A multibillion-dollar energy project in South Carolina is now all but dead thanks to a ruling by the Fourth Circuit, which found that the state does not have standing to fight the Energy Department’s closure of a mixed-oxide nuclear processing plant.
Read moreThe Fourth Circuit rejected Tuesday a white former South Carolina police officer’s appeal of his 20-year sentence for the 2015 shooting death of a fleeing black motorist.
Read moreAttorneys general from nine states sought Thursday to intervene in a federal lawsuit brought by environmentalists who say the Trump administration’s plans to conduct seismic testing for oil exploration in the Atlantic Ocean will cause irreversible harm to marine life.
Read moreSixteen South Carolina coastal cities teamed up with environmentalists to file lawsuits against the Trump administration aiming to stop offshore oil exploration, arguing that seismic testing will devastate marine life and the coastal economy.
Read moreSenator Tim Scott, R-S.C., on Thursday announced his opposition to a controversial nominee to a federal court in North Carolina, effectively sinking the nomination over the lawyer’s involvement with a political campaign that sent out mailers described as an attempt to intimidate African American voters.
Read moreThis week, thousands will converge on the small town of Beaufort, South Carolina to reflect upon the legacy of “Prince of Tides” author Pat Conroy, a man who never met an aspiring writer he didn’t want to mentor.
Read moreSouth Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and state’s Republican congressional delegation have asked President Donald Trump to reconsider a plan to shutter a half-built nuclear fuel facility in the state.
Read moreSen. Cory Booker opened his first trip to South Carolina as a potential presidential contender Thursday by blasting President Donald Trump for wrecking America’s standing on the world stage.
Read moreA police officer was killed and six of his comrades were wounded when an elderly man began shooting at deputies who came to serve a search warrant, barricading himself in his home with children and spraying bullets across his upscale suburban neighborhood, authorities said.
Read moreAuthorities say five South Carolina law enforcement officers have been shot in Florence County and the suspect is in custody.
Read moreAs Hurricane Florence lumbered ashore in North Carolina early Friday, smashing buildings and trapping hundreds in floods caused by the combination of storm surge and heavy rains, residents of South Carolina could only wonder what the storm has in store for them.
Read moreAs Hurricane Florence rips through North Carolina, Savannah locals see no signs of a hurricane, despite Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declaring a state of emergency in Georgia.
Read moreMillions of coastal residents in North And South Carolina spent their Tuesday morning either complying with state-issued evacuation orders or preparing to hunker down as Hurricane Florence, a Category 4 storm currently packing 130 mph winds, continued to bear down upon them.
Read moreA federal judge temporarily has blocked Governor Henry McMaster’s latest attempt to remove Planned Parenthood from South Carolina’s Medicaid program.
Read moreThe Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday that the University of South Carolina did not harass or otherwise impede the of two student groups asked to address concerns about a “Free Speech Event” they planned to hold on the campus.
Read moreA federal prosecutor and judge nominated for the Fourth Circuit appeals court by President Donald Trump won the overwhelming support Thursday of the U.S. Senate.
Read moreA federal judge in South Carolina on Thursday declined to dismiss a lawsuit by a private utility that wants to stop a temporary rate cut for customers after the failure of a now abandoned nuclear reactor project.
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(CN) – A South Carolina federal judge refused to dismiss a shareholder derivative complaint against SCANA Corporation’s board of directors over the abandonment of two nuclear reactors that allegedly cost the company billions of dollars.
Read moreSouth Carolina congressional candidate Katie Arrington, just two weeks removed from her primary defeat of incumbent Mark Sanford, is recovering from serious injuries she received in a deadly car accident Friday night.
Read moreVolvo Cars, the first major automaker to abandon cars powered solely by internal combustion engines, is officially opening its first plant in the United States.
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