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North Carolina Republican lawmakers announced plans Monday to redraw their state’s congressional map, part of a nationwide redistricting effort aimed at shoring up the party’s narrow majority in the U.S. House ahead of next year’s midterm elections. “President Trump earned a clear mandate from the voters of North Carolina and the rest of the country, and we intend to defend …

At least 153 unvaccinated students exposed to measles in South Carolina schools are quarantining, according to local health officials.  In a media briefing on Thursday, officials confirmed these students were exposed contacts without immunity, leaving them to be excluded from school until the period of potential disease transmission has ended.  The schools, Spartanburg County’s Global Academy and Fairforest Elementary School, are …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican legislative leaders announced plans Monday to vote next week on redrawing the state’s U.S. House district map, with a likely aim to secure another GOP seat within already right-leaning boundaries. The move comes amid an emerging mid-decade battle nationally between Republicans and Democrats seeking advantage in the way U.S. House districts are drawn …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Bill Belichick has denied reports that he’s been seeking an exit strategy from his North Carolina coaching role. “Some of the reports out last week about my looking for a buyout and trying to leave here and all that is categorically false,” Belichick said Monday during his first public comments since a blowout loss to …

Bill Belichick isn’t going anywhere, yet. The beleaguered North Carolina coach opened his press conference on Monday by responding to reports that he had begun to look for ways to leave the program amid a disastrous to his Tar Heel tenure. “That’s just categorically false. There’s no truth to that. I’m glad I’m here,” Belichick said, according to The Athletic’s …

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina women’s basketball senior Chloe Kitts has been diagnosed with a torn ACL in her right knee that requires surgery and will be out for the 2025-26 season. She is expected to have surgery this week. “We hate this first for Chloe, who has worked incredibly hard to become the best version of herself on the …

Shooting at packed South Carolina bar kills 4 and injures at least 20 others  Politico Shooting at crowded South Carolina bar leaves four dead  BBC ‘Bodies on the ground’: Beaufort County bar owner describes scene following deadly mass shooting  WJCL 4 dead, at least 20 injured in mass shooting on St. Helena Island  WTOC Shooting at crowded South Carolina bar leaves at least 4 …

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials say. The shooting occurred early Sunday at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St. Helena Island, officials said. A large crowd was at the scene when sheriff’s deputies arrived and found several people …

By Jon Machota, Joe Person and Jenna West The Carolina Panthers improved to 3-3 with Sunday’s 30-27 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Rookie Ryan Fitzgerald kicked a 33-yard game-winning field goal as time expired to give the Panthers their second straight win. Tied 27-27 with a little over six minutes remaining, Carolina capped off a 15-play, 71-yard drive with the …

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials say. The shooting occurred early Sunday at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St Helena island, officials said. A large crowd was at the scene when sheriff’s deputies arrived and found several people suffering from gunshot wounds. …