Новости за 29.03.2016

Attorney General Alan Wilson’s office moved quickly to assign a new special prosecutor for the Statehouse corruption probe, tapping a Columbia-area solicitor a day after dumping the man he’d initially chosen amid an ongoing feud.

Charleston police are searching for three men they say were involved in a weekend assault downtown.

Plans for a new cruise ship terminal at Charleston’s Union Pier will be debated during a public hearing next month as the Army Corps of Engineers continues to study whether the State Ports Authority should get a federal permit to build the facility.

Club Pantheon may have shut its doors on Sunday, but the nightclub known for its LGBT-friendly atmosphere isn’t going anywhere.

BELTON, S.C. — A coroner says a baby’s death at an Anderson County day care was accidental, but likely could have been prevented if the infant had been placed on his back to sleep.

A Summerville man is in jail after a girl said he repeatedly raped her when she was younger.

A woman who recently relocated to Charleston is hoping to add to its reputation for being a pet-friendly community.

A Mount Pleasant man is in jail after a girl accused him of sexually molesting her when she was 11 years old.

The Mount Pleasant-based TV production firm Litton Entertainment announced Tuesday that several of its TV shows have been nominated for 22 Daytime Emmy Awards.

WASHINGTON — Florida police have charged Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski with simple assault in connection with an incident earlier in the month involving a reporter.

The sale of local bank owner Southcoast Financial Corp. is taking longer than expected.

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s new law limiting LGBT protections is a "national embarrassment," and the state’s lawyers won’t defend it against a federal challenge from gay rights advocates, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Tuesday.

WASHINGTON — A tie vote from the Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a win to labor unions in a high-profile dispute over their ability to collect fees.

WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices climbed at more than double the rate of incomes in January, a trend that could ultimately create affordability challenges for buyers.

A North Charleston teen was shot in the hand while walking near his apartment Monday night.

Four men held up a Rivers Avenue convenience store at gunpoint early Tuesday.

Four men held up a Rivers Avenue convenience store at gunpoint early Tuesday morning.

COLUMBIA — While South Carolina’s lawmakers are on break, a dispute over how to proceed with the cases of some is unraveling in the public eye between the state’s top prosecutor and his now-former appointee.

Today in Charleston should be sunny, with a high near 71, according to the National Weather Service.

What: Whole Foods Market in Mount Pleasant will donate 5% of its sales to the Romney Urban Garden, a neighborhood Initiative project of the Historic Charleston Foundation. Volunteers from the garden will be at Whole Foods to meet and greet shoppers and answer any questions. There will also be enter-to-win drawings for special prizes.

Bull Street Gourmet is ending its stay at the Elan Midtown Building on Spring Street.

In this weekend’s upcoming Cooper River Bridge Run, thousands of women of all shapes and sizes running the race will likely have one garment in common: a sports bra.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When members of Old Dominion saw the band’s name on the voting ballots for the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards for both new vocal duo/group of the year and vocal group of the year, it felt like a joke.

LONDON — "Curst be he that moves my bones" reads part of the inscription above Shakespeare’s grave at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. But apparently, someone did.

LOS ANGELES — The love affair between television and music stars is getting personal.