Новости за 29.05.2016

WASHINGTON — Last week in the House of Representatives, South Carolina lawmakers didn’t resolve a cross-chamber dispute over funds to combat Zika. They didn’t consider legislation to ease Puerto Rico out of bankruptcy. They didn’t shore up the votes to pass a bill for federal energy and...

A 16-year-old pedestrian died Saturday after a hit-and-run crash in North Charleston.

At the College of Charleston TD Arena on Saturday, Grammy award-winning Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra went on a musical journey through Latin America that veered into the experimental.

KIAWAH ISLAND — The narrow neck to Capt. Sam’s Spit is disappearing, survey work has indicated. The dunes there aren’t tall enough to withstand a tropical cyclone of any real strength.

When he was younger, Charles Truluck wanted to add features to Minecraft, a video game he liked to play. Around the same time, Tillson Galloway had an idea for an app that would make his phone scream when he dropped it.

A year ago, Citadel baseball coach Fred Jordan watched with a feeling of pride and anxiety as three junior pitchers were taken in the MLB draft.

The crowd at court Suzanne Lenglen roared Sunday as Charleston’s Shelby Rogers wiped away tears.

Memorial Day Weekend is here, and that means "summer driving season" has arrived.

What: Violinist Geoff Nuttall will host 11 distinctive chamber concerts over the course of the festival, featuring an accomplished group of musicians.

The Lowcountry got a little sunshine Sunday but Tropical Storm Bonnie isn’t quite ready to let up for Memorial Day.

Tropical Storm Bonnie is no more. The slowly weakening system was officially downgraded to a tropical depression off the coast of South Carolina around 8 a.m. Sunday.

Charleston may experience storm surge flooding and some downed trees and power lines through the weekend as a result of Tropical Storm Bonnie.

Congratulations, Columbia — you can hold on to that title for one more year.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Klay Thompson made a playoff-record 11 3-pointers and scored 41 points, and the defending champion Golden State Warriors forced a seventh game in the Western Conference finals with a 108-101 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night.

BERMUDA — Forgive Bermudans for questioning the existence of a hurricane drought.

Charleston’s historic district south of Broad is much like many towns and cities all over Europe. There is a difference — in Europe one can always find a restroom. They are clean, safe and unobtrusive because each one has an attendant who collects an admission fee. The fee, which is modest, pays for the supervision and cleaning.

I represent a group of Charlestonians who are in favor of short-term rentals.

I am nine years old and I live on Johns Island. I have been concerned because developers have been clear-cutting behind my house to construct a new neighborhood.

At some point, the closing of Lincoln High School became inevitable, and recently they pulled the plug.

It happened again on May 21 at 9:30 p.m.

A question for those who are protesting plans for Burns public elementary school to be operated by a private company: How many classes of children should come up through the school’s failing system before the district makes some big changes?

Asking people to pay higher taxes is risky. Asking them to pay higher taxes without clearly outlining why is more than risky. It’s likely futile.

WASHINGTON — As Barack Obama’s presidency takes a backseat to the psychodrama known as the 2016 election, historians, speculators and revisionists are busy writing his presidential epitaph.

Did you know that South Carolina law allows utility companies to charge consumers more for cost overruns on big projects like building a nuclear power plant?