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South Carolina’s top court has delayed the executions of two inmates where were scheduled to die by electric chair within the upcoming week. According to the Associated Press, the state’s Supreme Court determined that Brad Sigmon and Freddie Owens—two men convicted of separate murders—could not be executed until they had the option of death by firing […]
A judge ruled two weeks ago that a former restaurant manager in South Carolina owes $546,000 to a man he enslaved, deeming the manager guilty of “coercing an African-American man with an intellectual disability to work extensive hours at a restaurant for no pay.” The manager, 56-year-old Bobby Paul Edwards, is serving a 10-year prison sentence […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez laid out her story of hiding from intruders during the January Capitol riot on a recent in-depth Instagram Live session. The right-wing media pushback was swift and unsurprising, both making fun of AOC for sharing that she feared for her life and questioning her version of events. The latest attack on her account is […]
A new coronavirus variant from South Africa has been found in the United States for the first time, the Associated Press reports. Two cases were identified in South Carolina, and state health officials believe it is almost certain that there are more people with the mutated strain who have not yet been confirmed. Both adults who tested […]
South Carolina rapper 18veno was fatally shot in his home state on Sunday. WCNC Charlotte reports that the 19-year-old rapper was declared dead at a hospital in Rock Hill, South Carolina. York County Sheriff’s Department has since opened an investigation into the incident. According to the news outlet, he was killed inside of a house […]
Blacc Zacc has unleashed his new album 803 Legend, with features from Kevin Gates, 42 Dugg, Foogiano, Fat Loc, and more. In August, Zacc dropped off the video for the project’s title song, which sees the rapper go back to his Columbia, South Carolina hometown. 803 Legend also arrives on the heels of Blacc Zacc’s […]
Social media has once again given us an example of why dry snitching is a cardinal sin. A worker at the Taco Boy in Charleston, South Carolina was fired after tweeting about tampering with local councilman Harry Griffin’s order. “Harry Griffin came to my restaurant tonight I asked the kitchen to put bleach on his food but I […]
A petition posted this past weekend pushing to get a Confederate statue replaced with a Chadwick Boseman memorial has generated more than 15,000 signatures. The proposed statue swap would occur in Anderson, South Carolina, the hometown of Boseman. The star of Black Panther, Marshall, and many other films passed away on Friday due to colon cancer. He was […]
Kanye West is taking the stage on Sunday for his first-ever campaign rally, which is being held in Charleston, South Carolina. News of the event arrived over the weekend, after the rapper made some serious moves to get himself added to ballots in multiple states. Attendees were asked to follow strict social distancing guidelines, which […]
On Sunday, Kanye West took a stage in Charleston, South Carolina to hold his first-ever campaign rally, complete with a bullet-proof vest and the year ‘2020’ cut into his hair. During that rally he made the first of (enter your best guess here) suspect comments that will generate headlines until this social experiment comes to an end. […]
