South Carolina
1 Nov
A Black man convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced to death for a killing he claims was in self-defense is to be executed in the US state of South Carolina on Friday. Richard Moore, 59, is to be put to death by lethal injection at 6:00 pm (2200 GMT) at a prison in Columbia,…
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At least 20 people died after Hurricane Helene slammed into the south-eastern United States as a dangerous Category 4 storm, before later weakening to a tropical depression by Friday afternoon. The deaths were reported in U.S media across the states of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. The governor of Georgia said at least…
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A 47-year-old man has been stabbed to death on the property of the Oyotunji African Village in Beaufort County, a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina, on Monday. The victim, identified as Adegbolu Abiogemo Adefunmi, was a prominent figure in the community, known as the King of Yoruba in North America. A 53-year-old…
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