1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (553+ words) Charleston Mayor William Cogswell laughed as he fielded questions from third-grade students at Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School on March 2. Since taking office in January 2024, Charleston Mayor William Cogswell has been busy leading the city with big initiatives to…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (463+ words) Jill Lepore, a professor of American history and law at Harvard University, a regular contributor to The New Yorker magazine, and a prolific author of popular books, has a new title out called “The Rise and Fall of the Artificial…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (934+ words) A group of volunteers stand next to bags of litter after cleaning up the Ben Sawyer Causeway in 2025. The largest statewide litter cleanup day is coming up on Sept. 19. Groups of volunteers from all corners of the state will be…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (493+ words) The Supreme Court cleared the way to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals, and that protection formally expired on July 27. Since then, ICE has moved aggressively into Springfield, targeting the Haitian community. September is Homecoming Month for many churches…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago   (800+ words) Rep. Ralph Norman conceded after losing the GOP U.S. Senate runoff, but some of his supporters haven't. They are now mounting a write-in campaign to try and get him elected in November. Thank you, Ralph Norman supporters — or Darline Graham critics…...

13+ hour, 55+ min ago   (262+ words) As artificial intelligence becomes more powerful, the question is not simply whether we can control it, but what rules we expect it to follow. A practical approach would have three levels. First, there should be a universal safety floor: certain…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (593+ words) Maurice Hallman looks at a steel girder from the World Trade Center on display at the South Carolina State Museum on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. COLUMBIA — Maurice Hallman remembers Sept. 11, 2001, vividly. He was in a sixth grade class at White Knoll Middle…...

2+ day, 3+ min ago   (857+ words) S.C. State University President Alexander Conyers, pictured in 2023, was censured by the university’s Faculty Senate late last month. ORANGEBURG — S.C. State University has been on the upswing over the past several years, with enrollment surging, state funding flowing, national accolades…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (552+ words) A sign marks a Columbia polling place at the University of South Carolina's Blatt Physical Education Center Nov. 5, 2024. COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary will remain “first in the South” and fourth overall in 2028 after the Republican National Committee this…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (696+ words) Virtually everyone in their mid-30s or older remembers where they were when they heard that an airplane struck the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. I was in a hotel gym in Slovakia; it took two weeks to get…...