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The Department of Public Health has confirmed that an infected individual was at the Kanpai of Tokyo restaurant on Sunday, Nov. 2.
South Carolina News
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The legislation includes funding for SNAP food aid and other programs while ensuring backpay for furloughed federal workers. But it fails to fund expiring health care subsidies Democrats have been fighting for, pushing that debate off for a vote next month.
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SC Public Radio's Maayan Schechter asks Michael Leach, the former director of South Carolina's Department of Social Services, about how states should communicate about SNAP during the government shutdown.
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A powerful cold front is helping to produce the first widespread freeze of the season across the Southeast and South Carolina. Temperatures are expected to plunge into the 20s and 30s on Tuesday.
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With the cold blast affecting the entire state, it’s a good time to remember the “7 Ps” - people, pets, plants, pipes, pools, protecting vehicles and practicing fire safety.
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Bryant is set to be executed on Nov. 14 for killing a man in his Sumter County home.
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The Trump administration has decided not to offer the IRS' electronic tax filing system for free next year, and its future is unclear.
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Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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This week Walter will be talking with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about the American Revolution, focusing on the routing of the British and their allies by revolutionary Partisans during Cornwallis’ Southern campaign.Ken will also tell us a bit about his upcoming PBS documentary, The American Revolution. The six-part, 12-hour documentary series explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence.
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Today we’ll be switching things up a bit. Instead of Walter and me interviewing a guest we will have a guest interviewing Walter.The conversation is part of the Spring 2025 program put on by the University South Caroliniana Society: “'E' is for Edgar – Conversation and Barbeque with Walter.” Talking with Walter today is Beryl Dakers, president of the Society and long-time producer with SCETV. Today's episode is part of our celebration of Walter Edgar's Journal's 25th year.
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Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 11, 2025: we take a hard pivot from news and politics to food and beverage as four South Carolina restaurants were awarded Michelin stars, and several more were given prominent designations in the Michelin Guide; we talk with Hannah Raskin, one of the South's most preeminent voices in the South's food, beverage, and dining culture scene; and more!
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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 8, 2025: we continue our look at the ramifications of the federal government shutdown and hear from Congressman Russell Fry and Sen. Lindsey Graham; we continue to look at the ramifications of federal decisions, including a report from Maayan Schechter on the impacts to South Carolina farmers; Congresswoman Nancy Mace is suing the Charleston International Airport while she faces an ethics complaint filed against her; and more!
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This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Carrie Cormack about coping with grief after miscarriage.
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This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Sarah Schmitt about epilepsy and common triggers that may initiate a seizure in individuals with epilepsy.
Nation and World
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As more students take AP and dual-enrollment courses, the line between high school and college gets blurry.
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While horror films and haunted houses scare teens for fun, the real fears they face are more personal. Nearly 60% of college students report mental health concerns, with stress and anxiety topping the list.
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Don’t change the channel, don’t touch that dial, because this week, we’re delving into the history of television.
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This week's episode of Who What When is fit for a king, featuring games all about royalty.
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From lesson plans to teacher recertification, see the latest from SCETV's Education team.
More Headlines
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A car exploded near the 17th century Red Fort in New Delhi on Monday, killing at least eight people, injuring others and triggering a fire that damaged vehicles parked nearby, New Delhi police said.
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The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
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President Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, welcoming the once-pariah state into a U.S.-led global coalition to fight the Islamic State group.
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This week, President Trump pardoned allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It is part of an uptick in "insider pardons" issued in his second term, one legal expert says.
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Several Senate Democrats break ranks to join Republicans in a deal to reopen the government. And, world leaders gather in Brazil for a major climate conference, but the U.S. is not expected to attend.
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The pardons include 77 allies tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, including Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and former Trump attorney Sidney Powell.
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Alaska's public schools are being used as emergency shelters, though many of the buildings are crumbling.
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Under President Trump, the U.S. has taken steps to roll back climate policies. Here are six significant changes.
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The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
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As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.