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A jury has found a sheriff in South Carolina not guilty of violating a jail inmate's civil rights when he ordered a deputy to shock the man several times with a Taser.

A 79-year-old South Carolina man avoided a possible death sentence Thursday by agreeing to plead guilty to ambushing police officers coming to his home, killing two of the officers and wounding five others.

Envision AESC said it plans to build batteries for electric BMW vehicles at a new plant in South Carolina, spending $810 million on a facility that could have up to 1,170 workers.

Championing women brass players and works by new and underrepresented composers, the ensemble comes to the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center for an orchestral concert on Monday and a chamber recital on Tuesday.

he mayor of a South Carolina city says ending violence in her community will require people to work with police after a weekend which saw four people killed in shootings in the area. Investigators say the victims included an 11-year-old boy in Florence County and a man shot and killed in the city of Florence after refusing to give someone a ride. Florence Mayor Teresa Myers Ervin says police can intervene to help stop shootings if people reach out to talk to them before trouble turns deadly. The Florence police chief promised to protect anyone who is scared of retaliation for talking with investigators.

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