Новости за 06.09.2016

WASHINGTON — Back in June, House Democrats shut down the chamber floor for more than 24 hours to protest Republicans’ refusal to allow a vote on gun safety legislation. Republicans haven’t forgotten.

The federal courthouse in Charleston will dedicate three courtrooms to Dylann Roof’s death penalty trial in November, a judge said Tuesday.

The quarterback shuffle was a major theme of college football’s opening weekend, with teams such as Auburn, Texas and Notre Dame alternating signal-callers with varying degrees of success.

STOCKHOLM — Chinese-owned Volvo Cars and the Swedish-based automotive safety group Autoliv Inc. say they are creating a jointly-owned company to develop autonomous driving software.

Every Charleston city police patrol officer and supervisor is now equipped with a body camera.

CLEMSON — By a margin akin to a fourth-and-inches play, Clemson remains ahead of Florida State in the latest Associated Press poll released Tuesday.

Residents of a West Ashley neighborhood initially thought last week’s storm caused damage to their vehicles, but police later determined vandals were responsible for busted out windows and dents to their cars.

COLUMBIA — South Carolina will travel to Kentucky in an SEC men’s basketball schedule that begins with a road game at Georgia on Jan. 4.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s attorney general says his office is investigating Mylan Pharmaceuticals, which has been criticized for steep price increases for its emergency allergy treatment EpiPen.

ITT Technical Institute abruptly shuttered its campuses Tuesday amid growing pressure from federal regulators, leaving hundreds of South Carolina students in flux.

ITT Technical Institute abruptly shuttered its campuses Tuesday amid growing pressure from federal regulators, leaving hundreds of South Carolina students in flux.

A judge’s ruling on Tuesday sets the stage for back-to-back death penalty trials for Dylann Roof, the accused killer of nine black worshippers at Charleston’s Emanuel AME Church.

Wando running back Dakariee Alston is The Post and Courier high school football player of the week after his performance in the Warriors’ 34-22 victory over Hanahan on Thursday night. Alston, senior, rushed for 193 yards and four touchdowns on 27 carries in the game.

MOUNT PLEASANT — Councilman Gary Santos wants the town to encourage cruise ships to send passengers to the town — not instead of going to Charleston, but in addition to the 104 cruise ships that can dock on the Charleston peninsula yearly.