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A North Carolina school district used COVID-19 relief funds to boost the salaries and benefits of its staff, according to a report. Chalkboard, a K-12 public education news outlet, reported that Wake County Public School System used more than 40% of $442 million in COVID-19 relief funding to supply “bonus pay” to its employees. The outlet goes on to say that “77.69% of spending to salaries and benefits, with about 10% or less was spent “on other categories.” The report explained further that the school district spent $238.2 million on salaries and benefits, approximately $30 million spent on supplies, $19...

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has been investigating the killings of Murdaugh's wife, Maggie, 52, and son Paul, 22, who were fatally shot outside the family's [1,772 acre] Islandton, S.C., home in June 2021. The double homicide, which has rocked the small rural community in the state's southern Lowcountry, was even more striking because of the Murdaugh family's prominent status in South Carolina, where three generations of Murdaughs once served as elected prosecutors for 87 consecutive years.