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The Coming Street YWCA, built in 1964, played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement. It's been demolished by the College of Charleston as the school hopes to build new dorms.
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A judge has decided to move Alex Murdaugh's murder retrial out of the small county where it originally took place. The judge will wait to hear a motion from Murdaugh's lawyers that the case should be dismissed because of alleged misconduct by state investigators. -
Members of South Carolina State Fire's Palmetto Incident Support Team will assist with emergency preparedness efforts ahead of potential impacts from Hurricane Lala. -
The collection of photographs by Richard Samuel Roberts offers a rare look at Black families, businesses, schools, and communities in early 20th-century Columbia. -
Oysters are much more than a favorite seafood. A single oyster can filter gallons of water each day, helping improve water quality and support healthy coastal ecosystems. -
A man from Augusta was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Thursday morning, for having shot a state trooper during a 2023 traffic stop. -
The presiding judge in Alex Murdaugh's new trial will have plenty to consider Friday as both the defense and prosecution square off in a flurry of recently filed motions.
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Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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OilstreetThis week we’ll be talking with Charleston author James M. Scott, author of Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War (2026, W.W. Norton & Company). With startling immediacy, Empire of Ashes illuminates the moral dilemma at the center of America’s decision to inflict total war upon Japan. -
Don Troiani/U.S. National Guard via Wikimedia CommonsThis week we will be talking with Carl P. Borick, author of Backcountry Resistance: South Carolina's Militia and the Fight for American Independence (2026, USC Press).As the title indicates, Carl’s book focuses on rank-and-file militiamen of the backcountry and explores how these ordinary men were recruited, armed, fed, and motivated.Drawing on underused pension records and state claims, he reconstructs their everyday realities and their battlefield experiences. He also examines the war's devastating effects on civilians, including enslaved people and women, who played crucial roles in the struggle.
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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 August 15, 2026: we are heading to the August 25 special U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff between Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman; we hear from the two of them on election night; we also get analysis and a look ahead with political communications strategist Rob Godfrey; and more! -
SC Public RadioOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for August 11, 2026: you’ve already heard from the candidates, now you’re going to hear from the voters on this special election day; we’ll also discuss Pres. Donald Trump’s influence on this race; host Gavin Jackson brings you clips from his visit to Joint Base Charleston, now Joint Base Lindsey Graham, on Monday; and more!
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MUSCThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Anthony Kent about screening and early detection of kidney disease. -
Provided/Joshua MixsonThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Joshua Mixson about the health benefits of walking and fast walking, especially in the older adult years.
Nation and World
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In 2025, South Carolina implemented a statewide ban on cellphone use in classrooms. Nationwide, early results are mixed. Some schools report fewer disruptions, more engagement, and small gains in academic performance, and teachers describe calmer classrooms and more attention. -
Each summer, when school lets out, children fall behind in reading. Research shows that students lose one to two months of reading proficiency over the summer. For struggling readers or children with learning disabilities, the losses can be even greater.
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You better not be throwing away your shot, because it's Broadway week here on Who What When. -
This week, we’re firing up the Who What When time machine and heading back to the 1930s.
Watch live and recorded streams from the South Carolina sate legislature.
From lesson plans to teacher recertification, see the latest from SCETV's Education team.
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NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott about the with Iran and the hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals who have had their U.S. visa revoked.
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Indiana, Illinois and surrounding states are preparing for another stretch of flooding through this weekend. -
President Trump said the USS Abraham Lincoln deployment is "not nearly long enough." A family member of a sailor on board that ship said those comments are shameful. -
The White House memorandum is thin on details, but it aims to give private businesses the ability to sabotage or spy on certain foreign actors. -
Arday was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023. He was found unresponsive Friday at a home in southwest London. -
Homero Calderón's detention by ICE spotlights the massive backlog in the U.S. immigration system. -
Hemorrhoids, leg cramps, sciatica — oh my! Alongside the joy of pregnancy often comes a parade of physical discomfort. Alleviate and prevent common aches with these exercises. -
When the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan five years ago, thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. troops were brought here to rebuild their lives. But now, some fear the U.S. may want to send them back. -
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, collapsing buildings as well as causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes. -
Clint Smith's How the Word Is Passed explores how slavery is — and isn't — taught. And Above Ground includes poems to his children about what their ancestors endured and escaped. He spoke with Fresh Air in 2021 and 2023.
