Новости за 20.09.2016

During Monday's "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the Charleston native tore Donald Trump apart for reversing his stance on President Barack Obama's birthplace, after the GOP presidential nominee spent years trying to prove that the president was born outside of the country.

COLUMBIA -- Like a small boat on the ocean, a social media post by Gov. Nikki Haley sent big waves into motion Tuesday.

The ball crossed the net 25 times, was touched 74 times and stayed in the air for almost 90 seconds.

South Carolina and 20 other states filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a federal effort to extend overtime pay to millions of workers, saying it would unfairly weigh on government budgets.

South Carolina and 20 other states filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a federal effort to extend overtime pay to millions of workers, saying it would unfairly weigh on state budgets.

The Charleston area economy grew faster than any other South Carolina-based region during the first half of this decade and was one of the nation’s top performers in 2015, a report from the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis shows.

WASHINGTON — A South Carolina fundraiser for Donald Trump originally set to take place in Charleston will now be held just south of Charlotte.

COLUMBIA -- Gov. Nikki Haley said Tuesday the need for a state of emergency declaration due to the Colonial Pipeline rupture is not needed at this time since gasoline continues to flow into the state.

CLEMSON — The comments made by Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney at his press conference Sept. 13 made waves in local media and a major splash on the national landscape.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is plowing ahead with efforts to furnish Israel with more military aid than it stands to receive under a new agreement with the Obama administration.

NEW YORK — A new novel from James Patterson has a title that calls for a disclaimer and a spoiler alert: "The Murder of Stephen King."

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With their electrifying modern interpretation of classic soul music, St. Paul & The Broken Bones are a buzzed-about live band, even opening for the Rolling Stones on two dates last year.

MINNEAPOLIS — Stevie Wonder and members of Prince’s inner circle will highlight a family-sanctioned Prince tribute concert in St. Paul on Oct. 13,.

Dozens of West Ashley residents packed a standing-room-only Charleston meeting Monday to protest plans for a gas station at the site of a former grocery store.

Two of the area’s most successful football programs over the last dozen years have fallen on hard times.

NEW YORK — Brangelina is no more. Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to one of the world’s most star-studded, tabloid headline-generating romances.

Porter-Gaud quarterback Oliver Michaud is The Post and Courier high school football player of the week for his performance in the Cyclones’ 28-26 victory over Ben Lippen on Friday night. Michaud completed 19 of 37 passes for 323 yards and two touchdowns as the Cyclones upset Ben Lippen, which was the state’s top-ranked SCISA team...

COLUMBIA — The State Fiscal Accountability Authority approved a $45 million borrowing package Tuesday to build a new facility to house the state’s sexually violent predators.

North Charleston police released details Tuesday morning on a previously unreported homicide that happened earlier this month.

Behind closed doors, attorneys on Tuesday were expected to continue discussing what evidence should be excluded from Dylann Roof’s federal death penalty trial.

Behind closed doors, attorneys on Tuesday were expected to continue discussing what evidence should be excluded from Dylann Roof’s federal death penalty trial.

WASHINGTON — The CEO of Wells Fargo faced accusations of fraud and calls for his resignation Tuesday from harshly critical senators at a hearing over allegations that bank employees opened millions of accounts customers didn’t know about to meet aggressive sales quotas.

WASHINGTON — The CEO of Wells Fargo is promising action to assist any bank customers who were hurt by having accounts opened without their permission to meet sales quotas.

WASHINGTON — The CEO of Wells Fargo plans to apologize before a congressional panel for betraying customers’ trust in a scandal over allegations that employees opened millions of unauthorized accounts, moved money into them and signed customers up for online banking in order to meet sales targets.

jhawes@postandcourier.com