Новости за 31.01.2016

The Medical University of South Carolina Board of Trustees unanimously passed several "rules of decorum" during a special meeting on Sunday.

BY MELISSA BOUGHTON and JENNIFER BERRY HAWES

Less than 24 hours after burying her grandson who was shot to death last week in North Charleston, Carolyn Simmons took a stand against gun violence at a downtown church.

In a flurry of wins at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Sundance Film Festival, diversity made a comeback.

SAN FRANCISCO — As the digital advertising market booms and demand for smartphones wanes, Alphabet Inc. soon could dethrone Apple as the world’s most valuable company.

As a teenager growing up in Mooresville, N.C., Charles Robinson had a dream.

A man was found dead in the streets Sunday morning after a North Charleston shooting, according to police.

SAN FRANCISCO — Like a friendly but persistent sales rep, Microsoft has a message for anyone who owns a personal computer: If you haven’t yet upgraded to Windows 10, the company highly recommends it.

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a woman authorities say was his ex-girlfriend.

While some of its rivals bulk up their Charleston operations through mergers and acquisitions, Park Sterling Bank is still going it alone in the Lowcountry, from a single office.

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Authorities say an inmate broke into a school, and stole a gun and cash hours after his escape from a minimum security prison facility in Rock Hill.

If you have credit cards and reasonably good credit, you likely receive offers inviting you to write yourself a check against your credit line or transfer a balance to a credit card account with no interest charges for a year or more.

DENVER — One person was fatally shot and seven others were injured in a shooting and stabbing at a motorcycle expo on Saturday, Denver police said.

It’s amazing to think how much the word ‘like’ has changed in the 10 years Facebook has been around. It used to mean that you had a positive feeling toward something. Now it’s about clicking an online button, even if you don’t always ‘like’ the content.

What: The Charleston Kennel Club’s All-Breed Dog Show will continue today with over 900 registered dogs competing in different classes. Guests can learn about different dog breeds, meet groomers and breeders and local and out-of-state vendors will feature must-haves for your family dog.

You won’t find many pictures of West Ashley on those postcards in the Market — maybe Charles Towne Landing or the plantations.

It should have been evident to any South Carolinian even before Gov. Nikki Haley made it the central theme of her State of the State address on Jan. 20. South Carolina has emerged as a different state after last year.

Was opening our markets to trade with China a good idea?

WASHINGTON — Woodrow Wilson, who enjoyed moralizing about the mundane, called paying taxes a "glorious privilege." In 1865, when there was a Civil War income tax, one taxpayer shared this sensibility, sort of.

The Legislature seems to be approaching a finish line in providing some additional funding for our state’s crumbling, congested roads, and too many unsafe bridges. The Senate is now the debate forum for a "compromise" package of vehicle registration fees and vehicle sales tax increases. The plan would also bring the...

Lots of Lowcountry residents rightly take the time to separate recyclables from the rest of their trash. That extra effort helps keep mountains of otherwise reusable waste from ending up in landfills.

There is a sign at the front gate of the Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort that states "The Noise You Hear Is The Sound Of Freedom."

A Jan. 20 Associated Press story, "Hottest year on record; 2015 topples milestones," reports from NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite data that 2015 was the warmest in 136 years and that, for the first time, the planet is 1.0 Celsius degree warmer than in pre-industrial times.

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The Blue Ribbon Committee on Shoreline Management in 2009 conducted thorough research before recommending a permanent baseline for building near South Carolina beaches using 2009 data.