Новости за 16.03.2016

COLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley is throwing her support behind U.S. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz to win the GOP nomination now that her original choice, U.S. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, dropped out after losing his home state Tuesday.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina House has passed a bill requiring colleges to post violations committed by fraternity and sorority members to publicize the groups’ record before students join.

March is quickly coming to a close and that means soon it will be hot enough to bake cookies on the dashboard of your minivan.

COLUMBIA — When Will Muschamp lists the potential strengths of his first South Carolina football team, he mentions a tight ends group with three players vying for the starting job. He mentions a special teams unit that easily stood out on a Gamecocks squad that went 3-9 last season.

Sandra W. Roper is a watercolorist and member of the Lowcountry Artist Gallery. Her landscape scenes have won awards and are on display in corporate locations throughout the Southeast.

CLEMSON — For 37 minutes, cameras and microphones were aimed at Brad Brownell, Clemson’s sixth-year head men’s basketball coach who had to explain why, for a fifth straight year, the NCAA Tournament will go on without the Tigers.

COLUMBIA — Representatives of South Carolina’s Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum went before a Senate panel on Wednesday to make their yearly budget request, but left out that House members want to move the museum elsewhere.

State Senate District 42

State Senate District 42

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Charleston International Airport is pretty safe when it comes to explosive devices.

Telephone answering service Call Experts will expand its Charleston County operations with a $1.8 million investment that will create 310 new jobs over the next five years, the state’s Commerce Department said Wednesday.

College of Charleston announced Tuesday that Hootie & the Blowfish is performing on campus on April 1.

COLUMBIA — The State Ethics Commission has ordered Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster to repay $72,700 in excessive campaign contributions stemming from his 2010 gubernatorial bid.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to serve on the Supreme Court has not changed any minds among Republicans in the South Carolina congressional delegation.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to serve on the Supreme Court has not changed any minds among Republicans in the South Carolina congressional delegation.

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama was still introducing his Supreme Court nominee from the White House Rose Garden when negative statements from South Carolina congressional Republicans started flooding email inboxes.

Charleston Gaillard Center announced Wednesday that Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is performing at the venue this summer.

CLEMSON — Redshirt junior forward Jaron Blossomgame has filed the necessary paperwork to make himself available for the 2016 NBA Draft, head coach Brad Brownell announced Wednesday. Blossomgame has not signed with an agent, thus leaving open the option of returning to Clemson for his senior season. The deadline for underclassmen...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would nominate appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, urging Republicans to approve a long-time jurist and former prosecutor known as "one of America’s sharpest legal minds."

SUMTER, S.C. — A 66-year-old Rembert man has been charged with murder after calling sheriff’s deputies to tell them he had shot his wife.

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. — The Iwo Jima Monument at the Parris Island Marine Recruit Depot on the South Carolina coast has been refurbished, extending its life by at least 20 years.

Cynthia Groseclose is a food stylist. Her clients include Food & Wine, Cooking Light and Le Creuset. Here’s what she’d like people to know about her job (in addition to the fact that it exists):

Q: Can you tell me some good places for dining alone?

‘I must confess that I’ve never cooked a conch," The News and Courier’s food editor Charlotte Walker admitted in her introduction to a 1978 column devoted to recipes featuring the sea snail.