south carolina
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Lindsey Graham Faces a Challenge to His 2020 Re-Election Dreams in SC Democratic Leader Jaime Harrison
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the man who once wanted the Oval Office for himself before becoming an apologist for the current occupant, now has someone coming for his seat—Jaime Harrison, the former chair of the state’s Democratic Party. Harrison, a former aide to Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), announced his candidacy Wednesday with a series…
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Lindsey Graham Advised Donald Trump Jr. to Ignore Congressional Subpoena, #LindseyGrahamResign Trends on Twitter
After South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham advised president Donald Trump’s son not to comply with a congressional subpoena and to exercise his Fifth Amendment rights if he does agree to testify, #LindseyGrahamResign began trending on Twitter on Tuesday. On Monday, Graham, also known as Trump’s favorite pair of Hanes, told a group of reporters that…
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Survivors of Mother Emanuel Church Massacre Ask Court to Let Them Sue the US Government for Its Role in Putting a Gun in Dylann Roof’s Hands
Survivors and families of the nine people murdered at their South Carolina church when white supremacist Dylann Roof riddled them with bullets four years ago want the federal government to pay for the role they say it played in their loved ones’ deaths. Lawyers for the group say a federal background check should have prevented…
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10-Year-Old Raniya Wright Died of Natural Causes, Prosecutor Says
Raniya Wright, the South Carolina fifth grader who died after a fight at her elementary school last month, died of natural causes, according to Colleton County coroner Richard Harvey and prosecutor Duffie Stone, who spoke at a news conference Friday. Wright, a student at Forest Hills Elementary in Walterboro, died of a rupture in the…
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1-Year-Old South Carolina Girl Dies in Burning Car After Police Say Father Abandoned Her to Escape Arrest
A one-year-old South Carolina girl died in a burning car after her father abandoned the car (and her) in an attempt to evade police after a high-speed chase in South Carolina, authorities say. Imhotep Osiris Norman, 26, faces charges of homicide by child abuse in the tragedy, which police say began Friday night when South…
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She’ll Cut Ya: Pastoral Supporter of John Gray Promises to Rain Fire on Detractors of Embattled Rev
Poor pastor John Gray. He just can’t seem to win for trying. First, the paragon of piety, who became well-known while an associate pastor at Houston’s mega Lakewood Church, caught heat for buying his wife a $200,000 Lamborghini. Then, came news of an alleged affair (Gray told the women of The Real the affair was…
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Fifth-Grader Dead Days After School Fight Left Her Unresponsive, Family Says
Authorities in Walterboro, S.C., are demanding answers after Raniya Wright, a fifth-grader at Forest Hills Elementary, died Wednesday after a school fight earlier in the week. Wright, 10, had been unresponsive and in critical condition since Monday, family told ABC affiliate WCIV. The Colleton County Sheriff’s Office found Wright unconscious in the nurse’s office after…
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Prominent South Carolina Democrats Co-Sign Kamala Harris
Five distinguished South Carolina Democrats, including one of its longest-serving black lawmakers, are throwing their support behind the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris—providing an early push to the former state attorney general in a critical early-voting state. According to the Associated Press, the list includes a trio of black legislators: State Sen. Darrell Jackson…
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Black Mom Singlehandedly Breaks Up Confederate Group in South Carolina
Hate groups emboldened by the presence of the first candy peanut to tie its own shoes in the White House should be warned: Black Americans tend to have black moms. And black moms tend to get what they want. Circuit court judge Judge Alex Kinlaw Jr. found in favor of a black mother in South…