South Carolina

2020 Campaign 03/04/20, 04:56

One of the Democratic Party's potential contenders for president failed to recite part of a historical statement about American colonies becoming independent of British rule. Joe Biden was caught on video at his Texas campaign speech appearing to be unable to recall the preamble of former President Thomas Jefferson's 1776 Declaration ...

U.S. 11/12/19, 15:11

Mark Sanford suspended his challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, saying the focus on impeachment has made it difficult for his campaign to gain traction. "You've got to be a realist," Sanford said outside the New Hampshire statehouse. "What I did not anticipate is an ...

2020 Campaign 11/05/19, 01:55

Television hosts from a major commercial broadcaster were surprised to find voters from three states thought the president did nothing wrong, and the continuing impeachment inquiry was unnecessary on Nov. 3. A segment from "Meet the Press" on NBC News showed host Chuck Todd and National Review Editor Rich Lowry appeared ...

Politics 10/30/19, 14:02

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, Melania Trump and Karen Pence visited South Carolina to receive a briefing on the emergency and humanitarian efforts made by the military in a state where both are often needed in the course of the active hurricane season. For a few hours in and around Joint Base ...

Politics 10/15/19, 14:17

South Carolina's Lindsey Graham has posted what his campaign says is a record-setting fundraising haul as he seeks a fourth term in the U.S. Senate. Graham's $3.29 million raised in the third quarter of this year is the most raised in a single quarter by any candidate in South Carolina's history, ...

U.S. 10/14/19, 18:09

After a dramatic body camera video showed that his actions helped save a shocking 4-month-old child, a South Carolina police officer was hailed as a hero. Cpl. Derrall Foster of the Belton Police Department had come to the scene on Oct. 4 to find neighbors waving him in a panic. Belton Police ...

Politics 10/10/19, 16:59

Trey Gowdy, the Republican congressman from South Carolina, retired from office last year, declaring his skills are better used "in a courtroom than in Congress." Now he's coming back for impeachment. A former prosecutor who led the House investigation into the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, Gowdy is poised to join President ...

Inspired Stories 09/28/19, 16:25

Looking toward the mailbox as she came out of her front door, Kim Grant, like any other homeowner in the neighbor of Andrews, South Carolina, was devastated and still in shock. Their mail carrier, Irene Pressley, was shot and killed earlier this week while doing what she did every day, ...

U.S. 09/06/19, 05:30

In three phone calls in a row, President Donald Trump told the governors of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia that his administration is tracking Hurricane Dorian and ready to offer help to these states. In the first of the tweets late on Thursday, Sept. 5, President Trump said he “just ...

U.S. 09/04/19, 19:40

Hurricane Dorian has moved within approximately 130 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina, as of 7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, Sept. 4, bringing the threat of high storm surge and flooding to the low-lying coastal areas of Georgia and South Carolina.  The National Hurricane Center is warning that storm surge along the ...

U.S. 08/27/19, 05:43

Vice President Mike Pence, at the Faith and Freedom BBQ event in the town of Anderson on Monday Aug. 26, told about 3,000 people that President Trump is a far better choice than any Democratic nominee, asserting, "With God's help, we will keep America great." "Have faith in the American people. ...

2020 Campaign 06/22/19, 15:36

Twenty Democratic presidential candidates attending a Planned Parenthood forum on Saturday vowed to defend abortion rights under nearly any circumstance while largely ignoring nuances around the issue that have already roiled their party heading into the 2020 election. The event sponsored by Planned Parenthood Action Fund — the group's political arm ...

Politics 06/22/19, 14:30

On stage before a throng of party faithful in a key early primary state, Joe Biden's leading rivals for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination sought Saturday to undercut the former vice president's argument that he's the ideal Democrat to oust President Donald Trump. They tried to do it without mentioning the ...

New York 06/17/19, 13:03

Jennifer Pinckney was hiding under a desk holding the mouth of her then-6-year-old daughter when Dylann Roof fired more than 70 shots in Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine black worshippers.The new documentary, "Emanuel," explores life after the tragic shooting on June 17, 2015, as family ...

Politics 06/15/19, 08:07

This weekend the focus is on economic issues important to the black community for some of the Democratic presidential candidates. A forum in Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, June 15, is attracting Sens. Cory Booker of New York and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as well as Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South ...

U.S. 06/15/19, 02:26

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke took an unconventional approach to reaching out to African-American voters Friday, meeting with a small group representing a community of slave descendants in South Carolina. He strives to make connections with the black voters who will play a dominant role in next year's Southern presidential primaries. In ...

U.S. 06/14/19, 11:42

A jury in South Carolina sent a father to death row for killing his five children but when — or even if — Timothy Jones Jr. will be executed is unsure.South Carolina has no drugs to carry out lethal Injections and companies refuse to sell them to prison officials.After executing ...

U.S. 06/13/19, 17:35

A South Carolina father was sentenced to death Thursday for killing his five children with his own hands. After they were dead, he drove around with their bodies for nine days before dumping them in garbage bags on the side of an Alabama dirt road. Timothy Jones Jr. showed no emotion ...

U.S. 06/12/19, 13:23

The Latest on a death penalty trial for a South Carolina father (all times local):1:50 p.m.The South Carolina father convicted of killing his five children won't testify on his behalf or make a statement to a jury deciding whether he gets the death penalty.Timothy Jones Jr. wipes his eyes as ...

U.S. 06/12/19, 13:04

One more group of family members asked a jury Wednesday to spare the life of a South Carolina father convicted of murdering his five children, saying they have been through enough pain already.The same jury that convicted Timothy Jones Jr. of killing his five children in their Lexington home in ...