Hacker News with Generative AI: South Carolina

In South Carolina, a Once Thriving Textile Hub Is Baffled by Trump's Tariffs (nytimes.com)
In the 1970s, when the Upstate region of South Carolina was known as the textile capital of the world, Adolphus Jones would clock in for grueling summer shifts at one of the many mills in Union, his hometown.
Politics, Economics, Industry, South Carolina
7 points by duxup 13 days ago | 0 comments
Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes (apnews.com)
Reporter Jeffrey Collins witnessed a South Carolina man convicted of murder executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years.
Crime, Execution, South Carolina, Law Enforcement, Journalism
13 points by gfortaine 48 days ago | 22 comments
Choosing death penalty by firing squad because it's safer (pbs.org)
A South Carolina man was put to death by a firing squad Friday after being convicted of a 2001 double homicide.
Death Penalty, Crime, South Carolina
23 points by thund 49 days ago | 64 comments
SC governor declares state of emergency as wildfires prompt mass evacuations (nbcnews.com)
A mass of wildfires burning across South Carolina prompted Gov. Henry McMaster to declare a state of emergency Sunday, as firefighters battled a series of blazes that have already consumed approximately 1,200 acres and impacted another 3,000.
Wildfires, South Carolina, Natural Disasters, Emergency Response
12 points by impish9208 55 days ago | 0 comments
South Carolina Gave Scout $1.3B, yet Taxpayers Can't Buy Its EVs in SC (carscoops.com)
Despite the state of South Carolina giving VW-owned Scout Motors $1.3 billion to build its $2 bn plant in Blythewood, 18 miles (29 km) north of Columbia, the state’s residents won’t be legally able to buy any of the vehicles built on its doorstep. Even the estimated 4,000 people filling the jobs Scout says it will create at the plant won’t be able to buy one.
Politics, Automotive Industry, South Carolina, Electric Vehicles
5 points by rntn 82 days ago | 2 comments
All the monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina research facility recaptured (cnn.com)
Animals, Research, South Carolina
14 points by LinuxBender 91 days ago | 12 comments
40 monkeys escape from research facility in South Carolina (news.sky.com)
Forty monkeys have escaped from a research facility in South Carolina.
Animals, Research, South Carolina
24 points by austinallegro 170 days ago | 17 comments
Police hunt 40 monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina research facility (nbcnews.com)
A police search is underway after 40 monkeys escaped from a research facility in South Carolina on Wednesday night.
Animals, Research, South Carolina, News
6 points by quakeguy 170 days ago | 1 comments
Executions of the conceivably innocent are no better than human sacrifice (latimes.com)
The state of South Carolina on Friday strapped down Freddie Owens and injected him with a chemical that’s usually used to euthanize pets. In the days before the execution, a key witness against him admitted testifying falsely at trial to save himself, and said Owens had nothing to do with the 1999 murder for which he was convicted. But that didn’t matter. Owens, also known as Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, was put to death.
Capital Punishment, False Testimony, Justice System, South Carolina
23 points by YeGoblynQueenne 216 days ago | 29 comments
How South Carolina pepper farmer Ed Currie created two hottest peppers on Earth (foodandwine.com)
Food, Agriculture, Chili Peppers, South Carolina
6 points by bookofjoe 292 days ago | 0 comments
Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are calling the police (apnews.com)
Animals, Noise Pollution, South Carolina, News
50 points by geox 367 days ago | 58 comments