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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Former South Carolina bank CEO Russell Laffitte was found guilty Tuesday night on all six counts of conspiracy, bank and wire fraud and misapplication of bank funds, ending a three-week trial that also put disgraced attorney and accused murderer Alex Murdaugh in the spotlight.

CHARLESTON, S.C. — In her closing argument of former South Carolina banker Russell Laffitte’s federal bank fraud trial Monday, prosecutor Emily Limehouse said, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

West Virginia's opioid crisis is transcending partisan politics as city council candidates from three different parties tackle the issue in the capital of Charleston

Another election in South Carolina will give Democrats another chance to loosen the firm grasp Republicans have on statewide politics

Roof shot participants at a 2015 Bible study session at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. A panel of appellate judges had previously upheld his conviction and death sentence.

The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected an appeal from Dylann Roof, a self-avowed racist, who was sentenced to death for gunning down nine members of a Black church congregation in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015.

A federal court denied his initial appeal last year

As rapidly intensifying storms and rising sea levels threaten coastal cities from Texas to the tip of Maine, Hurricane Ian has just demonstrated what researchers have warned: Hundreds of hospitals in the U.S. are not ready for climate change.

A South Carolina tour ranks among the best in the nation — but it’s not for the faint of heart.