Gun found in student's book bag on first day of school in Lancaster County: Tuesday, Aug. 16

After receiving a tip, administrators at South Middle School in Lancaster, South Carolina, found a gun in a student's book bag on Monday, the Lancaster County School District confirmed Monday afternoon.

This comes as students in Lancaster County head back to school Monday.

According to a news release from the district, after receiving the tip from another person who saw the pistol, the student was taken out of class and detained, then the pistol was recovered.

The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the student had a 9 mm semiautomatic pistol with a loaded magazine; a round was not chambered.

The student did not point the pistol at anyone or make any threats, according to the sheriff's office.

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A federal judge on Monday said U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that is investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies broke any laws while trying to overturn his narrow 2020 general election loss in the state.

Attorneys for Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, had argued that his position as a U.S. senator provided him immunity from having to appear before the investigative panel and asked the judge to quash his subpoena. But U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May wrote in an order Monday that immunities related to his role as a senator do not protect him in this case.

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