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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has held a ceremonial bill signing in the hot summer sun to assure the air conditioners across the state will keep humming well into the future.
Mother Emanuel AME church made an ecumenical gesture for the commemoration of a racist shooting that killed nine of its Black members 10 years ago on Tuesday.
Authorities say a 19-year-old has been taken into custody in Illinois and they plan to charge him in a shooting that hurt 11 people after a party boat cruise in South Carolina.
The University of North Florida Ospreys softball team continues to make program history. Saturday night, UNF beat Virginia 6-5 in a come-from-behind victory to advance to the NCAA Columbia Regional final.
For the first time ever, the UNF Ospreys softball team not only competed in an NCAA Regional game, but the team won! UNF beat Virginia 2-1 Friday at the Columbia Regional in South Carolina.
Congress has voted to kill a rule requiring U.S. rubber tire makers to clean up planet-warming emissions from their manufacturing processes.
UConn has capped its season at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll one day after winning its 12th national championship.
Women’s college basketball has been on the rise these last few years, riding the wave of iconic players like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Paige Bueckers and JuJu Watkins.
The journey has been more challenging than usual, but Dawn Staley and defending national champion South Carolina are still getting the job done.
Defending national champion South Carolina left no doubt it would return to the title game, getting 14 points from Te-Hina Paopao and overwhelming Texas 74-57 in the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
The Supreme Court has appeared divided in a case over whether states should be able to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a South Carolina case over whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
Chloe Kitts scored 14 points and defending national champion South Carolina reached the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament for a fifth straight year, beating Duke 54-50.
Dawn Staley has seen a lot of growth in South Carolina star guard MiLaysia Fulwiley over the last few months.
MiLaysia Fulwiley scored 23 points, including a go-ahead layup with 2:22 left, and Chloe Kitts added 15 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 seed South Carolina beat fourth-seeded Maryland 71-67 in the Sweet 16 of the women's NCAA Tournament.
Oluchi Okananwa had her third double-double of the season and Duke beat Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina 47-38 in a grind-it-out defensive battle, sending the Blue Devils to the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Tournament.
At least a half-dozen large wildfires continue to burn in the Blue Ridge Mountains of South Carolina and North Carolina.
Major anti-abortion groups have gathered in the nation's capital to begin a lobbying effort with Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at eliminating funding for Planned Parenthood.
Firefighters have announced progress on containing two of the largest wildfires burning in the North Carolina mountains, but are warning that fire danger remains from dry and windy conditions.
Bree Hall had 11 points and Chloe Kitts scored all her 10 points in the second half as top seed South Carolina pulled away after trailing at halftime to beat ninth-seeded Indiana 64-53 in the women's NCAA Tournament and reach the Sweet 16 for the 11th straight time.
March Madness has mostly been March Predictable in the women’s NCAA Tournament so far.
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has built a powerhouse, not unlike what Connecticut and Tennessee accomplished in previous decades.
Congratulations to the 12 teams left in the chase for the women’s Division I national championship.
At least three-quarters of South Carolina’s House members approved the more than 100 sections of the state’s $14 billion spending plan this week.
UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Southern California have all stated their cases for No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament with their stellar play this season.
Madison Booker scored 25 points, and No. 1 Texas held on to beat ninth-ranked LSU 56-49 on Saturday night to advance to the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game.
An Associated Press journalist has served as a media eyewitness to the execution of Brad Sigmon by firing squad Friday in South Carolina.
A South Carolina man has been executed by firing squad, becoming the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by this method.
Firing squads have a long and storied history in the U.S. They've served as a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West.
Southern California has its best ranking in 39 years after moving up to No. 2 in The Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 on Monday.
Lighter winds in South Carolina and North Carolina are helping firefighters battle blazes that caused evacuations and threatened hundreds of homes over the weekend.
South Carolina will be the No. 1 seed in the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball tournament after winning a coin flip.
Crews battled wildfires in North and South Carolina amid dry conditions and gusty winds as residents were forced to evacuate in some areas.
The regular season titles in the four major conferences will come down to the final week of the season as league play wraps up this weekend.
Notre Dame ascended to No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday, becoming the third team to reach that spot this season.
Azzi Fudd scored 28 points and No. 7 UConn ended No. 4 South Carolina’s 71-game home winning streak with an 87-58 victory Sunday.
UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Notre Dame would be the No. 1 seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament if it began now.
Legislation to let Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors sell its electric SUVs directly to people in South Carolina, where the vehicles will be built, has stalled after fierce opposition from traditional automobile dealers.
Lawyers for South Carolina and Planned Parenthood are returning to the state’s highest court to argue how restrictive the state's abortion ban should be.
Notre Dame has moved up to No. 2 in the Associated Press women’s basketball Top 25 for its best ranking since 2019.
Madison Booker had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Rori Harmon hit two critical free throws in the final seconds as No. 4 Texas beat No. 2 South Carolina 66-62 Sunday, ending the Gamecocks’ 57-game Southeastern Conference regular-season winning streak dating to 2021.
Southern Cal’s second loss of the season has dropped the Trojans to seventh in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll.
South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis says calls for him to resign over an accounting error that left the state sorting out what happened to a $1.8 billion fund amounted to a witch hunt.
Federal prosecutors say a Nigerian man has been extradited and charged in the U.S. with causing the death of a South Carolina teen who took his own life after the suspect tried to extort the teen after he sent nude photos.
No. 2 South Carolina and No. 5 LSU featured the last two national champions and two of the best teams in the country this season.
Officials say they have recaptured the final four monkeys who escaped two months ago from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research.
The Southeastern Conference has postponed Thursday night’s women’s basketball game between No. 5 LSU and No. 2 South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, until Friday.
No. 2 South Carolina has picked up a first-place ballot in the women's AP Top 25 college basketball poll after cruising through the first three games of a five-game stretch against ranked teams.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations have kicked off at King's former congregation in Atlanta with a 70-member choir's rendition of Hallelujah and stern words from his youngest daughter warning against anti-woke rhetoric.
Coach Dawn Staley has received a contract extension that South Carolina said will make her the highest paid college women’s basketball coach of all time at a total value of about $25 million.
The U.S. Department of Education says plans for colleges to pay athletes directly for their name, image and likeness deals would run afoul of Title IX.
Minnesota is off to its best start in 17 games and earned its first ranking since 2019, coming into The Associated Press women’s basketball poll at No. 24.
Te-Hina Paopao and Chloe Kitts each scored 11 points, and No. 2 South Carolina rolled past No. 5 Texas 67-50 for its 11th straight win on Sunday in front of a sold out crowd of 18,000 at Colonial Life Arena.
Tahaad Pettiford assisted on Dylan Cardwell’s go-ahead dunk and converted two free throws with 4.4 seconds remaining as No. 2 Auburn overcame an injury to leading scorer Johni Broom and rallied to beat South Carolina 66-63.
A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma has lumbered eastward into the Deep South and elsewhere.
Falling flakes stay miles away from Jacksonville, but winter weather is within reach.
UConn coach Geno Auriemma has moved into a tie with Tara VanDerveer for the most appearances with a single team in the women’s AP Top 25.
The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider South Carolina’s move to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the latest abortion-related case since overturning it as a nationwide right.
Caitlin Clark's No. 22 will be retired in a ceremony Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
South Carolina, UCLA, Duke and Texas will play in a round-robin tournament in Las Vegas next year during Thanksgiving week.
LaNorris Sellers' 20-yard TD run with 1:08 to play lifted No. 16 South Carolina to a 17-14 victory over No. 12 Clemson.
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley is not in panic mode, even if some of famous “Fams” are following her team's first loss in two seasons.
UCLA, along with many other of the top teams, are heading to Thanksgiving tournaments in warm locations this week.
A wild weekend in Los Angeles set up for a new No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll when it’s released Monday.
UCLA women's coach Cori Close is preaching perspective after the fifth-ranked Bruins shocked No. 1 South Carolina.
Londynn Jones scored 15 points and fifth-ranked UCLA stunned No. 1 South Carolina 77-62.
Two games featuring four powerhouse teams has put the focus in women's college basketball on the West Coast this weekend.
A parole board in South Carolina has ruled unanimously that Susan Smith should remain in prison 30 years after she was convicted of rolling her car into a lake and drowning her two young sons.
The Los Angeles Sparks have hired Utah coach Lynne Roberts to fill their vacant head coach position.
Authorities say four monkeys remain free nearly two weeks after a group of 43 escaped from a South Carolina compound that breeds them for medical research.
TCU has entered The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll at No. 19, the school's best ranking in 16 years.
Authorities say Just eight monkeys remain free from the group who broke out of a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research.
RJ Godfrey scored 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds and Silas Demary Jr. added 17 points to help Georgia beat North Florida 90-77 at the Peach State Classic.
Authorities say two monkeys have been returned to a South Carolina compound that breeds the animals for medical research.
The University of North Florida men’s basketball team is out to the best start in program history. Can the Ospreys keep it going against another big time opponent on Tuesday night?
South Carolina is a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll after a pair of victories to kick off its national championship repeat bid.
Authorities say more than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped from a compound in South Carolina have been recovered unharmed.
Oregon is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the fourth straight week.
A police chief in South Carolina says there is no “almost no danger” to the public after 43 monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research.
