MORNING NEWSBREAK | The airline giant reportedly has agreed to pay an updated total fine of $487.2 million and invest a similar amount over three years for more compliance and safety programs in a plea deal related to crashes of two 737 Max jets in which 346 people died.
The deal, said to have been reached so the company could avoid a criminal trial, is a result of a plea to a fraud charge related to two 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019, according to reports.
According to the Associated Press, “federal prosecutors gave Boeing the choice last week of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine as part of its sentence or facing a trial on the felony criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States.” The deal still must be approved by a federal judge.
Boeing makes 787 Dreamliner jets at its North Charleston plant. Earlier this year, more than 7,800 people were employed at the plant.
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CP NEWS: S.C. hemp farmers struggle after market collapsed. A South Carolina hemp experiment that began six years ago on a wave of high hopes and big-dollar dreams has come crashing down on the hard realities of collapsing prices and inconsistent government regulations.
CP WEEK IN REVIEW: $2.3 million axed from state’s $14 billion budget. S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster vetoed 21 budget items worth $2.3 million in state spending Wednesday. That’s slightly less than 0.02% of the $14 billion budget for 2024-25 that legislators sent to his desk on June 26.
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TENNIS: Charleston’s Navarro heads to Wimbledon quarterfinals after beating Gauff. The Lowcountry’s Emma Navarro eliminated 2nd-seeded Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-3 at Wimbledon Sunday to advance to the tournament’s quarterfinals. Navarro next will face No. 7 seeded Jasmine Paolini.
Summerville man dies after putting lit firework on his head. Emergency crews responded to a Summerville home late Thursday to find a man lying on the ground with major injuries. The man, who later died, reportedly ignited a large firework and put it on his head, which caused “massive head injuries” when it exploded.
GUN VIOLENCE: Adams Run man killed in downtown Charleston shooting. A 33-year-old Adams Run man died from injuries received in a Nassau Street shooting early Friday.
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