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What to know about Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott

Tim Scott is running for president. This is part of a series on the 2024 presidential candidates. Tim Scott was born on Sept. 19, 1965, in North Charleston, South Carolina. He was raised by a single mom who he says worked 16-hour days to support him and enabled him to pave a path from working class-poverty to the U.S. Senate. Scott worked in insurance and financial services after graduating from Charleston Southern University. Through a mentor and his experience at South Carolina's Palmetto Boys State program, he was i NFL uenced to pursue public service. Scott represented South Carolina's 1st congressional district in the House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013. He was the first black Re public an in Congress since 2003 when he was first elected in November 2010. While campaigning, Scott declined joining the Congressional Black Caucus saying, "my campaign was never about race." As a freshman Tea Party representative, Scott said that Congress needed to focus on c...

Death of California public defender in Mexico under investigation

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U.S. citizen Elliot Blair was found dead at a Mexican resort on Jan. 14. MEXICO CITY and LONDON -- Mexican authorities said Monday that the recent death of an American tourist appears to be "an unfortunate accident." U.S. citizen Elliot Blair died on Jan. 14 at Las Rocas Resort and Spa, located on the shores of Rosarito Beach, just south of Tijuana, along the western coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. While investigators initially believed that Blair died from a fall, there is a specific injury on his forehead "that would not have been caused by a fall," a local law enforcement official told ABC News on Monday. MORE: Rally for Shanquella Robinson, American tourist who died in Mexico, calls for justice However, the State Attorney General's Office of Baja California later released a statement saying an autopsy established that Blair's death "was the result of an unfortunate accident due to the fall of the deceased from a third floor."...