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Wednesday headlines: COVID cases rising again in South Carolina – Charleston City Paper
South Carolina’s variety of COVID-19 instances is rising once more in line with the newest weekly information launched by the state Division of Well being and Environmental Management (DHEC) on Tuesday. The company reported 5,566 complete new instances of COVID-19 — a rise over final week’s 4,458 instances – and 10 complete new deaths, in comparison with final week’s 4. Extra: Charleston Metropolis Paper, The Submit and Courier, The New York Occasions
In the meantime, gasoline costs proceed to rise with the per-gallon value going above $4 per gallon in every state for the primary time, in line with stories. Extra: The Washington Submit, WCBD TV
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New York pastor appears to Emanuel 9 tragedy for inspiration in wake of Buffalo capturing. Rev. Kevin Coakley, the pastor of Durham Memorial AME Zion Church in Buffalo, New York, grew up in Mount Nice. He stated the response to the Emanuel AME capturing in 2015 has been his guiding mild on bringing the Buffalo neighborhood collectively within the wake of tragedy. Extra: WCSC TV, The New York Occasions, Nationwide Public Radio, The Washington Submit
S.C. newest conservative state with transgender sports activities ban after McMaster signature. S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster quietly signed into legislation a invoice that may ban transgender college students from enjoying ladies’ or girls’s sports activities in public colleges and schools. Extra: Related Press, The State
Lowcountry communities battle builders to guard historic household land. Folks in historic African-American communities in Mount Nice say their properties are below fixed menace from outdoors builders who need land that has been of their households for lots of of years. Extra: WCBD TV
Charleston Metropolis Council hears objections to King Road enterprise enchancment district. Some King Road enterprise house owners aren’t able to get behind a plan so as to add an additional tax to industrial properties on one of many metropolis’s most iconic thoroughfares. Extra: The Submit and Courier, WCSC TV
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