Watch: US veteran takes down knife-wielding man in South Carolina Walmart

In a dramatic video, the man was seen shouting inside the Walmart store while waving a knife at bystanders and employees. “That's when my military training kicked in,” the shopper said.

Supreme Court rejects death sentence appeal from Dylann Roof, who killed 9

Roof fired his attorneys and represented himself during the sentencing phase of his capital trial, part of his effort to block evidence potentially portraying him as mentally ill.

Pebbles, the world’s oldest dog, dies at 22

Pebbles, a toy fox terrier from Taylors, South Carolina, died on Oct. 3 — five months shy of her 23rd birthday.

South Carolina legislators unlikely to make abortion laws stricter

The South Carolina House voted Tuesday to reject changes the state Senate made to the current six-week ban. Lawmakers wanted to see a ban on all abortions, with exceptions for rape, incest, or if the life of the mother was threatened.

Woman found dead inside SC department store; body not discovered for 4 days

A 63-year-old janitor died in the public bathroom of a South Carolina department store, but her body was not discovered until four days later. Now police are investigating to see if anyone was negligent, and to figure out how and why no one noticed her body in the stall.

Professor comforts student’s crying baby while teaching class

The South Carolina math professor stepped in to hold a student’s baby so she could participate in class without distractions.

South Carolina judge rules firing squad, electric chair unconstitutional

From 1995 to 2011 — when the state’s last execution was performed — South Carolina carried out the death penalty with lethal injections on 36 prisoners.

South Carolina House approves abortion ban with exceptions

South Carolina’s bill currently allows abortions if a mother's life is in danger and then lists several different medical emergencies that would fit into that exception.

Boy, 8 years old, discovers giant shark tooth in South Carolina: 'Find of a lifetime'

An outdoorsy eight-year-old found a fossilized shark tooth from a long-extinct species while he was on a family vacation in South Carolina earlier this month of August 2022.