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SC Public Radio News
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A man who claims he lost his livelihood after being accused of kidnapping and murdering a New York teenager in South Carolina is suing the federal government.
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While gambling in South Carolina is illegal – sort of – the reality is that betting on sports isn’t difficult in the Palmetto State.
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A South Carolina court official under investigation amid allegations of tampering with the jury in the Alex Murdaugh trial is resigning. Colleton County Clerk of Court Becky Hill said Monday that her resignation was effective immediately.
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Two Midlands-based brewing companies have joined under one parent company to expand the reach and production of South Carolina craft beers.
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Goodwill will launch a program that aims to provide tools for individuals with aspirations in cybersecurity and tech.
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Federal prosecutors have charged a South Carolina man with carjacking resulting in death and the gunning down of a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him.
Latest Episodes of the SC Business Review
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A South Carolina nonprofit is launching a new program to help with student loan repayment.
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The labor market has been tight for some time now and our next guest says it has become very challenging for nonprofit organizations.
Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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On the Journal this week we will be talking with Robert James Fichter about his book, Tea: Consumption, Politics, and Revolution, 1773–1776.Fitcher says that despite the so-called Boston Tea Party in 1773, two large shipments of tea from the East India Company survived and were ultimately drunk in North America. Their survival shaped the politics of the years ahead, impeded efforts to reimburse the company for the tea lost in Boston Harbor, and hinted at the enduring potency of consumerism in revolutionary politics.
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This week we talk with Claudia Smith Brinson about her new book, Injustice in Focus: The Civil Rights Photography of Cecil Williams (2023, USC Press). Claudia's rich research, interviews, and prose, offer a firsthand account of South Carolina's fight for civil rights and tells the story of Cecil Williams's life behind the camera. The book also features eighty of William’s photographs.Cecil Williams is one of the few Southern Black photojournalists of the civil rights movement. Born and raised in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Williams worked at the center of emerging twentieth-century civil rights activism in the state, and his assignments often exposed him to violence perpetrated by White law officials and ordinary citizens. Williams's story is the story of the civil rights era.
Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for March 26, 2024: we catch up with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bruce Bannister; we check out what earmarks Sen. Lindsey Graham secured in the recently approved federal budget; we have a report from Victoria Hansen on North Charleston's new mayor, Reggie Burgess; and more!
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for March 23, 2024: we catch up with Jeffrey Collins with the Associated Press and Joe Bustos with The State newspaper to discuss news from the Statehouse; we look at the latest Fed decision to hold interest rates steady; we get a report from Scott Morgan on evictions in the state; and more!
More Local and National News
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The price of cocoa is on a wild historic ride: It topped the all-time record before Valentine's Day and almost doubled since then, in time for Easter. The culprit is the weather.
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North Carolina State isn't a prototypical Cinderella — they're from a major conference, and they won it all in the 1970s and '80s — but they're the only double-digit seed left. Learn to love them.
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Is Kevin Hart funny? Are pugs cute? Is Donald Trump a good politician? Thankfully, the quiz doesn't need to answer these questions — we'll just stick to the facts, thanks.
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Scientists think the timing of exercise might matter for performance — and for your overall health. Here's what to know about their latest findings.
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It's been a year since Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying allegations.
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The film's release in Japan, more than eight months after it opened in the U.S., had been watched with trepidation because of the sensitivity of the subject matter.
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Republicans in Georgia have repeatedly floated election changes in the wake of false claims by former President Donald Trump and other Republicans that he lost Georgia in 2020 because of fraud.
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In January, a door plug flew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane during a flight, leaving a hole in the fuselage, some of which are produced by Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.
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An 8-year-old child is only survivor. The passengers were headed to an Easter festival before the bus plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames.
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A star-studded cast appeared with the former presidents and Biden, including Mindy Kaling, Ben Platt and Stephen Colbert hosting the event.
South Carolina Public Radio will deepen its engagement with communities across the Palmetto State this year in an initiative called America Amplified Election 2024.
New programs are coming to SC Public Radio's schedules.
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