January 25, 2022 North Carolina zoo temporarily closing its bird habitat amid avian flu outbreak The North Carolina Zoo is temporarily closing its aviary, which is home to more than 100 exotic birds from 36 species, amid an outbreak of avian flu in wild birds in the state.
January 25, 2022 South Carolina bill would make it illegal to ask vaccine status Republican lawmakers in South Carolina introduced legislation to make it illegal for employers to ask about coronavirus vaccination status, saying it's private medical information.
January 25, 2022 Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has hauled in over $37M in fundraising for his reelection Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina continues to build his massive fundraising war chest, hauling in over $37 million last year.
January 19, 2022 Shawn Laval Smith: Suspected killer of Brianna Kupfer has a long history of arrests Shawn Laval Smith, the suspected killer of 24-year-old UCLA grad student Brianna Kupfer, has a criminal history that spans both coasts and dates back over a decade.
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.
