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February 6, 2017

Sheriff's deputy charged with seeking naked photos from girl

Federal investigators say a South Carolina deputy coerced an 11-year-old girl into sending him a nude picture, then told her to send more naked photographs or he would show the first one to others.

February 6, 2017

Man wounded in shooting with South Carolina police officers

State police are investigating after a man was shot and wounded in a confrontation with South Carolina police officers.

February 5, 2017

Trump ban blocked, spokesman says Iranian woman back in US

An Iranian engineer is returning to the South Carolina city where she works thanks to the opening created when a federal court suspended President Donald Trump's travel ban against seven Muslim nations.

February 4, 2017

S Carolina's 1st openly gay lawmaker from deep-red district

South Carolina's first openly gay legislator hails from the unlikeliest of places: an ultra-conservative part of the state that is home to the Christian fundamentalist school Bob Jones University.

February 3, 2017

Sheriff: Man walked on school bus to slap teen

Authorities say a 36-year-old man walked onto a South Carolina school bus and smacked a student who had bothered his girlfriend's daughter.

February 3, 2017

Murder suspect fatally shot after chase across state lines

Authorities say a murder suspect from South Carolina was shot and killed after a chase across the state line on Interstate 95 ended in an armed confrontation with North Carolina state troopers.

February 3, 2017

Confederate flag going back up in South Carolina

The Confederate battle flag is going back up at a monument in a northwestern South Carolina town.

February 2, 2017

Attorneys for ex-SC officer want murder charge dismissed

Attorneys for a former South Carolina police officer whose case ended in a mistrial last year want murder charges against him dismissed.

February 2, 2017

7-year-old South Carolina boy discovers bag of cash stashed away at gas station

A 7-year-old South Carolina boy made the find of a lifetime while he was journeying with dad to the toy store Tuesday.

February 1, 2017

Widow's suit blames government for husband's flooding death

The widow of a man who drowned in South Carolina's historic 2015 flooding is suing the federal government over a dam that failed on an Army base near Columbia.