
Jeffrey Collins
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1 week ago |
castanet.net | Jeffrey Collins |Chris Megerian |Sarah Raza
Former President Joe Biden delivered the first remarks since he announced he had an aggressive form of prostate cancer Friday, speaking in a steady voice during a somber Memorial Day gathering and later smiling and saying he's “feeling good.”Biden spoke at an annual gathering marking Memorial Day at Veterans Memorial Park in his home state of Delaware, not far from his home in Wilmington. The event coincided with the 10th anniversary of his son Beau's death.
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4 weeks ago |
wmbfnews.com | Jeffrey Collins |Patrick Phillips
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP/WCSC) - A man who was put to death last month in South Carolina’s second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for as long as a minute after the bullets, meant to quickly stop his heart, struck him lower than expected, according to a pathologist hired by his attorneys.
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1 month ago |
wbtv.com | Patrick Phillips |Jeffrey Collins |Katie Kamin
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - A firing squad executed a South Carolina inmate on Friday, the second time the state has carried out that method in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to death for the 2004 shooting death of Orangeburg County Public Safety Capt. James Myers on Myers' farm in Calhoun County.(South Carolina Department of Corrections)Mikal Mahdi was sentenced to die 20 years ago for the ambush killing of an off-duty police officer.
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2 months ago |
wmbfnews.com | Patrick Phillips |Mary Green |Jeffrey Collins
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC/AP) - A South Carolina Senate subcommittee voted Thursday against advancing the nomination of the man Gov. Henry McMaster chose to run the Department of Public Health. Dr. Edward Simmer would be the first physician to head the agency which was created when the former Department of Health and Environmental Control was split into two agencies.
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2 months ago |
thebusinessjournal.com | Jeffrey Collins |Ben Hensley
Adobe Stock image In the state battles to adopt the lowest and most attractive tax policies, South Carolina Republicans are making an interesting gambit: they want to raise income taxes for about 60% of filers in 2026. Supporters say it’s short term pain for the long term gain of establishing a flat income tax rate.
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