Backed by workers seeking a $15-an-hour minimum wage, Senator Bernie Sanders took on political corruption, forgiveness of student debt, increased teacher pay, inaction on climate change and America’s vast income inequality in a Sunday address at the College of Charleston in South Carolina.
Read moreSkies cleared and floodwaters receded Saturday from North Carolina’s Outer Banks, leaving behind a muddy trail of destruction wrought by Hurricane Dorian, which still was expected to unleash powerful winds in New England and Nova Scotia.
Read moreHurricane Dorian raked the Carolina coast with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, spinning off tornadoes and knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses as it pushed northward toward the dangerously exposed Outer Banks.
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As Hurricane Dorian moves away from the flooded remains of the Bahamas, governors across the American South are ordering evacuations, declaring states of emergency and asking for federal support ahead of the storm’s expected U.S. landfall.
Read moreDuring his visit to Charleston Saturday evening, Pete Buttigieg called for bipartisan support to address climate change in the College of Charleston’s Bully Pit Series that allowed students as well as members of the public to ask questions of the youngest Democratic presidential hopeful in the race.
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A new poll shows former Vice President Joe Biden is dominating his Democratic rivals in the early primary state of South Carolina, leading his closet competitor by nearly 20 points.
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Days after his appearance in a Democratic presidential debate in Detroit, where he sparred with front-runner Joe Biden over criminal-justice reform, Senator Cory Booker widened his focus at a town hall Monday at the start of his ninth sweep across South Carolina.
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Two lawsuits filed Tuesday allege that South Carolina corrections officials violated prisoners’ constitutional rights by failing to prevent a riot in which seven inmates were killed last year.
Read moreThe Supreme Court’s decision Friday not to hear the case of a South Carolina man sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing a minor drew the ire of liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who said his claim of withheld evidence is worthy of review.
Read moreA South Carolina father who killed his five children with his own hands, then drove around with their bodies for nine days was sentenced to death Thursday.
Read moreThe Fourth Circuit ruled Friday in favor of a South Carolina man who claimed he was excessively shocked with a stun gun for refusing to hold still for a mug shot, finding it is unclear whether the force was applied in a good faith effort to get his photo.
Read moreTensions ran high Tuesday in the Fourth Circuit as a government attorney argued for immunity in a case that aims to hold the FBI accountable for its failure to prevent Dylann Roof from purchasing the gun he used to kill nine black churchgoers in South Carolina four years ago.
Read moreDemocratic Congressman Joe Cunningham of South Carolina promised constituents at a town hall in Charleston that he will echo their concerns about the Trump administration, health care and other issues in the legislative halls of Washington, D.C.
Read moreDemocratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren made her first campaign stop in the crucial early primary state of South Carolina on Monday night, speaking at a coastal community forum in Charleston.
Read moreDemocratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg is riding in the back of a rented minivan to his last event of the day in South Carolina, munching on cold French fries and critiquing his stage performance so far.
Read moreBeto O’Rourke, the Texas Democrat who almost managed to unseat Senator Ted Cruz, stomped across South Carolina just eight days after officially launching his presidential campaign.
Read moreSen. Kamala Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign visited several rural communities and urban centers in South Carolina Friday and Saturday, bolstering her support base in an effort to gain more traction with progressives, minorities and young voters in a traditionally red state.
Read moreDemocratic presidential hopeful Cory Booker spoke with voters in South Carolina over the weekend to bolster his support in the crucial early primary state, calling on Americans to work together to tackle the country’s biggest problems.
Read moreFormer Maryland congressman and Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney appealed to young voters to become politically active in a Clemson University town hall meeting Wednesday evening ahead of the 2020 election.
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