Amtrak train collision

CBS News Transportation Correspondent Kris Van Cleave gives an update on the collision between a freight train and an Amtrak passenger train early Sunday morning in South Carolina.

• Feb 4, 2018
• 1:17

Amtrak crash update

Authorities said the two people killed in an early-morning train collision in South Carolina were Amtrak employees. The train was traveling from New York to Miami and crashed into a freight train near Columbia. Officials, including Gov. Henry McMaster, held a press conference with updates Sunday morning.

• Feb 4, 2018
• 19:43

Amtrak crash update

A deadly Amtrak crash in South Carolina left two people dead and more than 70 injured. The passenger train was traveling from New York to Miami when it hit a freight train and derailed early Sunday morning. CBS News transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave joined CBSN by phone with the latest.

• Feb 4, 2018
• 3:30

Amtrak crash: 2 dead, 70 hurt in South Carolina

Two were killed and at least 70 injured when an Amtrak passenger train traveling from New York to Miami derailed after hitting a goods train in South Carolina. Local authorities gave an early morning press conference describing the incident.

• Feb 4, 2018
• 9:02

Slick roads in the South

Slick roads could make for a dangerous commute across the South. Sub-freezing temperatures froze fountains from South Carolina to Texas. Forecasters predict a coastal storm will bring one to three inches of snow from North Carolina to Georgia on Wednesday. Manuel Bojorquez reports.

• Jan 3, 2018
• 1:49

Officer sentenced in shooting

A white former police officer was sentenced in South Carolina Thursday to 20 years in federal prison in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. Michael Slager, 36, pleaded guilty to violating the civil rights of 50-year-old Walter Scott. A state murder trial ended in a hung jury. Mark Strassmann reports.

• Dec 7, 2017
• 1:52

Foreign worker loopholes

A CBS News investigation this summer uncovered a hidden foreign workforce building auto plants across the country. For the first time, an American business owner in South Carolina is speaking out about how the practice hurts American workers. Jim Axelrod reports.

• Nov 21, 2017
• 4:31

Suicide over bullying

South Carolina authorities are conducting an investigation into an 11-year-old girl's suicide. Her family says bullying led to her death. Amanda LaBrot of CBS affiliate WTOC-TV reports.

• Nov 3, 2017
• 2:00

Army recruit accused of hijacking school bus with kids on board

An Army recruit seized the bus after making a reckless break for home.

• May 7, 2021

Teen on AMIkids camp

Justin Browning, 18, tells CBS News' Tony Dokoupil about his time at one of the AMIkids wilderness camps in South Carolina. Earlier this year at White Pines, Browning says he was beaten by the other kids, but when he complained, he was assaulted by a senior staffer. AMIkids told CBS News in a statement "our staff works tirelessly to ensure every kid we serve is given the same chance to succeed, and that the environment we provide is a safe and secure one."

• Oct 24, 2017
• 2:26

Sen. Tim Scott on tax reform bill

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, who was with Ivanka Trump Wednesday to promote increasing the child tax credit, joins "CBS This Morning" from Capitol Hill to address the divisions among Republicans and discuss why disagreements on the tax reform bill could be healthy for the country and his party.

• Oct 26, 2017
• 5:05

Sen. Graham on Bannon

Senator Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, joins Face the Nation Moderator John Dickerson to the long to-do list Congress faces and the threat from Steve Bannon.

• Oct 15, 2017
• 2:15

South Carolina House approves firing squad executions

The bill would force death row inmates to choose between the electric chair and firing squad rather than delay their executions until lethal injection drugs become available.

• May 6, 2021

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Where in Florida will Hurricane Irma hit? Steve Bannon: GOP establishment "trying to nullify the 2016 election"

• Sep 7, 2017
• 18:28

Irma looks north

Hurricane Irma could hit north of Florida early next week. Georgia's governor is taking no chances and has ordered mandatory evacuations for Savannah and other coastal areas. That order goes into effect on Saturday. Don Dahler reports.

• Sep 7, 2017
• 1:14

Hurricane Irma forecast

Meteorologist Jeff Jamison from CBS station KTVT is following Hurricane Irma, a new tropical threat that could impact the U.S. Forecasters say Hurricane Irma could become a category four storm by the end of the week.

• Sep 4, 2017
• 0:56

Watching solar eclipse from boats

South Carolina is the last state in the solar eclipse's path before it moves over the Atlantic Ocean. Charleston is packed with people eager to see the sun go dark, and some of them will watch from boats along the coast. Mark Strassmann reports.

• Aug 21, 2017
• 3:03

S.C. cop speaks

On New Year's Day of 2016, officer Quincy Smith responded to a call about a suspicious person in Estill, South Carolina. Smith ended up being shot four times, and the whole incident was recorded by a camera on his glasses. As Mark Strassmann reports, the shooter was convicted, and now Smith is speaking out.

• Aug 11, 2017
• 2:03

Pence's first public speech out of office

Former Vice President Mike Pence made his first public speech since leaving the White House at a conservative gala in South Carolina. Pence criticized President Biden for what he called "an avalanche of liberal policies." CBS News political reporter Adam Brewster was at the event and joins CBSN AM with details.

• Apr 30, 2021
• 6:16

Prison inmate escapes

A South Carolina employee is out of a job today after an inmate escaped and sent authorities on a 1,200 mile chase. Jim Causey was serving a life sentence at the Lieber Correctional Institute before making a high-tech run for it on Independence Day. Tony Dokoupil has more.

• Jul 8, 2017
• 1:59

14.4-pound baby

On June 23, Cindy Richmond of Lexington, South Carolina, gave birth to a whopping 14.4-pound baby -- the biggest baby clinicians recall being born at Lexington Medical Center since it opened in 1971.

• Jun 27, 2017
• 1:04

Critically hurt by baseball

The son of retired Atlanta Brave Keith Lockhart is fighting for his life after being hit by a baseball. Days after Jason Lockhart broke his nose at a tournament in South Carolina, the 15-year-old suddenly started bleeding heavily. Doctors discovered his injuries were much more severe than they had thought. Manuel Bojorquez reports.

• Jun 27, 2017
• 2:39

Serial killer's captive speaks out after rescue

In newly released video, the woman held captive and chained by her neck and ankles inside a Woodruff, S.C. storage container for two months speaks to detectives from inside an ambulance following her rescue.

• Jun 23, 2018
• 2:16

Graham on Trump and Comey

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, says it is time for the President to turn his attention to the American people. "Can you be a street fighter on all things all the time and still be a good president?," Graham asks.

• Jun 11, 2017
• 7:20

Serial killer video

Footage released by police in South Carolina shows officers rescuing a woman who spent two months chained inside a storage container. Her captor Todd Kohlhepp confessed last month to killing seven people. Brianna Smith with WSPA-TV has the story.

• Jun 10, 2017
• 3:14

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