Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a brain-eating amoeba that was living in the warm water.

WASHINGTON — Democrats are dropping their bids to run for the open Senate seat in North Carolina, clearing the way for former Gov. Roy Cooper in what the party views as its best chance to flip a seat in the upper chamber next November.

Paul Dans, the main force behind the polarizing conservative blueprint Project 2025, is planning to challenge South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham in next year’s Republican primary.

Paul Dans helped write conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a detailed blueprint to downsize the federal government and implement other right-wing priorities.

A deputy working his first day on the job collapsed and died just hours into the shift, leaving his family without insurance, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s office in southeastern North Carolina.

In South Carolina, approximately 50 families living in a mobile home park have no water after the landlord failed to pay a six-figure water bill. The mayor of the town of Andrews told ABC News 4 that the owner of Black River Mobile Home Park, Tim Woodbridge, has failed to pay $155,268.81 in water bills over the last 19 months.

House Freedom Caucus member Rep. Norman enters the South Carolina governor race with promises to fix infrastructure, implement term limits, and allow votes on judges.

Graham has served in the U.S. Senate since 2003 and was an early opponent of Trump’s, infamously saying in 2016 that if Republicans nominated Trump, the party would be destroyed. He has since fashioned himself into a top Trump booster and won the president’s endorsement earlier this year.

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