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South Carolina News
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The free flu shot clinics will begin Oct. 2 to help individuals and families prepare for flu season. -
Showers and thunderstorms will increase across South Carolina late this week as a cold front pushes through the state. The weather feature is one of many weather systems that meteorologists are tracking. -
As Hurricane Gabrielle moves away, Invest 93 and Invest 94 are showing signs of organization, which could develop into the subsequent two named storms by this weekend. The tropic is alive! -
South Carolina’s fall foliage season is estimated to peak from mid-October to early November, but drought conditions could impact displays. Changes in leaves start occurring when trees receive less light. The lack of chlorophyll can reveal yellow, orange and red pigments leading to the best fall foliage colors. -
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Treasury has announced that individual paper tax refund checks will be phased out beginning on Sept. 30, 2025. This marks the first step in the broader transition to electronic payments. -
Operation Keep Us Safe, a collaborative law enforcement initiative focused on curbing move over and hands-free violations, concluded on Friday, September 19, at midnight. The five-day long crackdown resulted in at total of 1,815 citations issued by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS). In additions, the total number of Move Over Law citations issued statewide was 2,383.
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Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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Courtesy of the authorThis week we’ll be talking with Dr. Kathleen DuVal about native Americans in Colonial South Carolina.Long before the colonization of North America, Indigenous Americans built diverse civilizations and adapted to a changing world in ways that reverberated globally. And, as Kathleen will tell us, North American civilization did not come to a halt because of a few wandering explorers, even when the strangers came well-armed.Much of our discussion today is based on Kathleen DuVal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book Native Nations: A Millennium in North America. -
SCETVThis fall we are celebrating 25 years of Walter Edgar’s Journal!We thought that a good way to start that celebration would be to look back on the launch of our podcast. So, this week we bring you an encore of our final *broadcast* episode of May 2023.Our guest was the Director of SC Public Radio, Sean Birch. We reminisced about the Journal’s beginnings and present highlights from our years on the air. And we talked about how morphing Walter Edgar’s Journal from a weekly broadcast into a semi-monthly podcast would allow us to focus more intently on our mission to explore South Carolina’s history and its culture.
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Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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SC Public RadioOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for September 23, 2025: we look at the abrupt removal of the state election commission director Howard Knapp; we get an update on illicit drug trends in the state from the DEA; we also have some new polling on the governor’s race; and more! -
Provided/SC Public RadioOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for September 20, 2025: we continue to look at the political and constitutional fall out of the assassination of political commentator Charlie Kirk; we hear from a leading constitutional law professor discuss the First Amendment; we recently spoke with strategic communications consultant and former campaign hand Rob Godfrey who gives his initial read on the 2026 governor’s race; and more!
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MUSCThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Sarah Breevoort about early diagnosis and treatment for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). -
MUSCThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Keila Magafas about the many health benefits of a physically active childhood.
Nation and World
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From a young age, boys are taught to silence their feelings. Many grow up hearing “boys don’t cry." Girls are more likely to receive nurturing, emotional language, while boys receive messages of competition and stoicism. -
Many institutions are using AI-powered chatbots to provide 24/7 access to campus life resources. At the College of Charleston, Clyde the Chatbot is leading the way—checking in with students, answering questions, and offering support.
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From Hamilton and Burr to the Hatfields and McCoys to Taylor Swift, this week we’re exploring famous feuds throughout history. -
This week, we're looking back on some of our favorite moments from the past year of Who What When.
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More Headlines
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. General Assembly a day after President Trump made another shift in his stance on Russia's war in Ukraine. -
Avani Yaltho, this year's high school winner in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge, brought three generations of her family together to talk about their shared history. -
Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting Wednesday at a federal immigration detention facility in Dallas. One detainee was killed in what the FBI says was an act "of targeted violence." -
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. -
President Trump canceled a meeting Democrats, increasing the odds of a potential government shutdown. And, the president suggests that Ukraine could win back all the territory it lost to Russia. -
President Trump canceled a meeting to discuss government funding with top Democrats in Congress, leaving no clear path to avoiding a government shutdown next week.
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This fall, New York City voters will weigh in on a proposal that could move future city elections to even-numbered years. It's part of a growing trend to consolidate election dates. -
For NPR's Word of the Week: Things are getting spicy. We explain how a word referring to cinnamon and pepper turned less literal by the 19th century. -
For the first time, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge has a returning champion: a California fifth grader who explored a dark chapter in U.S. history during World War II. -
Typhoon Ragasa whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese coast after leaving deadly destruction in Taiwan and the Philippines.
