Jennifer Berry Hawes

My latest from @propublica: After the South Carolina Supreme Court rejected an abortion ban, the state’s mostly male legislators replaced the only female justice with a man. (THREAD) The result: The nation’s only all-male high court will hear critical cases about abortion. Lawmakers, who elect judges in SC, chose from 2 female judges and 1 male. All 3 were appeals court judges with excellent reputations. The GOP rallied behind the man. The women quickly bowed out.

In the 19 months since the deadly fighting at South Carolina’s Lee Correctional Institution, the public has been told little about what transpired that night or the events that preceded the bloodshed. The Post and Courier set out to change that. Over the past eight months, a team of three reporters collected thousands of pages of documents through open records requests, public archives and other sources.

The father of Emanuel AME Church's slain pastor tooled around its fellowship hall Saturday visiting two dozen booths set up by vendors and health professionals on hand to continue his legacy of caring for those in need. The Clementa C. Pinckney Community Health Fair, named after the pastor who died in the 2015 shooting that left nine Emanuel members dead, preserves one of Pinckney's favorite outreaches, said Elnora Taylor, a longtime church member and retired nurse who organizes it each year.