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A judge has refused to lower the $7 million bail for a jailed South Carolina attorney acccused of stealing millions of dollars in settlement money from vulnerable clients in injury or wrongful death cases. A judge said Tuesday she determined attorney Alex Murdaugh remains a flight risk and a potential danger to himself and his community. At Murdaugh's most recent bond hearing, defense lawyers said Murdaugh's accounts were frozen by authorities to ensure victims in a number of lawsuits against Murdaugh wouldn't lose their chance to collect settlements. The lawyers said, however, that Murdaugh couldn't even buy new underwear at the jail or pay his phone bill.

Six Democratic presidential candidates debate Wednesday night in Nevada ahead of the state's caucuses this Saturday.

The South Carolina Senate is getting ready to debate its version of the state's $12.6 billion spending plan. The budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year is built around $1 billion in income tax rebates and another $1 billion in cuts, compared with the $600 income million tax cut proposed by the House. That leaves two big differences with the House plan.

A group of lawmakers and staff with the bipartisan National Conference of State Legislatures spent a year and a half studying the best school systems in the world. Here's what they learned.

An update on the war in Ukraine and a look at how life in the city of Odesa has changed.

On June 17, 2015, twelve members of the historically black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina welcomed a young white man to their evening…

It’s often - not always, but often - interesting to read what composers have written about composing—especially if they’re good writers.

Franz Liszt invented the solo piano recital, and in fact he coined the term “recital,” too.

“B” is for Barry, Margaret Catherine Moore (1752-1823). Revolutionary War heroine.

On Friday morning, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee announced they'd look into the nationwide shortage of baby formula.