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March 31, 2017

South Carolina officer demoted for sending mocking video

A South Carolina police officer has been demoted to a civilian position after authorities say he shared a video that mocked black people with a blogger.

March 30, 2017

Police make arrest in cold-case slayings of mom, daughter

Police in South Carolina have made an arrest in a 2011 cold-case killing of a mother and her 3-year-old daughter that had stumped authorities for years.

March 30, 2017

'Dinosaur'-sized gator at golf course turns into chance photo op

Carrie Moores says she'd only seen alligators at the zoo before relocating last year from Connecticut to South Carolina. That changed this week during a chance encounter with a very big gator on the golf links.

March 29, 2017

Friend of racist church shooter appeals sentence

A friend of Dylann Roof's is appealing the prison sentence of two years and three months he received for encouraging friends not to call the FBI and identify Roof after he fatally shot nine black parishioners at a church in South Carolina.

March 27, 2017

Lawsuit: South Carolina officers shot unarmed man 19 times

The family of an unarmed man fatally shot by police officers in South Carolina has sued, saying the man was struck 17 times in the back.

March 27, 2017

Police: Convict asks officers to kill him in closed US mall

Authorities say a convicted murderer who barricaded himself in an elevator at a closed mall in South Carolina told police he wanted them to shoot him.

March 26, 2017

Settlements for 2 men over police officer's use of stun gun

Two men hit with a stun gun by the same South Carolina police officer who killed a black motorist will get almost $80,000 combined for dropping their lawsuits against North Charleston.

March 25, 2017

Man who bound dog's muzzle with tape sentenced to 5 years

A South Carolina man who wrapped electrical tape around a dog's muzzle to stop her from barking has been sentenced to five years in prison.

March 25, 2017

FBI searches for SC teen feared to have been fed to alligators

The FBI searched a remote location in South Carolina Friday in connection with the disappearance a teenage girl who investigators believe was abducted nearly eight years ago.

March 24, 2017

Black man arrested in South for writing racist graffiti

Police in South Carolina say a 19-year-old black man spray-painted racist, misogynistic and anti-gay graffiti on three buildings, including a library named for one of the black victims of the Charleston church shootings.