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Meta deal puts new curfew on kids’ Instagram use
2+ week, 3+ day ago (318+ words) SOUTH CAROLINA (WPDE) — South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced a $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. over claims involving the safety of children and teens on Instagram and Facebook. Under the settlement, South Carolina will receive $246,976,186. The agreement…...
Hit-and-run near CCU renews questions about pedestrian safety
3+ week, 5+ day ago (215+ words) humidity through the week. Monday and Tuesday are Weather Aware Days. CONWAY S.C. (WPDE) — Two Coastal Carolina...
WATCH: FBI agents surround former Rep. Swalwell at SFO before seizing his devices
1+ week, 3+ day ago (211+ words) SAN FRANCISCO (TNND) — Surveillance cameras at San Francisco International Airport captured the moment FBI agents approached former California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and seized his electronic devices as part of a criminal investigation. The footage appears to show FBI agents…...
CCU Professors discuss millions of dollars used to arrest homeless people in Myrtle Beach
3+ week, 2+ day ago (440+ words) That's the minimum amount two Coastal Carolina University researchers estimate Myrtle Beach spent over five years arresting, jailing and prosecuting people experiencing homelessness for offenses like loitering, trespassing and sleeping in public. And after 14 people were arrested near fresh brewed…...
10-year-old girl remembers stranger who saved her life in Myrtle Beach
4+ week, 1+ day ago (360+ words) A 10-year-old Greensboro girl is alive after a stranger jumped into the Myrtle Beach waters to help save her from a rip current. Derek Moore helped get Summer to safety, but he did not make it back to shore. His…...
New voter restrictions on the ballot and in the spotlight ahead of midterms
2+ week, 2+ day ago (389+ words) WASHINGTON (TNND) — Who can vote, and how they vote, is on the ballot this November, with 11 states asking whether to add new restrictions to the voting process. In six states: California, Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma, Ohio and North Carolina- they’ll decide…...
California high school shooting gang-related; 6 arrests made in possible retaliation acts
2+ week, 5+ day ago (25+ words) WPDE California high school shooting gang-related; 6 arrests made in possible retaliation acts...
Georgetown County pitches local sales tax referendum, touts $10 million in annual revenue
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (228+ words) Georgetown County officials spent the day in Murrells Inlet answering questions about a proposed local option sales tax that will go before voters on the Nov. 3 ballot. County officials say that if the referendum is approved, the tax would generate…...
SCDNR divers locate and recover overboard passenger from Wednesday wreck
3+ week, 2+ day ago (115+ words) Rescue crews were searching the Waccamaw River near Blackmoor after a boat wreck left one person missing and another hospitalized, officials said. The missing person following a boat wreck on Wednesday has been found. The South Carolina Department of Natural…...
Menendez brothers' next shot at freedom moved up more than a year to March 2027
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (31+ words) WPDE Menendez brothers' next shot at freedom moved up more than a year to March 2027...