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A shooting in Myrtle Beach, South Caroline left one person dead and 11 others injured late Saturday night, according to police. The Myrtle Beach Police Department is now scrambling to piece together the horrific scene as the popular tourist hotspot turned into a zone of terror. Just before the clock struck midnight on Saturday at 11:50 p.m., Myrtle Beach police officers stumbled upon a full-blown brawl involving a crowd of people. According to the authorities, they 'observed a disturbance involving multiple individuals.' Cops say a chaotic fight turned deadly in Myrtle Beach when someone whipped out a weapon, forcing an...

Nalin Haley, the son of former U.S. presidential candidate Nikki Haley, was received into the Catholic Church on Palm Sunday. “As parents, Michael and I always prayed that our children would have a faith and relationship with God,” Nikki Haley posted on social media Sunday. “Today we were so proud to support Nalin in his faith journey as he was confirmed into the Catholic Church, completed RCIA, and received his first holy Communion,” she said of her son. Nikki Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor, was born and raised in the Sikh faith...

After attracting some dubious criticism regarding its US-based production, BMW fired back with some cold, rational stats that solidified its reputation as an exporter and manufacturer. But apparently, the automaker wasn’t content to stop there. Perhaps fueled by indignation—but more likely demand and forecasting—BMW is mulling over the addition of shifts at its Spartanburg plant. Apparently, the boosted productivity could result in up to 80,000 additional units entering production. Anticipating the Year Ahead Reportedly, BMW’s US inventory is sitting around a month’s days supply. A primary benefit of the production increase is price protection. A ramp up ensures models that...

An incredible video of an alligator on a stroll is making the rounds online. You never know what you're going to get with the animal thunderdome. It can be a house of horrors or it can be pretty cool. Massive buck? That's awesome. A massive alligator that could tear you limb-to-limb? Not so much, and that's what brings us here today. Giant alligator spotted on South Carolina golf course. The X account @Top100Rick shared some awesome footage of a giant alligator walking around Kiawah Ocean Course on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, and the video is a must-watch. The alligator didn't...

A paralyzed Army veteran who drowned in a swimming pool may have taken his own life because he discovered his wife was having an affair with a pastor, his sister has claimed. Chris Skinner, 41, was found dead in a neighborhood pool in Myrtle Beach, SC, on Sept. 6, 2021. Both the cops and coroner’s office eventually declared the case a suicide and ended their probes, but the coroner’s office recently reopened its investigation again, although there is no suggestion it involves foul play. She pointed to conflicting descriptions of how Skinner got into the pool from police and coroner...

A South Carolina mother has been accused of doing the unthinkable: stabbing her newborn infant to death with a letter opener as he was born and in the moments that followed. Authorities say An T. Ngo, 31, fatally stabbed her newborn boy with a “long, metal letter opener” while she was giving birth to him in her home in Easley, South Carolina, on March 7. She then allegedly placed the baby’s lifeless, bloody body in a trash bag and left it outside her door. Her boyfriend later called police, and the child was declared dead at the scene. “I’ll be...

After years of hustle, film and TV producer Stephen Love found himself in a situation many of his peers would salivate over: He was in four bidding wars. Studios clamored to snap up his projects. Hollywood trade news outlets gushed about their merits, bolstering Love’s career and reputation. But all the while, Love was shooting commercials and music videos and trying to get consulting gigs to make ends meet. He even drove for ride-share companies. The son of a preacher and a teacher, Love, 35, grew up on a farm in York, S.C., almost 40 miles south of Charlotte, N.C....

A hapless arsonist who tried to burn down a Tesla charging station in protest at President Trump and Elon Musk ended up setting himself on fire, according to authorities. Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24, burned down three EV chargers in a South Carolina parking lot Friday — where he scrawled “f–k Trump,” and “long live the Ukraine,” according to federal prosecutors. He was seen throwing five Molotov cocktails — one of which left him on fire, according to witnesses who saw him fleeing the North Charleston lot. Witnesses said “that the suspect had accidentally caught their own back on fire while throwing...

Authorities in South Carolina say a mother is in custody in connection with the horrific death of a newborn baby. Last Friday, the Easley Police Department said it received a 911 call about a medical emergency for a woman who had recently given birth at an apartment complex. Police and Pickens County EMS responded to the scene around 8:30 p.m. Officers said they found a newborn baby boy with serious injuries. Medical personnel declared him dead at the scene. “I’ve been doing this for two and a half decades, and I have never seen anything this gruesome,” Easley Police Chief...

VIDEOIt's a distinctive accent unique to Charleston, South Carolina. And the late Senator Fritz Hollings was the best known of its speakers. His passing marked perhaps the last of those who spoke Charlestonian. You most likely will never hear it again except in recordings and videos such as this of Hollings speaking.

On this week’s edition of FNC’s “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for how he handled himself at the White House weeks earlier. However, the South Carolina Republican warned if the United States pulled the plug on Ukraine, the result would be “worse than Afghanistan.” Host Maria Bartiromo said, “So there’s a pause right now on Ukrainian aid and intelligence sharing. There are reports that that is hampering Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against this incoming new wave of attacks from Russia. Have you talked with the White House about that? How concerned are...

Columbia, South Carolina CNN — A convicted double murderer has been executed by firing squad – the first such execution in the United States since 2010, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The execution of Brad Sigmon, 67, by the South Carolina Department of Corrections on Friday is only the fourth firing squad execution in the US since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Sigmon chose firing squad over the two other state-approved methods of execution, lethal injection or the electric chair. He was pronounced dead by a physician at 6:08...

The double murderer set to die by firing squad in South Carolina Friday had his last-minute appeal to save his life turned down — paving the way for him to become the first in the US to die by the unusual method in 15 years. The attorney for Brad Sigmon — who is set to die at 6 p.m. — argued during a final appeal to the South Carolina Supreme Court that his client was never given information about the lethal injection method when he was deciding how to end his life. South Carolina’s Supreme Court rejected his appeal —...

A convicted double murderer is set to die by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday — the first execution of its kind in the US in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, personally requested the unusual punishment after fearing the electric chair would “burn and cook him alive,” his attorney Gerald King wrote in a statement. The killer will be strapped to a chair and have a hood placed over his head and a target placed over his heart in the death chamber. Three volunteers will fire at him through a small opening about 15 feet away.

@LindseyGrahamSC This afternoon I had an excellent meeting with @elonmusk and my @SenateGOP colleagues. It is now time for the White House to put together a rescissions package so that Congress can turn DOGE’s work product into law and save money for the American people. Elon seemed to be very enthusiastic over the prospect of a rescissions package – I couldn’t agree more.

Former ICE Official (John Fabbricatore): "CBP One App I believe was definitely misused by the Biden administration to allow people to come in. And that was one technology that was developed for out of something that it shouldn't have been used for. I think it was a go around, around Congress to allow people to enter the United States. What we've seen, especially the fraud from that, is that the cartels were actually using it down in Mexico and having people sign up through them to then get on the CBP one app...So the cartels were actually making money off...

We are all about education … we think #ReOrg2025 is going to be an eye-opening event for many new (over the past 4 years) MAGA America First conservatives … and we are seeing (similar to our fight over “real” school choice) a NEW legislative battle brewing over what is being called by some as TORT REFORM. Conservative typically fall for the “dog whistle” red meat issues of school choice, pro-life, judicial reform … and things like TORT REFORM. But, The People are waking up … and folks are saying “not so fast on S244”. (See Bill HERE.) Remember … as...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Senator Lindsey Graham could take Ukrainian citizenship and then call for his resignation. Zelenskyy made the remark in an interview, a clip of which was shared by Collin Rugg on the social media platform X. He was responding to the senator's statement that he should resign as president. "I can give him Ukrainian citizenship, then his voice can start to gain weight," Zelenskyy said. He also said that citizens from other countries telling Ukrainians who should lead Ukraine was undemocratic. Senator Lindsey Graham, once a strong supporter of Ukraine, had told reporters...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for refusing to resign after Zelensky dismissed Graham’s previous comments calling for him to resign in the aftermath of his meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. In a post on X, Graham pointed out that until Ukraine has an election, “no one has a voice” there. Graham’s post came in response to a reporter telling Zelensky that Graham had suggested that he resign after making several disrespectful comments during his meeting in the Oval Office with Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In...

A 4:30 minute video put together by some MAGA folks in SC explaining the SC GOP Precinct Reorganization ProcessMAGA Can Redeem the SCGOP!A friends of mine here in SC put these together and shared it with some of us MAGA/America First people. Some resources to get you, your friends and family up to speed on South Carolina and who the good guys and bad guys are.South Carolina “MAGA/America First” Citizen Activist Resources The 2025 SC GOP Precinct Reorg is starting shortly at your SC County GOP. This is our chance to take back South Carolina from the SC GOP RINO...