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The city of Myrtle Beach has the authority to close bars in its Superblock, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently held. (Depositphotos.com)
Sep 5, 2025

4th Circuit upholds Myrtle Beach bar closures in crime-ridden Superblock

The 4th Circuit upheld Myrtle Beach’s decision to close Superblock bars, ruling the city lawfully addressed crime and regulatory violations despite constitutional claims.

The South Carolina General Assembly recently passed and the governor signed into law a bill toughening penalties on organized retail thieves. (Depositphotos.com)
Mar 10, 2025

Organized thieves challenged by new law

A new state law takes aim at highly organized retailed thieves. Prefiled slightly more than three months ago in the South Carolina House, H. 3523 cleared its final General Assembly […]

Jason Billingsley, 33, has been charged in the September 2023 killing of Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere. (Baltimore Police Department file)
Aug 27, 2024

Suspect in tech CEO’s killing pleads guilty in separate case

BALTIMORE — A man charged with killing Baltimore tech entrepreneur Pava LaPere in September 2023 pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of attempted murder in a separate arson and home […]

Cassy Leach, a nurse who leads a group of volunteers helping homeless people, talks to Kimberly Marie, who is homeless and was camping March 21 at Fruitdale Park in Grants Pass, Ore. (Associated Press)
Apr 16, 2024

SCOTUS to hear small city’s homelessness case

GRANTS PASS, Oregon — A pickleball game in this leafy Oregon community was suddenly interrupted one rainy weekend morning by the arrival of an ambulance. Paramedics rushed through the park […]

Pedestrians cross Leavenworth Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco on Thursday. (Associated Press)
Mar 15, 2024

Residents sue city over neighborhood’s safety

SAN FRANCISCO — Two hotels and several residents of San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin district sued the city on Thursday, alleging it is using the neighborhood as a containment zone for […]

Jun 18, 2018

Police: Cop charged after sharing crime photos, other info

LEXINGTON (AP) Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy in South Carolina sent driver’s license information, crime scene photos and investigation information to his friends. The State Law Enforcement Division says 32-year-old […]

Jan 19, 2016

NY man faces case that tests limits of criminal blame

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man is about to go on trial in vehicular homicide case that tests the limits of criminal consequences. He wasn’t behind the wheel […]

Mar 6, 2015

In Turkey, criticizing the president can land you in jail

ISTANBUL (AP) — There’s no monarch in democratic Turkey — but you might not know it watching the news these days. It has become as easy to get jailed for […]

Sep 10, 2014

Charges expected against father of 5 dead children

CAMDEN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities expect to charge a South Carolina man in connection with the deaths of his five children after he led them to a secluded clearing in […]

May 23, 2014

Detroit motorists under siege in ‘Carjack City’

DETROIT (AP) — When they pull up to a gas station these days, Detroit drivers are looking beyond the price per gallon at a far more threatening concern: carjackers. The […]

May 9, 2014

Man back in prison for 90 years after court error

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Rene Lima-Marin’s wife told her two young sons their father had to go to work the night in January when a team of police officers led […]


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