Governor signs law giving Nevada 1st presidential primary
LAS VEGAS — Nevada Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak, signed into law Friday a bill that would make the Western state the first to vote...
3rd guilty plea in South Carolina nuclear project failure
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A former official for the contractor hired to build two South Carolina nuclear reactors that were never completed pleaded guilty Thursday...
Marine recruit dies in final test of Parris Island training
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Authorities are investigating the death of a 19-year-old Marine Corps recruit during a strenuous exercise that caps a 13-week training course...
Federal judge asked to halt 2 South Carolina electrocutions
FLORENCE, S.C. — Attorneys for two prisoners facing death by electrocution under South Carolina’s new capital punishment law are asking a federal judge to...
Early states’ GOP opposes Nevada as 1st presidential primary
LAS VEGAS — Republicans in the four early presidential nominating states on Tuesday jointly opposed a Democratic push in Nevada to make the Western...
Mother and her son from prominent SC legal family found dead
ISLANDTON, S.C. — A mother and son from a prominent South Carolina legal family were killed on their family's land, and authorities said they...
S Carolina’s state-owned utility survives as public company
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s state-owned utility appears to have survived four years of turmoil to remain public after the South Carolina House and...
South Carolina judge refuses to block 2 scheduled executions
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge on Tuesday refused to block two executions set for later this month as she considers a lawsuit...
South Carolina court weighs pausing new death penalty law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge heard arguments Monday on whether to temporarily halt a new law effectively forcing death row prisoners to...
2nd South Carolina inmate seeking to block electrocution
COLUMBIA, S.C. — An inmate scheduled to die later this month under South Carolina's recently reworked capital punishment law is asking to take part...