South Carolina

SWANSEA, S.C. (AP) — Police say a man launched into Mr. Miyagi’s famous crane kick pose before stealing a purse at a gas station in South Carolina.

A South Carolina police officer found a friend in a boy at a local Chick-fil-A last week, shortly after the boy approached him at the restaurant to thank him for his service.

A South Carolina lawmaker is proposing a bill which would direct schools to give students some lessons in “adulting,” or at least give them a few pointers on personal finance.

A Democrat congressman is already stirring up trouble just days into his first term on Capitol Hill, attempting to bring a six-pack of beer onto the House floor on Friday afternoon.

President Donald Trump congratulated the Clemson Tigers on Tuesday for their victory over Alabama’s Crimson Tide in the college football championship game.

Collman Lloyd still believes in Santa Claus, even after she spoke to President Donald Trump who said it was “marginal” for a seven-year-old girl to do so.

An escapee in an orange jumpsuit kicked in the door of a woman’s home in Pickens, South Carolina, and approached her bedroom, only to be shot dead.

Police in South Carolina say a man dressed as a woman tried to rob a mobile phone store and was shot by the clerk.

Democrat Joe Cunningham defeated Republican Katie Arrington for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District early Wednesday, in a fiercely competitive race.

Republican South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster won his reelection race Tuesday evening, defeating a challenge from Democrat James Smith.

“Well, I think I’ve been toned down, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said. “I could really tone it up because as you know the media’s been extremely unfair to me and to the Republican Party.”

Less than two years into her Senate tenure, 2020 hopeful from California Kamala Harris is hitting the campaign trail in early presidential primary state South Carolina.

President Donald Trump expressed his sympathy on Wednesday for victims caught in the path of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina and South Carolina.

A South Carolina business is warning those who would prey on hurricane victims that “looters will be shot.”

Beer maker Anheuser-Busch has announced plans to send 300,000 cans of fresh water to the expected victims of Hurricane Florence.

“Get out of its way. Don’t play games with it. It’s a big one, maybe as big as they’ve seen,” Trump said.

“The safety of American people is my absolute highest priority. We are sparing no expense,” Trump said on Tuesday.

Hurricane Florence may reach Category 5 on Tueaday, as the storm closed in on North and South Carolina, carrying winds up to 140 mph.

“To the incredible citizens of North Carolina, South Carolina and the entire East Coast – the storm looks very bad!” he wrote on Twitter. “Please take all necessary precautions. We have already began mobilizing our assets to respond accordingly, and we are here for you!”

A South Carolina woman told police they could ignore her DUI because she is “very clean” and “thoroughbred white,” several reports say.

House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) is building his national profile inside the Republican Party as a mover and shaker as the midterm elections loom, and 2020 looms larger.

Katie Arrington, the GOP nominee for Congress in South Carolina’s First Congressional district, is lighting up her Democrat opponent Joe Cunningham for politicizing her tragic car accident that took one life and nearly claimed her life and the life of her friend a few weeks ago.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has banned abortion providers from the list of his state’s Medicaid providers.

Trump-endorsed Gov. Henry McMaster won the Republican nomination for governor in South Carolina primary election Tuesday evening.

President Donald Trump commented on failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s refusal to exit the political arena after losing spectacularly in the 2016 presidential election.

President Donald Trump praised his supporters as the “super elite” on Monday, during a campaign rally in South Carolina.

President Trump expressed optimism on diplomacy with North Korea at a rally in South Carolina for Gov. Henry McMaster Monday evening. 

President Donald Trump read aloud at a campaign rally in South Carolina Monday from a Breitbart News article about how Hollywood director David Lynch had spoken highly of him in an interview with Britain’s Guardian newspaper.

“Air Force One landed and the real force of nature got off the plane and stepped into South Carolina,” Republican Governor Henry McMaster said.

Congressional candidate and current South Carolina State Rep. Katie Arrington sustained major injuries and required surgery after a car driving the wrong direction crashed into the car in which she was a passenger, law enforcement officials say.