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Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, October 18, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons via JTA)
June 24, 2023, 1:00 pm
Charleston rabbi resigns, leaving South Carolina over anti-LGBTQ legislation
Greg Kanter, one of three rabbis at historic Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim congregation, tells community his family will move ‘to a place that will not target us and our human rights’
By Andrew Lapin
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves to his supporters as he takes the stage during a campaign event in Lexington, South Carolina, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr.)
June 4, 2023, 8:32 am
Heckler dubs DeSantis ‘f**king fascist’; Florida gov. says will win against ‘agenda’
During speech on education, Republican presidential nominee hopeful vows his state will ‘beat people like that on policy’
By Michael Horovitz and AP
Rain from Hurricane Ian floods a street in Charleston, South Carolina, on September 30, 2022. (SCOTT OLSON/GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/Getty Images via AFP)
October 1, 2022, 12:18 am
After killing 21 in Florida, Hurricane Ian delivering second blow to South Carolina
Biden warns that storm will rank among ‘worst in nation’s history,’ urges residents to heed safety instructions as category 1 hurricane makes landfall in Georgetown
By Gerard Martinez
Attendees of a Morningstar investment conference walk beneath banners at the McCormick Center in Chicago, on June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
September 18, 2022, 11:01 pm
South Carolina warns financial firm Morningstar over ostensible anti-Israel bias
US state threatens to cut ties with leading investment research company out of ‘solidarity with Israel’; company denies any prejudice
By Luke Tress
White supremacist Dylann Roof enters the court room at the Charleston County Judicial Center to enter his guilty plea on murder charges in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 10, 2017. (Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP)
August 25, 2021, 10:00 pm
Charleston church shooter’s death sentence upheld
Federal appeals court says Dylann Roof’s 2015 slaying of 9 black worshipers qualifies him for the ‘harshest penalty that a just society can impose’
By MEG KINNARD and Denise Lavoie
Large surf is swirled by the wind and captured by a long exposure, while a person stands on the shore as Hurricane Isaias approaches North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on August 3, 2020.(Photo by Logan Cyrus / AFP)
August 4, 2020, 7:52 am
US East Coast on alert as Hurricane Isaias slams into North Carolina
Category 1 storm with 140 kph winds set to also reach South Carolina, Washington, Philadelphia and New York; Florida escaped after Isaias hit Caribbean islands
By Logan Cyrus
Democratic presidential candidate former US Vice President Joe Biden takes photos with supporters at a campaign event at Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh, North Carolina, February 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
March 1, 2020, 7:47 am
Biden wins South Carolina, aims for Super Tuesday momentum
Former US vice president pauses Sanders’ momentum, scoring well with African Americans ahead of crucial contest in 14 states; Tom Steyer drops out of race
By Steve Peoples, MEG KINNARD and Bill Barrow
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden greets supporters at a campaign event at Saint Augustine's University in Raleigh, N.C., Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. (AP/Gerry Broome)
March 1, 2020, 2:30 am
Biden projected to win South Carolina primary, snapping Sanders’s streak
Former vice president scores major victory in must-win state, as front-runner senator focuses on taking big enough delegate lead on Super Tuesday to all but clinch nomination
By AP
Democratic US presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during First in the South Dinner, in Charleston, South Carolina, February 24, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP)
February 28, 2020, 12:11 am
Sanders pitches black voters on ideas and history, not his Jewish faith
Least religious candidate in the Democratic primary has recently touted his Jewish identity as linked to his commitment to combat discrimination
By ELANA SCHOR
In this file photo taken on November 26, 2018, US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley addresses the UNSC during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Ukraine at the United Nations in New York (Don EMMERT / AFP)
September 20, 2019, 11:09 pm
Nikki Haley moves back to South Carolina, fueling political speculation
Return to home state has some believing the former governor and ambassador to UN is planning another run for political office
By MEG KINNARD
Large waves crashed onto the beach of Tybee Island, Ga., Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 as Hurricane Dorian moved closer to the Georgia coast. (Casey Jones/Savannah Morning News via AP)
September 5, 2019, 5:23 am
Dorian creeps up US coast; near-record storm surge feared
830,000 people under mandatory evacuation orders on the South Carolina coast, but many stay for ‘hurricane parties’
By MEG KINNARD
Illustrative: Israeli schoolchildren, August 27, 2013. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90/File)
January 24, 2019, 3:39 pm
Trump administration grants waiver for foster agency that rejects non-Christians
South Carolina’s Miracle Hill Ministries can receive federal funding despite turning away Jewish and LGBTQ families; ADL and Reform movement slam decision
By Josefin Dolsten
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO And National Director of the Anti-Defamation League testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on responses to the increase in religious hate crimes. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
October 24, 2018, 8:32 am
ADL blasts South Carolina foster agencies for rejecting on religious grounds
State governor asks for exemption from regulations after foster agency reportedly turns away a Jewish woman
By JTA
Authorities direct traffic on Hoffmeyer Road near the Vintage Place neighborhood where several law enforcement officers were shot, one fatally, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Florence, S.C. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
October 4, 2018, 1:55 am
Officer killed, 6 others shot in South Carolina; suspect in custody
Police fired on by a suspect who held children hostage in a home; two-hour standoff ends with gunman taken into custody
By AP
Flood waters from Hurricane Florence surround a house and flow along the street in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on September 16, 2018. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
September 17, 2018, 8:31 am
Floodwaters rise as killer storm stalks southeastern US
Overflowing rivers are blocking roads and cutting off communities, spur concerns of dams bursting
By Sebastien duval
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