Facing ‘impossible’ decisions, US school boards are at heart of debate over how to reopen
Pressure is being applied from teachers, janitors, parents and even the president.
Suspect in shooting of 7 officers in South Carolina is disabled veteran and competitive rifleman
Authorities said Frederick Hopkins opened fire on the deputies from inside a home and held children hostage while shooting long-range at other officers who rushed to a suburban neighborhood.
Unending disaster: Florence floods prompt new evacuations
With muddy river water still washing over entire communities on Friday, new evacuation orders forced residents to flee to higher ground amid a sprawling disaster that’s beginning to feel like it will never end.
South Carolina flood: Door-to-door searches, swamped roads
Days of torrential rains kept much of South Carolina and its capital gripped by floodwaters early Monday as emergency responders promised renewed door-to-door searches for anyone still trapped after a weekend deluge and hundreds of rescues.
South Carolina flood: Door-to-door searches, swamped roads
Days of torrential rains kept much of South Carolina and its capital gripped by floodwaters early Monday as emergency responders promised renewed door-to-door searches for anyone still trapped after a weekend deluge and hundreds of rescues.
Confederate flag taken down in South Carolina after 54 years
For the first time since the civil rights movement, the Confederate flag was removed entirely from the South Carolina Statehouse, in a swift ceremony Friday before thousands of people who cheered as the Civil War-era banner was lowered from a 30-foot flagpole.
Confederate flag taken down in South Carolina after 54 years
For the first time since the civil rights movement, the Confederate flag was removed entirely from the South Carolina Statehouse, in a swift ceremony Friday before thousands of people who cheered as the Civil War-era banner was lowered from a 30-foot flagpole.
South Carolina's Confederate flag comes down Friday
A crowd of hundreds gathered Friday among security officers and news crews to witness the historic removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse grounds a day many in the state thought would never come.
South Carolina House approves bill removing Confederate flag
The South Carolina House approved a bill removing the Confederate flag from the Capitol grounds, a stunning reversal in a state that was the first to leave the Union in 1860 and raised the flag again at its Statehouse more than 50 years ago to protest the civil rights movement.
Confederate flag's fate in hands of South Carolina House
The Confederate flag that flies at the South Carolina Capitol could soon be making its last stand. The South Carolina House will begin debating the flag's fate Wednesday. If House members back a Senate bill to take the flag down, Gov. Nikki Haley could sign it into law before the end of the week and the flag would be removed and taken to the Confederate Relic Room.
South Carolina Senate votes to take down Confederate flag
The push to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse is about to clear its first hurdle. But even if a bill to bring down the rebel banner passes the state Senate as expected Tuesday, it faces a less certain future in the House.
South Carolina lawmakers return for Confederate flag debate
While it appears there is broad support in the South Carolina Legislature to bring down the Confederate flag, the depth of that support will get its first test this week as lawmakers return to Columbia to come up with a specific plan.