Jeffrey Collins
The Associated Press
Columbia, SC, United States
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9th grader sues over Pledge of Allegiance confrontation
Barnwell’s parents are suing the River Bluff High School teacher, the principal, Lexington School District 1, and the South Carolina Education Department. → Read More
LIVE: Prosecutors again ask Alex Murdaugh about financial crimes
He returned to the stand in his own defense for a second day. → Read More
LIVE: On stand, Alex Murdaugh denies killings but admits lying
Murdaugh blamed his addiction to opioids for clouding his thinking and creating a distrust of state law enforcement agents. → Read More
Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial starts with cellphones, bullets
There was gunshot residue on a seat belt, bullets pulled from bodies that matched ammunition boxes from around the home and cellphones never used again just a few minutes after Murdaugh, his wife and son were all heard in a cellphone video, the prosecutor said. → Read More
EXPLAINER: Alex Murdaugh goes on trial in 2021 killings of wife, son
Here’s an overview of the trial and the scene surrounding it as hundreds of lawyers and their support staff, reporters and true crime enthusiasts are expected to swell Colleton County’s population of 38,000 in the rural, southern part of South Carolina. → Read More
More vaccines, fewer mask rules as US keeps fighting COVID-19
Nearly 98% of the over-65 population has received at least one COVID-19 shot and more than 25% of them have gotten boosters, just weeks after they were authorized. → Read More
Judge freezes assets of prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh
A family’s lawsuit says Murdaugh is trying to hide millions of dollars they could possibly collect in their lawsuit and he could shift money between unknown accounts and potentially sell off property and a boat after he turned all his affairs over to his surviving son, Buster Murdaugh. → Read More
Judge hears arguments on who should control Murdaugh’s money
Attorneys in three different civil cases have said they fear Alex Murdaugh is trying to hide millions of dollars they could possibly collect in their lawsuits. → Read More
S.C. lawyer Murdaugh charged with stealing insurance settlements from dead housekeeper’s family
State police say Alex Murdaugh was arrested Thursday at a drug rehab facility in Orlando, Florida, where his attorneys say he has spent the past six weeks since claiming he was shot in the head. → Read More
Murdaugh surrenders to face charges in $10M insurance fraud
The charges are connected to insurance fraud, lawyer Jim Griffin told news outlets. Murdaugh asked a previous client whom he was buying drugs from to kill him with a shot to the head on Sept. 4 so his surviving son could collect a $10 million life insurance policy, authorities said. → Read More
SC gov. signs bill forcing death row inmates to choose between firing squad, electric chair
South Carolina had been one of the most prolific states of its size in putting inmates to death. But a lack of lethal injection drugs brought executions to a halt. → Read More
South Carolina House adds firing squad to execution methods
The South Carolina House has voted to add the firing squad to the state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs. → Read More
Officer credited with keeping rioters from Senate chambers stays silent
Officer Eugene Goodman isn’t saying whether he thinks he saved the Senate, as many of the millions who’ve viewed the video believe. In fact, Goodman isn’t saying anything at all publicly. → Read More
Nearly 130 guns found in home of S. Carolina police ambush suspect
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Tuesday that it appeared only three of the 129 guns were fired at officers on Oct. 3 — a pistol and two military assault rifles. → Read More