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January 18, 2022

South Carolina judge denies Alex Murdaugh's request to lower $7 million bail

A South Carolina judge denied a request to lower the $7 million bail for Alex Murdaugh, a prominent attorney who is charged with stealing millions of dollars from clients.

January 15, 2022

Sen. Scott: Biden's Jim Crow comments evidence of 'failed leadership'

Sen. Tim Scott lambasted President Biden on Saturday in a video claiming the president's increasingly hostile language against his political opponents is a sign of weakness in leadership.

January 15, 2022

Winter storm hits Midwest, threatens travel for millions

Millions of Americans are in the path of a strong winter storm, which began to impact the Midwest on Friday. 

January 10, 2022

Alex Murdaugh's alleged victims sound off at hearing: 'He stole every dime I had'

A South Carolina judge said Monday that she would decide at a later date whether to reduce a $7 million bond for Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced attorney accused of stealing $6.2 million from several former clients, including a highway patrolman, a quadriplegic man, and the sons of his late housekeeper.

January 10, 2022

Alex Murdaugh hearing: SC injured patrolman to read victim impact statement as judge weighs lowering $7M bond

As once-prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh seeks a reduction in his $7 million bond, a former highway patrolman injured in the line of duty is expected to deliver his victim impact statement in court Monday alleging the legal scion defrauded him out of over $100,000. 

January 9, 2022

Alex Murdaugh: SC bank CEO fired over ex-lawyer's alleged schemes to defraud deaf quadriplegic, others

The CEO of a prominent South Carolina bank was fired on Friday as allegations came to light that he and others might have been involved in disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh’s alleged schemes to defraud a deaf quadriplegic man and additional former clients out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

January 7, 2022

Missing Jessica Gutierrez: North Carolina man arrested in 35-year-old cold case of girl taken from her home

Lexington SC authorities have cracked a 35-year-old cold case involving a 4-year-old girl who investigators now believe was kidnapped in the middle of the night and killed, leading them one step closer to finding the child’s remains.

January 5, 2022

Alex Murdaugh's attorneys seek reduction in their client's $7 million bond

Attorneys for disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh, who is currently facing dozens of criminal charges and a slew of civil lawsuits, motioned this week to get their client's $7 million bond reduced. 

January 5, 2022

Alex Murdaugh embezzled from deaf quadriplegic, patrolman injured in line of duty: lawyer

Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh – already accused of defrauding the family of his longtime housekeeper Gloria Satterfield out of millions – is about to be slapped with eight more lawsuits from ex-clients alleging their lawyer took advantage of grave personal injuries to rob them.

January 5, 2022

Experts stunned by South Carolina's frequent earthquakes

Yet another earthquake has struck near South Carolina's capital city, the ninth in a series of rumblings that have caused geologists to wonder how long the convulsions might last.