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  • Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson looks sus wearing a pink shirtFinance

    It sounds like MrBeast is not currently involved in any serious bids for TikTok after all

    By James Pollard, Haleluya Hadero, and others
  • Larry RobinsonSuccess

    Florida HBCU’s record $237 million donation from hemp mogul is worthless, investigator confirms

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Shelia Mae DobbinsEnvironment

    A 59-year-old widow has been forced to use a breathing tube and skyrocketing demand for wood pellets in the EU might be to blame

    By James Pollard, Julie Watson, and others
  • Florida A&M President Larry Robinson stands at a podium on the schools football fieldLifestyle

    A Florida HBCU was promised an extraordinary $237 million contribution from a hemp producer—but nobody can find the hemp, and the money might never come

    By The Associated Press and James Pollard
  • Sam AltmanTech

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joins the ranks of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates in promising to give away half a billion

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • men at a nonprofit pose next to muralSuccess

    Companies with robust volunteer programs have lower turnover and help employees feel better about working there, even if they don’t participate

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Wood pelletsFinance

    The world’s largest global industrial supplier of wood pellets just filed for bankruptcy with debts over $2.6 billion

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump says he’d ‘strongly support the availability of IVF’ after his party ruled it illegal in Alabama

    By Michelle L. Price, James Pollard, and others
  • A Service Employees International Union rallySuccess

    One of U.S.’ largest labor unions says South Carolina’s workplace safety program is so bad the federal government should take over

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, speaks in favor of a bill that would limit the land holdings of foreign adversaries in the state on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)Politics

    China and Russia citizens could be barred from buying land in South Carolina as state senate passes ban on ‘foreign adversary’ nations

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • FILE – South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom holds up a book he wanted to present to his new Chief of Staff James Holly during his introduction at the Budget and Control Board meeting, Aug. 13, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. Pressure is mounting for Eckstrom after a $3.5B accounting error. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)Finance

    South Carolina’s top accountant is resigning after a $3.5 billion error and accusations of ‘willful neglect of duty’

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Richard EckstromPolitics

    After 20 years in office, South Carolina’s Comptroller is resigning because of a $3.5 billion accounting error

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • South Carolina House lawmakers celebrate the passage of a bill establishing criminal penalties for trafficking in fentanyl on Feb. 1, 2023 in Columbia, S.C. State lawmakers across the nation are responding to the deadliest overdose crisis in U.S. history by pushing harsher penalties for possessing fentanyl. (AP Photo/James Pollard)Politics

    Fentanyl overdoses are connected to 70,000 deaths a year and the crisis is pushing states to implement harsher drug laws

    By Gabe Stern, James Pollard, and others
  • COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA – JANUARY 29: The exterior of the South Carolina State House is seen on January 29, 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina. Housing the State legislature and opened in 1855 the building was designed by architect John Rudolph Nearness in the Greek Revival and neoclassical style. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    South Carolina’s comptroller made a $3.5 billion accounting error—and now comes the repercussions

    By James Pollard and The Associated Press
  • Mexican army soldierPolitics

    The Mexican cartel that apparently kidnapped and killed Americans says it self-policed 5 rogue members in scramble to limit fallout

    By Alfredo Pena, Mark Stevenson, and others