Lawmakers in South Carolina’s House of Representatives have approved a measure to remove the Civil War-era Confederate flag from the grounds of the state Capitol in Columbia. The bill passed early Thursday morning by a vote of 94-20 on its third and final reading, after more than 13 hours of contentious debate. Opponents of the […]
South Carolina’s House of Representatives is debating a bill to remove the Civil War-era Confederate flag from the state Capitol grounds, where it has flown for more than 50 years. The bill, backed by both Democrats and Republicans, was approved 36 to 3 by the state Senate on Tuesday. During Wednesday’s debate, the House rejected […]
Maryland woman, 26-year-old Sandra Clara McClary, was jailed on Sunday and her bail set at $500,000 after she left her 6-week-year-old daughter alongside a road in Anne Arundel County late on Saturday night. A Pasadena, Maryland motorist picked the child up from the side of the highway just before midnight on Saturday. The child, discovered in […]
For the seventh time in three weeks, a swimmer has been bitten by a shark while visiting the North Carolina seashore. This summers attacks are the most to occur in at least 15 years. This most recent attack involved a 68-year-old man who was swimming 25-30 feet off-shore in waist deep water. The man was swimming […]