d. ago Republican legislator admits sending hundreds of child sex abuse videos between work emails

RJ May is accused of using the screen name ‘joebidennnn69’ to exchange 220 different files of children

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7 d. ago US House members hear pleas for tougher justice policies after stabbing death of refugee

U.S. House members have met in North Carolina's largest city to hear from families of violent-crime victims

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7 d. ago Lindsey Graham dredges up the most explicitly lurid claim ever made against Trump in TV interview

South Carolina senator, a Trump loyalist, was discussing the case against former FBI director James Comey when he brought up the sordid and debunked dossier claim

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7 d. ago Taliban commander's nephew granted asylum in UK can be joined by SEVEN family members even though none can speak English, judge rules

None of them speak English, and a tribunal accepted they would place 'a significant burden upon the public purse' if they were allowed to move to the UK.

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8 d. ago US on watch as impending Tropical Storm Imelda threatens south

Weather system expected to become tropical storm as Hurricane Humberto weakens but still remains category 4A weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda later on Sunday before approaching the coast of South Carolina as a hurricane in the coming days was causing disruption in the Bahamas and nearby islands.Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto weakened very slightly but remained a strong category 4 storm in the Atlantic, threatening Bermuda. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago US braces for storm expected to hit the east coast as Hurricane Imelda in coming days

A weather system forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda is causing disruption in the Bahamas and nearby islands

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8 d. ago Three dead in Arizona flooding as the Carolinas brace for possible hurricane

Flooding overwhelms town of Globe as North Carolina governor declares an emergency ahead of stormAt least three people died and others were believed missing after flooding in a rural community in Arizona, officials said on Saturday.Meanwhile, in South Carolina, crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to approach that state’s coast as a hurricane early next week. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Four dead in Arizona flooding as the Carolinas brace for possible hurricane

Flooding overwhelms town of Globe as North Carolina governor declares an emergency ahead of stormAt least four people died and others were believed missing after flooding in a rural community in Arizona, officials said on Saturday.Meanwhile, in South Carolina, crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to approach that state’s coast as a hurricane early next week. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Two tropical storm systems near each other could wind up shielding the Carolinas from damage

A rare interaction between two tropical storms could happen soon in the Caribbean

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1 week ago Census Bureau to test using postal workers as census takers in 2030 field trials next year

The Census Bureau plans to test using U.S. postal workers as census takers in at least two locations next year during field tests for the 2030 census

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1 week ago GOP lawmaker with 'joebidennnn69' screen name to plead guilty to sharing child sex abuse videos

A former Republican South Carolina House member has agreed to plead guilty to distributing child sexual abuse material

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