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  • UPSLaw

    Lawyer blasts UPS for favoring profits over safety after fiery, deadly crash in Kentucky

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • Doc AntleEconomy

    ‘Tiger King’ cat wrangler ‘Doc’ Antle faces up to 10 years in prison in South Carolina sentencing

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • FILE – AESC Group CEO Shoichi Matsumoto speaks at the “Topping Out” structural completion milestone ceremony for the 1.6 million-square-foot AESC gigafactory being constructed in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Ky., on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. (Grace Ramey /Daily News via AP)Finance

    Plans for a $1.6 billion factory to make BMWs in South Carolina are on pause thanks to “market uncertainty” from Trump’s trade war

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • Republican South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis answers questions during a hearing in the Senate on Monday, April 21, 2025, in Columbia, S.C.Finance

    State treasurer’s role in a $1.8 billion accounting error likely won’t cost him his job

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • South Carolina Sen. Shane Martin, R-Pauline, sits at his desk during the Senate’s session on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)Politics

    South Carolina lawmakers have earned only $10,400 annually for the past 25 years—and now want a $18,000 bump in their stipends

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis answers questions during a hearingFinance

    South Carolina senators are trying to give their state treasurer the boot over a $1.8 billion accounting error

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • FILE – South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis asks a question of his staff during a Statehouse hearing on Jan. 29, 2025, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)Politics

    A $1.8 billion accounting error snowballed over 10 years in South Carolina—and could cost the state’s treasurer his job

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Scout Motors shows off one of its older gasoline powered models at a ceremony to celebrate the start of construction of its new electric SUV, Feb. 15, 2024, in Blythewood, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)Retail

    Volkswagen-backed EV maker Scout Motors wants to sell directly to buyers online but can’t do it in its home state

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • A table holds a memorial with photos and flowers to remember those who died on the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopterLifestyle

    Wife of a flight attendant killed in the American Airlines-helicopter crash says he was put on the plane after a last-minute schedule change: ‘We believe he was supposed to be on that flight’

    By Jeffrey Collins, Erik Verduzco, and others
  • Rhesus Macaque monkeysHealth

    Monkeys escape medical research lab for the fourth time—over 40 are currently on the loose

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • Debris is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Asheville, N.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)Environment

    Supplies for North Carolina arrive by plane, truck and mule as Hurricane Helene’s death toll tops 130

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • The South Carolina Supreme CourtFinance

    South Carolina parents can’t spend public money on private schools anymore

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • Alex MurdaughFinance

    Disbarred attorney, convicted of killing his wife and son, sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for stealing from clients

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press
  • Wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rests on the container ship Dali, Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)Politics

    Dali, the ship that brought down Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, is tangled in up to 4,000 tons of debris: ‘We need to have answers on what happened’

    By Mike Pesoli, Jeffrey Collins, and others
  • Scout MotorsTech

    Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors is ‘relaunching an American icon’ with a $50,000 electric SUV model

    By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press