The State (Columbia, S.C.)

CHARLESTON, S.C. — It took more than a century and almost 200 attempts, but Monday night the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that will finally make lynching a federal hate crime in America. Long championed by U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the anti…

The odds were always going to be slim. After the penultimate game of South Carolina’s season, head coach Frank Martin said that if his Gamecocks found a way to beat No. 5 Auburn on the road he didn’t see how South Carolina could be left out of the NCAA…

An F/A-18D Hornet military jet crashed on former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s family property in Beaufort County on Thursday afternoon, according to the U.S. Marine Corps and witnesses. The combat jet went down at about 3:15 p.m., according to a …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s senior U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham took his calls for regime change in Russia one step further Thursday night, when he tweeted that someone needs to take Russian President Vladimir Putin out over the invasion of Ukraine. …

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Warrants allege that former “American Idol” contestant Caleb Kennedy was under the influence of marijuana when his truck crashed into a garage outside a home in Pacolet, killing a man. Kennedy, 17, was charged Tuesday with felony drivi…

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump is planning to hold a rally in South Carolina as early as this month or this spring, where he can champion two Republican congressional candidates while also making a visit to an early presidential prima…

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina would be the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament if the season were to end today, the tournament committee announced Thursday on ESPN. The first top-16 seed selection reveal of the 2022 season wa…