2019-08-09

Man gets life for impregnating 10-yearold in South Carolina

HAMPTON, S.C. (AP) — A 37-year-old man in South Carolina will spend the rest of his life in prison for impregnating a 10-year-old. Prosecutors said Tony Orlanda Singleton was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree criminal sexual assault. Authorities say they took DNA evidence from the fetus after the girl had an abortion and it proved Singleton was the father. The […]

Ex-South Carolina DOT commissioner gets house confinement

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina transportation official has been sentenced to 45 days of home confinement and 18 months of probation for telling someone to destroy emails before the FBI could read them. Former Department of Transportation Commissioner John Hardee said Wednesday he panicked when a business associate said the FBI wanted to see his emails. The […]

Sheriff: Teen’s racist videos show SC needs hate crime law



COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina sheriff says he couldn’t charge a teen who made racist videos shooting at a box he said represented black people until the 16- year-old threatened to shoot up his Catholic school. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Thursday the case shows why South Carolina needs a hate crimes law. South Carolina is one […]

SC says US government shipped ton of plutonium out of state

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Officials in South Carolina say the U.S. government followed a requirement to remove weapons-grade plutonium from the state. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said 1 metric ton (2,200 pounds) of nuclear material has been shipped out of the Savannah River Site near Aiken. The U.S. Energy Department was ordered in 2017 to remove that much […]

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