Authorities in South Carolina on Thursday warned residents to lock their doors and windows after more than 40 monkeys escaped ...

Officials in rural South Carolina say the female rhesus monkeys escaped into the wild after their pen was left open.

This is not the first monkey escape in the S.C. Lowcountry. And of course, there's a Murdaugh crime saga connection.

Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is "almost no danger” to the public. “They are not infected with ...