SOUTH CAROLINA

Hurricane Ian almost derailed plans for one couple to wed in South Carolina on Saturday.

Vice President Kamala Harris caused a stir Friday after she said the administration would take 'equity' into account when providing disaster relief to communities in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

Experts say that Hurricane Ian is shining a spotlight once again on the vulnerability of the nation’s barrier islands and the increasing cost of people living on them.

A diminishing Ian is expected to bring heavy rains across parts of the eastern U.S. as residents continue to assess the damage in Florida and South Carolina.

The storm, which scarred a broad swath of Florida before its second landfall, will head weakened into the Southeast

The trail of destruction left by hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters carries another threat — fraud.

Dominic Cameratta told CBS News the pond in his backyard was starting to overflow from the rain. "It looked like there was a fish in there. I kind of zoomed in on it, I was kind of surprised," he said

Hurricane Ian has landed in South Carolina after devastating southwest and central Florida. Ian brought heavy rain, high winds and flooding along South Carolina coast, causing damage in some areas.

As Hurricane Ian barrels into South Carolina after leaving behind destruction in Florida, people are keeping a close eye on the Waffle House Index. Here's why.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has temporarily suspended campaign activities as he leads the state’s response to Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian regained strength as it barreled toward South Carolina on Friday (Sept. 30) after passing over NASA's Kennedy Space center spaceport in Florida a day earlier.

South Carolina county governments are scrambling to prepare for the incoming Hurricane Ian after witnessing the storm's jaw-dropping destruction in Florida.

Entertainment giant is gradually welcoming back visitors to its theme parks and hotels starting Friday morning.

The U.S. death toll from Hurricane Ian has risen to 27 as of Friday night.

Hurricane Ian's impacts were far from over on Friday, as the storm moved from Florida toward the Carolinas. It was expected to bring more flooding and storm surge.

Forecasters are warning of a possible "life-threatening" storm surge. Ian devastated parts of Florida and killed at least six there.

The storm’s maximum sustained winds increased Thursday to 75 mph.

Ian caused devastating storm surge, flooding and damage across the Florida Peninsula.

Tropical Storm Ian, weakened by its devastating trip across the Florida peninsula, is expected to regain a bit of strength when it reaches the Atlantic Ocean.

One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the United States threatened catastrophic flooding around the state.

Rescuers from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, other states and counties were racing against the clock as the sun was about to set Thursday in North Port, to help families stranded in their own homes surrounded by streets that had turned into canals.

Hurricane Ian has regained some strength after exiting Florida and taking aim at South Carolina.

Conservatives in the South Carolina House have rejected what they contend is a watered-down abortion measure, meaning the state likely will maintain its ban on the procedure at six weeks.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has joined House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn in visiting a rural South Carolina school that is now part of a National Park Service program to safeguard institutions connected to the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v.

Florida, South Carolina and South Florida are taking steps to salvage home football games as Hurricane Ian approaches.

Abortion laws in South Carolina almost certainly won’t get more restrictive after Republicans in the General Assembly couldn’t agree on a total ban.

Authorities said it's believed to be the largest takedown of a dogfighting operation in the state's history.

A sheriff's deputy in Sumter County, South Carolina, was shot and wounded during a shootout with a suspect during a domestic disturbance call early Sunday.

An investigation is underway in South Carolina after a woman was found dead inside a bathroom at a Belk department store. She was working her cleaning job at the time.

The incident is still under investigation, but police believe the woman was accidentally shot after her child gained access to a gun.

Authorities say a 63-year-old worker died in the public bathroom of a South Carolina department store, but her body was not discovered for four days.

Workers at a South Carolina humane society said Remy, a 4-year-old Staffy mix, was tied to the pole overnight and discovered in the morning.

A 63-year-old janitor died in the public bathroom of a South Carolina Belk department store, but her body was not discovered for four days, authorities said.

The Texas man traveled back to South Carolina to cash the prize — and was shocked.

Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting two historically Black colleges in South Carolina to push for voter registration.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas, India's National Ambassador to UNICEF, said the world is at a "critical point" in address to the United Nations.

Weapons-grade plutonium was secretly sent to Nevada, despite objections from the state. The radioactive material was then removed ahead of schedule and is now at a site in New Mexico.

Lawsuits filed to stop the removal of memorials to Confederate leaders and a pro-slavery congressman in a South Carolina city have been dropped.

Stetson Bennett went 16 for 23 for 284 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score to lead No. 1 Georgia to a 48-7 victory over South Carolina. The Bulldogs' defense nearly had its second shutout of the season before South Carolina scored a touchdown against the backups with 53 seconds to go.

A federal judge has rejected a request from the Justice Department to allow its investigators to regain access to some documents that were seized by the FBI during its search at former President Donald Trump's Florida residence. Tom Dupree, a former Justice Department official, joined Catherin Herridge to discuss the situation.

A pair of South Carolina women were arrested on child cruelty charges Thursday for "placing icepacks in the child's clothing" at a day care last month.

The alligator was 13 feet and weighed 625 pounds. Alligator hunting in SC runs until Oct. 8.

The legislation would leave in place state laws that restrict abortion earlier than 15 weeks of pregnancy.

South Carolina Republican lawmakers will keep trying to enact new abortion restrictions later this month. Speaker Murrell Smith announced Monday that the House will meet on Sept. 27, more than two weeks after the Senate sent back a markedly different proposal from the one passed earlier by the lower chamber. Contentious debates among Republicans over exceptions have emerged in a special session on abortion that convened after the U.S. Supreme Court's June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Joseph Oberlies, 33, was arrested in South Carolina after allegedly breaking into his ex-girlfriend's house, taking a hammer to her TV and dumping her child's ashes in the trash.

"She's spending four years in jail and pregnant and struggling for the life of her baby because she's loud and Black. It's an absolute travesty of justice," her lawyer said.

South Carolina Democratic state Rep. Krystle Matthews is now facing calls to drop out of the race for U.S. Senate over secretly recorded comments.

Senators did pass a change that cuts the time that victims of rape and incest who become pregnant can seek an abortion from 20 weeks to 12 weeks.

The state already has a “heartbeat” ban that bars abortions after cardiac activity can be detected, which occurs around six weeks. Instead of passing a near-total ban without exceptions for rape or incest, the Senate passed an amended bill that mirrors existing restrictions. The Senate bill bars abortion after about six weeks and includes exceptions for victims of rape or incest up to 12 weeks. Virginia allows abortion until the end of the second trimester, though the state’s Republican governor wants to pass a 15-week ban. More antiabortion legislation could be on the horizon: West Virginia is widely expected to pass another abortion ban when legislators return for a special session next week.

The 30 Republicans in the 46-member chamber had a majority to pass the ban, but did not have the extra votes to end a threatened filibuster by Republican Sen. Tom Davis.

The South Carolina Democrat vying to oust Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is facing calls from within her own party to fold her campaign, following the publication of additional leaked audio in which she appears to make disparaging remarks about her constituents.

State Rep. Krystle Matthews, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, says she has no plans to step down from her House seat or suspend her Senate campaign against, despite calls from even within own party to do so.

South Carolina senators have rejected a ban on almost all abortions in a special session.

S.C. state Sen. Katrina Shealy (R) said she was "disgusted" by her Republican colleagues trying to pass a near-total abortion ban without a rape exemption.

South Carolina and other states have seen lake home listings soar this summer.

The decision invalidates a state law that was designed to restart executions after a pause officials blame on a shortage of lethal injection drugs.

The South Carolina Senate’s three Republican women all said they could not support an abortion ban that did not include exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest.

Several Florida metro areas rank high, according to a new analysis, but one city in another state tops the list.

A group of South Carolina senators voted Tuesday to remove exceptions for rape and incest from a proposed abortion ban with Democrats choosing not to vote in what appeared to be a strategy to try to prevent the bill from passing through the Legislature. The 7-3 vote in the Senate Medical Affairs Committee involved all Republican men. The committee then took a break before considering more changes as it decides whether to send the bill to the Senate floor.

A federal judge has ruled constitutional protections don’t shield U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham from testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.

Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis is investigating possible 2020 election interference by former President Donald Trump and his allies.

Drug use rarely causes pregnancy loss. But women who test positive for drugs after miscarriage or stillbirth are still prosecuted. After Dobbs, it may happen more.

I watched Republican men spitball their way to a post-Roe vision in South Carolina’s House. Here’s what I saw.

The South Carolina House has approved a bill that outlaws abortion except in the cases of pregnancies caused by rape or incest.

Bosch will build fuel cells for electric heavy trucks, including Nikola's, in South Carolina starting in 2026.

Authorities say a woman looking out the kitchen window of her South Carolina home was killed by a neighbor shooting at targets while intoxicated in his backyard.

The South Carolina House has approved a bill that outlaws abortion except in the cases of pregnancies caused by rape or incest.

No one has claimed the $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Here's what happens if it goes unclaimed.

First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent “rebound” case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend.

The sheriff said Wendy Cook and Kyle Church were acquaintances but a motive for the slaying has not been released.

The NCAA women’s basketball title game will be broadcast on ABC this season for the first time.

A federal appeals court has agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating plots to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss in Georgia.

First lady Jill Biden has left COVID-19 isolation after twice testing negative for the coronavirus and has reunited with President Joe Biden at their Delaware beach home.

The U.S. women’s basketball team will have a lot of new faces when the Americans play in the FIBA World Cup next month in Australia.

Perreault, 63, died about an hour later at the hospital from chest trauma, Willard said.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headlining a major gathering of Republicans in South Carolina as he considers a 2024 White House bid.

South Carolina consensus player of the year Aliyah Boston says she turned down a late invite to the ESPYS awards show and was hurt she wasn't asked earlier to attend.

The disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife and son.

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is calling out ESPN and its ESPY awards show for not inviting national player of the year Aliyah Boston to the ceremonies this week.

Colin was downgraded to a post-tropical depression Sunday morning as it made its way into North Carolina

Tropical Storm Colin is bringing periods of heavy rainfall and gusty winds to the South Carolina and North Carolina beaches.

The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country, as abortion foes looked to quickly enact statewide bans and the other side sought to buy more time.

South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham is proposing an age limit — 72 — for state politicians.

A leading transgender health association has lowered its recommended minimum age for gender transition treatment in teens, including starting sex hormones at age 14 and some surgeries at 15.

Donald Trump has notched a significant victory in South Carolina, where his preferred candidate made five-term Rep. Tom Rice the first Republican to be booted from office after voting to impeach the former president last year.

Former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham has won the Democratic nomination for governor, setting up a November showdown with Republican Gov. Henry McMaster.

U.S. Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina has been ousted from Congress in his Republican primary after voting to impeach Donald Trump over the Jan. 6 insurrection.

“Tiger King” star Bhagavan “Doc” Antle was arrested by the FBI and expected to appear in court Monday to face federal money laundering charges.

A man died of a heart attack in South Carolina while he was burying a woman he strangled, according to the sheriff’s officials.

On Monday morning, the Midlands of South Carolina had a 1-second jolt.

A seven-year fight to pass a medical marijuana bill may have ended in South Carolina when a House leader ruled the proposal would mean a tax increase and could not be considered.

A South Carolina judge has denied bond for a former “American Idol” contestant accused of barreling into a man with his pickup truck and killing him.

A South Carolina police K-9 officer, volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician has been shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance.

It’s unknown how long a stay will hold off the execution of South Carolina’s first-ever inmate to be put to death by a firing squad as his attorneys pursue legal challenges.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has put another execution on hold, two days after temporarily blocking plans for a rare firing squad execution.

Police have arrested a third suspect named in an Easter weekend mall shooting in South Carolina that wounded nine people.

Police say they have have identified two more suspects in a Saturday shootout inside a crowded South Carolina mall in which nine people were shot.

Three mass shootings in the U.S. over the Easter holiday weekend capped a month of rampant gun violence that's touched both big cities and small, rural communities across the nation.

The lawyer for a man arrested in connection with a mass shooting at a South Carolina mall tells news outlets his client fired in self-defense.

Authorities say they have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting at a busy shopping mall in South Carolina’s capital on Saturday that left 14 people injured.