Новости за 27.03.2016

After more than 30 years in business, a stalwart of the Charleston nightlife scene is serving its last drink and closing its doors for good.

SUMMERVILLE — The two-lane highway that serves one of the state’s largest high schools is unsafe, forcing students to "navigate a gauntlet of danger" to get to school, according to a local lawyer.

Former Charleston County School Board chairman Brian Moody died Sunday. He was 52.

Current Charleston County School Board Chair Cindy Bohn Coats has confirmed the death of former member Brian Moody, who left the school board in 2008 after serving for more than a decade.

A 29-year-old North Charleston man was charged with murder Sunday after fatally shooting a woman and wounding a man during an argument, according to police.

A 20-year-old woman is dead from a gunshot wound after a shooting incident on Ridgebrook Dr. in North Charleston.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A bomb blast in a park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday has killed 44 people and wounded 91, a health official said.

It’s been slightly more than a year since Mercedes-Benz Vans sped into town to announce a $500 million expansion of its North Charleston plant. The Sprinter maker apparently hasn’t let off the gas.

Charleston Battery coach Mike Anhaeuser has seen enough of Romario Williams in an opposing uniform.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders scored three wins in Western caucus contests Saturday, giving a powerful psychological boost to his supporters but doing little to move him closer to securing the Democratic nomination.

What: Mount Zion AME Church of downtown Charleston will present the annual Family and Friends Homecoming Celebration with multiple events throughout the day. The sunrise service at 6:30 a.m. will feature guest speaker the Rev. Jeremy Rutledge. The 10 a.m. service will remember the nine parishioners killed at Emanuel AME Church, with keynote...

Nancy McGinley has done something she rarely accomplished as Charleston County schools superintendent: She has the school board in unanimous agreement.

Thanks to NXT, WWE's divas division is boasting one of its strongest groups in years.

As you aptly put the matter in your March 29 editorial regarding the Charleston County School District budgetary shortfall, while there have been many in the administration who likely contributed to the problem, at the end of the day it is the Charleston County School Board itself that must bear the ultimate responsibility.

Imagine a light rail line from the Charleston Visitor’s Center to the airport. What could this possibly solve?

The Post and Courier has reported on a proposed Sunoco gas station and convenience store to be located in the area of the Ashley Landing Shopping Center.

Changing South Carolina’s grade plan to boost athletes’ hopes will not do anything to improve their academic competence.

How ridiculous is it to have announced when the Ashley River bike lane closure test will begin? For a valid review of its impact on traffic, the lane should be closed with no notice.

Who can blame people — droves of them — for wanting to move to the Lowcountry? It has history, charm, natural beauty, beaches, culture, colleges and good health care.

The last time that Charleston County Council tried to back off plans to extend I-526, the State Infrastructure Bank insisted that the county would have to repay $11 million to the state in expenses, primarily for the purchase of right of way. Thus the bank was able to bully the county into sticking with the controversial 526 plan, despite broad...

BY MICHAEL LEITER

By KATHLEEN PARKER

What America needs is a respite from the rough-and-tumble world of presidential politics and ample time to refocus on Major League Baseball, 2016. After all, it does remain the national pastime.

BY JONATHAN TURLEY

LONDON — William Shakespeare died 400 years ago, but his stock has never been higher.