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The Food and Drug Administration says that there is a recall for more than 260,000 cases of shredded cheese sold in 31 states and Puerto Rico because of potential metal fragment contamination. -
A federal vaccine advisory committee this week is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine — the first shot found to prevent cancer. -
The South Carolina Department of Public Health announced Wednesday that a Lowcountry resident has died from flu-related causes. This is the first death in the state associated with the 2025 influenza season which began at the end of September. -
The State Election Commission voted Dec. 2 to name Jenny Wooten, the agency's interim director, its permanent executive director. Wooten's promotion requires confirmation by the South Carolina Senate. -
More than a dozen new measles cases confirmed in the Upstate, state totals this year now nearing 100The South Carolina Department of Public Health is reporting 14 new cases of measles in the Upstate since Friday. The virus has now sickened 76 people in the current outbreak, bringing the total number of illnesses in the state this year to 79. -
The $120 million investment will create nearly 400 new jobs.
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SC Public Radio and the ETV Endowment invite you to a live taping of SC Lede at Hobcaw Brewing Company. Join host Gavin Jackson and special guests for an in-depth discussion of top SC political news from the year and the issues our state legislature is currently facing.
Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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Courtesy of Historic ColumbiaThis week we'll be talking with Dr. Jennifer Whitmer Taylor of Duquesne University about her book, Rebirth: Creating the Museum of the Reconstruction Era and the Future of the House Museum (2025, University of SC Press).In Rebirth, Taylor provides a compelling account of how to reenvision the historic house museum. Using the Museum of the Reconstruction Era—known as the Woodrow Wilson Family Home for most of its many years as a house museum—as a case study, Taylor explores the challenges and possibilities that face public history practitioners and museum professionals who provide complex interpretations of contested public memory. -
PBSThis 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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Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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SC Public RadioOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for December 2, 2025: we have an exclusive sit-down with South Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary Justin Powell for our annual look at transportation infrastructure in our growing state--the challenges, accomplishments, and where the state heads next; and more! -
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Provided/ProvidedThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Amanda Overstreet about maintaining brain health and reducing risk of cognitive decline in the older adult years. -
Provided/MUSCThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Steven Kautz about precision neurorehabilitation and the $6.5 million grant from NIH for research in this specialty area.
Nation and World
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Thanksgiving is a day to gather with loved ones and give thanks, but why stop there? Research shows that practicing gratitude year-round can transform your outlook, boost happiness, and strengthen relationships. -
Conflict resolution is one of the most valuable life skills students learn in school. Disagreements are an important part of collaborating as a team, and research shows that cognitive muscles are strengthened when students are exposed to ideas that challenge them to think differently.
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This week on Who What When, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving with a veritable feast of games fit for the holiday. -
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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A planned meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a U.S. delegation led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner is off after the pair's talks in Russia earlier this week ended with no breakthrough.
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His comments come amid reports that the administration is planning to launch an Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minnesota to target Somali Americans without legal status.
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Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. -
Brief glitches in video calls may seem like no big deal, but new research shows they can have a negative effect on how a person is perceived by the viewer. -
One year on from failed presidential power grab, South Korea celebrates its resilient democracy, and tries to heal deep political divisions. -
Democrats seek to limit who can serve as immigration judges amid layoffs from the administration. And, Republican Matt Van Epps narrowly wins a special House election in Tennessee. -
Bassem Khandaqji entered prison 21 years ago for plotting a deadly bombing in Israel. He left prison as an award-winning novelist. -
Belgium on Wednesday rejected a plan to use frozen Russian assets to help prop up Ukraine's economy and war effort over the next two years, saying that the scheme poses financial and legal risks. -
The legislation comes after the White House authorized up to 600 military lawyers to be temporary immigration judges and scrapped requirements for them to have immigration law experience. -
The word "ideology" has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents' beliefs as dangerous, stupid or unfounded. But it wasn't always this way.
