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The House has passed a broad package of sanctions targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy as lawmakers look to deprive President Vladimir Putin of the financial resources needed to wage the war against Ukraine. The bill is named after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who spent more than a year working on it.
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The existing public smoking ban hadn't explicitly included e-devices. Council's decision comes after a third and final reading of the e-cigarette ordinance. -
The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season is record-breaking in its unprecedented lack of activity. -
The bill represents the most ambitious effort to support Ukraine since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. -
The County Council voted Tuesday to defund its Flock Safety cameras and ban them from county property. -
On certain spring nights, especially around the higher tides, horseshoe crabs crawl into quiet bays and inlets along the South Carolina coast. -
The S.C. Supreme Court heard arguments Sept. 15 over whether Gov. Henry McMaster had the legal authority to deploy state National Guard troops to Washington D.C. to help with President Trump's anti-crime effort.
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The State House Gavel shares updates about the South Carolina General Assembly, including legislative actions, debates and discussions. Featuring news and interviews, so you have access to the latest developments in policy and decisions that shape South Carolina’s future.
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Engin Akyurt/UnsplashACLU-SC's "Youth Behind the Fence" report reveals that hundreds of children are still detained for non-criminal status offenses despite federal law barring the practice, alleges safety failures, and highlights 'widened' racial disparities within the state's juvenile justice system. -
Paul Warnock/Fire-Engine-Photos.comAs the nation marks 25 years since 9/11, a former White Knoll Middle School student turned Lexington County deputy looks back on the fundraiser that bought FDNY a firetruck — and the lifelong commitment to service it inspired. -
Victoria Hansen/South Carolina Public RadioDiscovered in Georgia three years ago, yellow-legged hornets have made their way to the Lowcountry. The elusive and skilled hunters threaten the lives of honeybees. -
David Goldman/APA growing number of news stories show that more South Carolinians are (quite literally) striking back against automated license plate readers. The moment is prompting some deep questions.
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Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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SCETVWith every growing season, the South is in danger of losing an ingredient that’s shaped our state’s flavor, history, and culture. This week, we will be talking with Chef Kevin Mitchell and food historian David Shields, hosts of the SCETV and PBS series The Savers of Flavor about their ongoing search for the vanishing ingredients of Southern cuisine. Over the course of four episodes David and Kevin embark on a quest to seek out and rescue those ingredients before they are lost forever. -
Charles Willson Peale/Viginia Museum of History and Culture,1960.1, Gift of Percy Robert BlytheThis week Walter will talk with historian Albert Louis Zambone about Revolutionary War hero Daniel Morgan.In his book Daniel Morgan: A Revolutionary Life (2018, Westholme Publishing) the first biography of this iconic figure in forty years, historian Albert Zambone presents Morgan as the quintessential American everyman, who rose through his own dogged determination from poverty and obscurity to become one of the great battlefield commanders in American history. Using social history and other advances in the discipline that had not been available to earlier biographers, the author provides an engrossing portrait of this storied personality of America’s founding era—a common man in uncommon times.
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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 12, 2026: we continue our look at the Democrats in South Carolina ahead of the November election; we’re continuing our time on the campaign trail with Dr. Annie Andrews and hear again from national figures like Pete Buttigieg and Gavin Newsom; and more! -
SC Public RadioOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for September 9, 2026: we hear from Congressman Jim Clyburn who was on Meet the Press discussing a variety of issues, including what it would take for Dr. Annie Andrews to win in November; we have comments from California Gov. Gavin Newsom who was at several events during his two-day swing last week; and more!
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Provided/Pinelopi XenoudiThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Pinelopi Xenoudi about prevention and treatment of gum disease. -
Provided/MUSCThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Isabel Balachandran about identifying heart risks in younger women.
Nation and World
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Today marks 25 years since September 11, 2001, a day that shaped a generation of Americans. -
Learning to live with a roommate is one of the biggest adjustments for college students. Sharing a dorm room, whether it’s with a friend from high school or someone new, requires communication and compromise
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This week, we’re heading back to school for an episode about America’s colleges and universities. -
We hope you brought your sunscreen this week because we’re heading to the beach with this episode about notable islands around the world.
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The Fed raises interest rates for the first time in three years, protests over rising gas prices are being held around the world, Canada's prime minister speaks to European Parliament.
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OpenAI has disclosed six reports on unexpected or concerning behavior in artificial-intelligence models. This includes models acting without authorization or evading oversight. -
No one across the U.S. is consistently tracking climate-fueled deaths. One medical examiner has a new protocol on heat-deaths. -
The legislation was named for the late South Carolina Republican. It gives the president authority to impose tariffs on top importers of oil and natural gas from Russia, such as China and India. -
NPR dug into the upside-down world of FEMA flood insurance in coastal areas, and found many homeowners have no financial choice but to let their homes collapse. -
Billionaire investor Leon Black refused to appear before the committee investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for a deposition. Now it's up to the Department of Justice whether to pursue criminal charges. -
The Interior Secretary says the move is necessary to combat what he calls ideological bias. -
Wired reporter EJ Dickson speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about an online community that targets and harasses young women with their own nonconsensual, sexually explicit images.
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The European Union backs Canada's bid to become the bloc's first "associate member," as Brussels seeks closer ties with Ottawa and Trump calls the idea "laughable." -
Lawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one.
