White House document urges 18 states in virus ‘red zone’ to mandate masks, close bars, increase testing

A recent unpublicized White House document prepared by the coronavirus task force and obtained by the Center for Public Integrity on Thursday shows that 18 states are currently in the “red zone” for coronavirus cases.

NY, NJ, CT restrict access to travelers from 16 states due to fear of coronavirus spread

A mandatory quarantine of 14 days has been extended to travelers entering New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to 16 from the 8 states listed when the advisory was first issued last week.

Good Samaritans in South Carolina recover $1,300 blowing down highway, help return it to owner

Two good Samaritans recovered $1,300 blowing down a South Carolina highway Tuesday morning and helped return the cash to the elderly person who had lost it, authorities said.

South Carolina boy, 6, reels in sunken safe, helps break robbery case open

A 6-year-old baby gumshoe helped crack a nearly decade-old robbery case when he reeled in a locked safe from the bottom of a South Carolina lake.

Police: Woman tried to kill son by setting car on fire

Police in South Carolina’s capital city have charged a woman with trying to kill her 14-month-old son by setting her car on fire.

South Carolina restaurant uses blow-up dolls to enforce social distancing between tables

As businesses across the country begin to reopen, they're learning to adapt when it comes to social distancing. For one restaurant in South Carolina, that means using blow-up dolls. Yes, really.

Woman killed by alligator in South Carolina was doing homeowner's nails

The woman attacked and killed by an alligator in a gated community along the South Carolina coast was visiting the homeowner to do her nails and was trying to touch the animal when it grabbed her, authorities said.

South Carolina woman charged in hand-licking incidents

A South Carolina woman is in custody and charged after licking her hands and then touching grocery store fixtures and products.

Six dead from coronavirus after attending same funeral in South Carolina, coroner says

More than a month after a packed funeral in South Carolina, officials said six elderly people who were in attendance in March have died from the coronavirus, according to a coroner's office in South Carolina.

Bernie Sanders' appeal tested in moderate Virginia on Super Tuesday

Bernie Sanders doesn’t need to win Virginia to have a successful Super Tuesday, but he probably can’t afford a big loss there, either.

Democrats eye Super Tuesday even as South Carolina primary looms

The South Carolina primary is just ahead, but the race is quickly going national as candidates pivot to the 14 states that vote on Tuesday.