An appeals court’s decision to overturn one man’s death row sentence due to his abusive childhood and mental illness could produce groundbreaking results on how death sentences are ruled out. Last Tuesday, a federal appeals court ruled that Quincy Allen, the last person sentenced to death in Richland […]
The East Coast Hockey League suspended player Jacob Panetta indefinitely after being accused of making a racist gesture toward a Black player over the weekend. ESPN reports that the Jacksonville Iceman defenseman is accused of making a racist taunt at South Carolina Stingrays defenseman Jordan Subban. The accusations […]
The Justice Department reached an $88 million settlement with the survivors and families of the victims of the 2015 massacre at Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston, South Carolina. DOJ announced Thursday that the family members of those killed in the mass shooting would get $6-7.5 million […]
John Sims, a Black artist in Columbia, South Carolina, said police burst into his apartment with guns drawn while he was in bed and detained him without explanation in the early morning on Monday. “Before I can explain anything, they got me in handcuffs,” Sims told the Free […]
Campaigning in South Carolina after a private visit Friday to the site of the 2015 mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, California Sen. Kamala Harris renewed her call for universal background checks and an assault weapons ban. Vatican admits to secret […]
Hurricane Florence swirled over the Carolinas on Saturday, dumping non-stop rain over areas already flooded by seawater, swelling rivers, and creeks across both states. Some towns have already been soaked by more than 2 feet of nonstop rains, and forecasters have warned that totals could reach […]