US President Donald Trump has declared his administration will start slapping steep tariffs on countries that export furniture to America, putting China in the crosshairs of his efforts to bring manufacturing back to his country again, even amid ongoing high-level efforts between Washington and Beijing aimed at resolving their trade differences. “In order to make…
Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday in the western Atlantic and is forecast to strengthen over the next few days, bringing the threat of torrential rainfall to portions of the Southeastern U.S. early this week, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. Imelda, the ninth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, is forecast to…
This story is a CBS News collaboration with the Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina. The Trump administration has canceled nearly $28 million of federal grants for animal testing as major federal health agencies are phasing out research on live animals in favor of new alternatives, a joint investigation by CBS News and The…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — South Carolina officials are supporting a plan by the Federal Communications Commission to stop inmates from using cellphones in prisons. The Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced that the FCC will be voting this month on a proposal that, for the first time, would allow prisons to jam contraband cellphones….
A former correctional officer, a former inmate at a South Carolina prison and the ex-inmate’s brother have been arrested and charged with running a widespread operation to smuggle drugs into over a dozen state prisons. The trio allegedly used packages “presented as containing books” to smuggle hundreds of strips containing synthetic cannabinoids and Suboxone into…
Fox News host Trey Gowdy’s call to “track the access to the firearms” after a mass shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school was quickly challenged by his co-host and sparked instant backlash in MAGA corners online. Gowdy argued that it was time to have “a conversation of freedom versus protecting children,” after a gunman, armed…
MIAMI (AP) — A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph (215 kph) maximum sustained winds late Sunday as its outer bands lashed the Virgin…
A homicide investigation is underway in South Carolina after two women’s bodies were found in a rural area in Sumter County, about 40 miles east of Columbia, police said. A landowner found the bodies in a cleared area on his land, Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis said at a news conference on Tuesday. The women…
Americans have been advised that some packages of a brand of vodka seltzers have been mistakenly mislabeled as a non-alcoholic high energy drink, triggering a recall announcement from High Noon, the alcoholic beverage brand, that was posted by the the US Food and Drug Administration. In a statement, High Noon said two lots of High…
The family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr is speaking out about the child’s recent passing from a brain-eating amoeba. In a new conference Tuesday in Columbia, South Carolina, Carr’s parents said they wanted to bring awareness to the rare but often fatal brain infection caused by the Naegleria fowleri organism. The infection, called primary amebic meningoencephalitis,…