Новости за 12.01.2016

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Clemson is doing a lot of things right when Tiger fans easily outnumber Alabama fans at a national championship game wedged between Apache Junction and the Rattlesnake Wash.

Season wrap-up from Arizona from The Post and Courier on Vimeo.

COLUMBIA — Someday, Shawn Elliott hopes to be a head coach again. But if he’s going to be an assistant, he wants to be at South Carolina.

Alabama’s thrilling 45-40 victory over Clemson in the College Football Playoff national championship game was a winner for ESPN, overnight ratings indicated.

COLUMBIA — Passivity is not in Frank Martin’s nature.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — In the immediate aftermath of Clemson’s 45-40 loss to Alabama in the national championship game Monday, one player was ready to announce his intentions for the 2016 season.

Dr. Jerome Degen was a longtime OB-GYN in Orangeburg until the S.C. Board of Medical Examiners revoked his license six months ago for having consensual sex with one of his pregnant patients and improperly prescribing her generic versions of Adderall, Ambien and Xanax during their three-year affair.

When Union Square Hospitality Group last fall announced plans to eliminate tipping in its 13 New York City restaurants, industry observers predicted Danny Meyer’s bold move would have a domino effect on pay schemes across the country. But some...

In this day of limited time for recess but increasing acknowledgement of the need for kids to move, some local schools are turning toward the most efficient, practical movement of all: running.

Charleston has a new mayor for the first time in 40 years and four weeks.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Nick Saban won another national championship Monday night but had to dig into a bag of tricks, get some unlikely contributions and survive Deshaun Watson.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Clemson’s kickoff return alignment was the tell. The first time Nick Saban saw it Monday night, he believed he could exploit it. The only question was when.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Alabama eventually leveraged its famously good stockpile of player talent and sideline know-how Monday night, just in time to break Clemson hearts and streaks.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — A wide receiver recruited by FCS programs out of high school had a major impact on the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday night.

GLENDALE, Ariz. — They went jab-for-jab in a football game resembling a championship prizefight.

Thee president of the United States and the mayor of the District of Columbia both addressed violence within the sphere of their responsibilities last week. And they are catching flak for it. President Obama’s focus was on the weapons that now kill as many people as car accidents and on the need for gun-control measures.

There have been debates, bluster, TV coverage and more, but you know what’s been lacking in this presidential race: a serious discussion of the debt, deficit and government spending. It’s been skipped, and the degree to which this issue is not in vogue these days fits with what I have seen since I came back to the U.S.

On New Year’s Eve, in the shadow of Cologne’s cathedral, crowds of North African and Middle Eastern men accosted women out for the night’s festivities. They surrounded them, groped them, robbed them. Two women were reportedly raped.

John Tecklenburg began his first day in office by acknowledging the city’s debt to his predecessor, Joe Riley. And his own.

It is reassuring to see that influential federal lawmakers in both parties agree that Iran’s missile program is still dangerous and should be the subject of economic sanctions. Where they don’t agree, it seems, is on timing. In this case, the sooner the better.

‘I had no idea the world of food was so big. There are so many simple, tasty foods from all these cultures that are so easy to make. You don’t have to eat them in a restaurant or be a trained chef to prepare them."

The South Carolina Medical Association Foundation won a $475,100 grant to help physicians assist patients in their end-of-life planning.

Beginning in 2012, a federal law went into effect to improve the nutritional quality of school lunches. The law appears to be working, according to a new report.

Because of the area’s sea breezes, air quality in the Charleston metro area is often taken for granted.

CHICAGO — A prescription drug for yeast infections may increase chances for miscarriages when used early in pregnancy, a large study in Denmark suggests.