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German company Homanit invests $250 million in first US plant in South Carolina
ALCOLU, S.C. — Clarendon County broke ground on a $250 million investment that brought international business to Alcolu. The ...
Supreme Court allows DOGE team to access Social Security systems with data on millions of Americans
The agency holds sensitive data on nearly everyone in the country, including school records, salary details and medical ...
North Carolina teen arrested in connection to string of auto break-ins across Columbia
Police said they believe the 15-year-old could be responsible for 150 auto break-ins across multiple jurisdictions in a multi ...
Family, advocates call for release of GBI findings, independent investigation in deaths of twins ruled suicide: 'This smells like a lynching'
Qaadir Lewis and Naazir Lewis were found dead at Bell Mountain on March 8. The GBI has determined they died by suicide. The ...
US charges Kilmar Abrego Garcia with transporting illegal immigrants into the country
He is expected to be prosecuted in the U.S. and, if convicted, will be returned to his home country in El Salvador at the ...
SCDMV warns against 'ticket violation' scam texts
The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles is alerting the public to a wave of scam text messages falsely claiming to be ...
What to watch for at the Tony Awards, Broadway's biggest night
A revival of “Othello” with Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal broke the record for top-grossing play in Broadway history, ...
Things are moving closer to a new Whataburger opening in Columbia. Here's the latest
This new location will be the fifth Whataburger in the Midlands. In April, a location opened at 5440 Platt Springs Road in ...
Billion-dollar battery plant pauses construction at South Carolina site amid electric vehicle and tariff uncertainty
The South Carolina plant is supposed to sell battery cells to BMW, which is building its own battery assembly site near its ...
Transgender troops face a deadline and a difficult decision: Stay or go?
Active duty service members have until Friday to identify themselves and begin to leave the military voluntarily.
'Heinous stuff' | Violent online network that got its start in a small Texas town is now a top FBI threat
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — An online network that targets teens – mostly girls – and extorts them into performing horrible acts ...
'All because she huffed out of a can': Teen dies doing 'dusting' trend
It's called dusting, a trend in which people get high by inhaling aerosol dusters, such as keyboard cleaner. According to Poison Control, most inhalant abusers are teenagers, likely because the ...