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On Friday, the FAA grounded all departures nationally for four hours. Flight delays and cancellations in South Carolina will run into the weekend.
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Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh have asked a judge to throw out the original murder indictments for killing his wife and son saying the chief investigator in the case lied to the grand jury. Murdaugh is facing a retrial on the murder charges after the South Carolina Supreme Court threw out his convictions and life sentence, ruling that a court clerk improperly influenced jurors against him during his 2023 trial. -
Former South Carolina Governor David Beasley has had a storied political career on both local and international stages. In August, he launched Breaking Bread Together, a national movement designed to bridge cultural, religious, and political divides in America. We sit down with Beasley to discuss civility in politics. -
Latest reports show increased cases of influenza in South Carolina. -
Microsoft is making progress in bringing its popular workplace software back online as a global outage enters its second day, disrupting business communications, police emergency calls, court operations and AI tools. -
The father of an 11-month-old boy who survived being buried alive in a dog crate for a day has been charged with attempted murder. Twenty-five-year-old Michael Comer was denied bond on Thursday morning. -
Marylou Abalo and Veronica Soan of the Philippines came to South Carolina through an exchange visitor program called Educational Partners International. In 2024, they joined StoryCorps to discuss the courage it takes to venture to unfamiliar places, about sharing their own culture while learning about new ones, and their passion for education.
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Jada Washington/South Carolina Public RadioThe African American History Monument at the SC State House turns 25 this year. Lawmakers, a scholar and the sculptor look back on how it came to be and why it still matters. -
Jake Downs/SCETVWrapping up South Carolina Public Radio’s series on domestic violence is a look at the hope and healing possible where there is help. -
Jada Washington/South Carolina Public RadioCardboard silhouettes filled the Statehouse steps as officials, survivors and families remembered the 40 South Carolinians lost to domestic violence last year. -
Honeycutt and Lacore campaigns/ProvidedTwo women headline the race to replace Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace.
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SC Public RadioThis week we’ll be talking with historian Dr. Vernon Burton, SC Humanities’ Executive Director Jennifer “Bingo” Gunter, and Clemson professor of history Dr. Brent Morris about the importance of South Carolina history in educationBrent Morris is the 2026 winner of SC Humanities’ Governor’s Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in humanities research, teaching, and scholarship. We’ll be talking about Brent’s work and career and about the importance of the humanities – and of history in particular – in education in South Carolina. -
Spartanburg County LibrariesThis week we’ll be talking with Betsy Teter, author of A Carnival of Crime: Murder, Mischief, and Malice in 1890s Spartanburg (2026, Hub City Press).Her book uncovers a piece of lost history – accounts of which were lost when a fire destroyed the downtown offices of Spartanburg’s daily newspapers, taking with it copies of the publications that had chronicled the city for decades. Besty has dug into the archives of other South Carolina newspapers to piece together a narrative that is both informative and gripping.Through ten interconnected true-crime stories, her historical account captures a South Carolina county’s most violent decade – a time when bullets felled a mayor, a police chief, and a beloved bookseller, each in separate shocking incidents.
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SC Public RadioOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 14, 2026: we have a full episode dedicated to Gavin’s open seas maritime report (or GOSMAR) with SC Ports President and CEO Micah Mallace, who recently delivered his second state of the ports address as he enters his second year on the job leading the maritime agency; we have a one-on one-with Mallace; and more! -
SC Public RadioOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 10, 2026: we look at what the ramifications of election night mean for the Statehouse and the new Wilson administration; host Gavin Jackson is joined by reporter Maayan Schechter to discuss the state of play just about two months away from the start of session; we hear from Congresswoman elect Nancy Lacore and Senator Elect Dr. Annie Andrews; and more!
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Provided/ProvidedThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Alec DeCastro about overuse sports and fitness injuries in adults. -
Provided/ProvidedThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Amanda Overstreet about the new pilot Medicare program (GUIDE) that offers dementia care navigation services for eligible individuals and their caregivers.
Nation and World
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AI is changing the way students learn, but perhaps the most important question isn't whether students use AI. It's how they use it. -
This Saturday, Sep. 19, volunteers across South Carolina will take part in the annual Beach Sweep/River Sweep, the state’s largest one-day waterway cleanup.
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This week, we're not playing second fiddle -- we're moving up a seat for an episode about sidekicks throughout history. -
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New guidelines are supposed to protect organ donors in a retrieval procedure that keeps blood flowing through livers, kidneys, lungs and hearts. But bioethicists have troubling questions. -
It's everywhere on social media: Democrats celebrating the attractive men voters elected in the midterms. But it's bigger than a meme and says a lot about politics of masculinity in the age of Trump. -
Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state legislator, ran a campaign emphasizing bipartisanship in the the state that usually votes Republican. At 37, he'll be the youngest governor in the state's history. -
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin spoke to at the White House on Friday afternoon after the FAA issues a total ground stop. NPR was there for the briefing.
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Passengers stuck on airplanes on tarmacs across the country during the FAA ground stop on Friday share their stories.
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The Federal Aviation Administration took an extraordinary step Friday afternoon by issuing a nationwide ground stop. No planes are taking off at any airport and millions of passengers are stranded.
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Some Republican state officials are reviving a bid for mail-in voting restrictions for the 2028 election by appealing a court order blocking the Postal Service from carrying out a revised ballot rule. -
The nationwide ground stop that paralyzed the U.S. aviation system on Friday has ended, according to Federal Aviation Administration. -
Democrats say they have a mandate to deliver change, but as the party gets ready to retake the majority in both the House and Senate, there are divides over who should lead it.
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Federal judge Ana Reyes grilled the government on Friday about its plans for East Potomac Park, and indicated she could order it to remain open despite President Trump's renovation wishes.
