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Doc Antle

‘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)

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.

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)

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 hearing

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)

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)

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 helicopter

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 monkeys

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)

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 Court

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

By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press

Alex Murdaugh

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)

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 Motors

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

By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press

Marissa Barnwell

South Carolina 9th grader sues teacher who shoved her against a wall for trying to walk to class during Pledge of Allegiance, she says

By Jeffrey Collins and The Associated Press