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South Carolina Governor Orders Evacuation Ahead of Hurricane
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley declared a state of emergency on Tuesday and ordered an evacuation of more than a million people in coastal areas starting Wednesday afternoon in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew.
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Hero firefighter stopped school massacre by tackling gunman
A volunteer firefighter stopped a teenager who shot two students and a teacher outside a South Carolina primary school after killing his father at their home, authorities said. Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said the shooter was apprehended Wednesday afternoon outside rural Townville Elementary School before he could get inside the building. Firefighter Jamie Brock, a 30-year veteran of the Townville Volunteer Fire Department down the road from the school, “just took him down,” the sheriff said.
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Sherman's March Through the Carolinas
Sherman's March Through the Carolinas Civil War historians James McPherson, John Marszalek and Harold Holzer discuss Union General William Tecumseh Sherman’s campaign through the Carolinas, which followed after his famed “March to the Sea” through Georgia the previous year. They compared General Sherman’s goals for each operation and the different logistical hurdles his army faced.
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Watching My South Fall for Donald Trump
His popularity has revealed a dark truth about the region.
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Tropical storm forming in Atlantic cuts path toward South Carolina
The first tropical storm to threaten the United States this year is expected to slam into the coast of South Carolina during the Memorial Day weekend, bringing heavy rain and strong winds, federal officials said on Saturday.
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K Troop
The Untold Story of the Eradication of the Original Ku Klux Klan. By Matthew Pearl.
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Gang member kills South Carolina cop, calls mother, commits suicide
A self-described gang member killed a South Carolina police officer on Friday, then called his own mother before turning the gun on himself, police said. The suspect committed suicide moments after firing on officers who were trying to serve him with an arrest warrant at a house in Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller told reporters. Miller said the names of the officer and the suspect would not be released pending notification of the families.
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63,756 Reasons Racism Is Still Alive in South Carolina
That’s the number of minority registered voters who could be blocked from the polls by the state’s new voter ID law.
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How We Nearly Lost the South's Largest Old-Growth Floodplain Forest
The establishment of Congaree National Park in South Carolina represents one of the most important conservation victories in the eastern U.S.
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Will South Carolina Spend Millions on a Fake Flag?
After the Charleston shootings, South Carolina removed the copy of a Civil War battle flag from the statehouse grounds. And that was just the beginning of this tangled tale. By Kevin M. Levin.
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8 Citadel [The Military College of South Carolina] cadets suspended after white hood photos posted to social media
After photos surfaced on social media showing Citadel cadets in white hoods and reportedly singing Christmas carols, eight cadets have been suspended from the school as an investigation continues into the photos.
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Gun hoarder found with thousands of weapons
A South Carolina man is facing charges after authorities say they found 7,000-10,000 guns stored on his property.
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South Carolina receives help from states away
A Wisconsin community lends a helping hand during flood recovery.
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Reports: South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier is retiring
Legendary coach Steve Spurrier has decided to retire, ending his career at the age of 70.
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As flood recedes, skinflint South Carolina faces huge infrastructure tab, limited federal aid
Long before the historic floods of the past week, crumbling roads, bridges and dams and aging drinking water systems plagued South Carolina — a poor state that didn't spend much on them in the first place and has been loath to raise taxes for upkeep. Now the state faces hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars' worth of additional bills to fix or replace key pieces of its devastated infrastructure.
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The Harrowing Images From Historic South Carolina Flooding
This Saturday was Charleston's wettest day ever recorded.
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Flooding Sweeps East Amid 'Mind-Boggling' Rains
Flash flooding intensified in some areas of the East on Sunday as unrelenting torrential rain and high winds blamed for at least five deaths swept across much of the battered region.
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Thousand-Year Rains Possible in Carolinas; Joaquin Headed North
In some areas of North Carolina and South Carolina, 24-hour rainfall amounts one would expect to fall only once in a thousand years are predicted.
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Virginia high schoolers suspended for wearing Confederate flags
More than 20 students at a Virginia high school were suspended Thursday after wearing clothes emblazoned with Confederate flags in protest of a school ban, officials said. Montgomery County Public Schools spokeswoman Brenda Drake said 25 students arrived at Christiansburg High with clothes violating the Confederate flag ban. Twenty-one of the 25 refused to comply when challenged by school officials and were issued...
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