13+ hour, 36+ min ago  (496+ words) Americans are leaving some of the nation's most flood-prone communities at an accelerating pace, suggesting that climate concerns are beginning to influence migration decisions alongside more traditional factors such as housing costs and quality of life. Meanwhile, counties with relatively…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (197+ words) The Trump administration declared a power emergency in the southeastern US as forecasters warned of dangerous heat that's likely to stress power grids along the country's east coast. An emergency order issued by the Energy Department on Thursday allows Duke…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago  (517+ words) A South Carolina jury on Monday found a store owner not guilty of murder in the 2023 shooting of a Black 14-year-old. The jury returned the verdict for Chikei Rick Chow. Chow, 61, who is Asian, shot Cyrus Carmack-Belton in the back…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (522+ words) Alex Murdaugh has filed a lawsuit against the court clerk whose behavior during his murder trial led the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son. The suit filed…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (368+ words) Richard Alexander Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina attorney found guilty in 2023 of murdering his wife and son, won his bid Wednesday to overturn his conviction and get a new trial over comments the county clerk made to jurors. The Colleton…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (348+ words) Under a bill poised to win approval in the South Carolina legislature, the decades-old practice of letting many drivers automatically enjoy relatively painless windshield replacements may soon disappear. House Bill 4817, titled the "Insurance Rate Reduction and Policy Holder Protection Act,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (160+ words) Eight years after South Carolina lawmakers forced a $1 million liquor liability insurance requirement on bars and restaurants, and one year after they tweaked the law with conditional coverage requirements, the state Senate is trying again. Senators voted last week to…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (870+ words) That home went up in flames slower because it was fortified with better materials. Add moving vegetation, mulch, wood fences and hot tubs with their highly flammable insultation several feet away and experts said you can protect houses from the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (946+ words) A shooting in Boston. A carjacking in Washington, D. C. A robbery in New York. All were carried out with guns that were among hundreds bought in the South and trafficked north to cities with some of the nation's strictest firearms laws,…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (218+ words) Louisiana already has its hands full catastrophe exposures in the form of hurricanes, floods and severe storms. Could earthquakes be next on the list? Northern Louisiana has been rattled by a series of earthquakes in the past week. First was…...