Goose Creek High School’s principal and athletic director are on administrative leave amid allegations of attempted grade-tampering for a student-athlete, sources told The Post and Courier on Wednesday night.
“La Coiffeuse,” a cubist work by Picasso worth about $15 million, will be returned to France where it was stolen 17 years ago, US officials said Wednesday. The painting, whose name means “The Hairdresser,” was recovered last year around Christmas, wrapped in parcel paper. It had been sent via FedEx from Belgium by someone who […]
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine and a group of its largest creditors on Wednesday failed to reach a deal to restructure the country's $19 billion of debt but will resume negotiations on Thursday, a source close to the talks said.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar security forces have surrounded the headquarters of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in the capital, Naypyitaw, and prevented party members in the compound from leaving, party sources in the building said on Thursday.
According to a study published Wednesday in the American Journal of Family Therapy, first graders are getting three times the amount of work than is recommended by the National Education Association and the National Parent-Teacher Association.
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars bounced away from six-year lows on Thursday as assurances from China's central bank that it was not aiming to aggressively devalue the yuan helped soothe market jitters.
BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The vice governor of China's central bank said on Thursday the country will quicken the opening of its foreign exchange market and will attract more foreign investors as it liberalises its financial markets.
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was allowed by the Sandiganbayan to attend the burial of his brother on Saturday, August 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. She was also allowed to go to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center for Arturo dela Rosa Macapagal’s wake today, August 13, in addition to the already allowed schedule on August […]
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have expelled the former chairman of state-owned China FAW Group Corp. from the ruling Communist Party, an anti-graft agency said on Thursday.
The U.S. on Wednesday launched its first airstrikes by Turkey-based F-16 fighter jets against Islamic State targets in Syria, marking a limited escalation of a yearlong air campaign that critics have called excessively...
After winning their 10th straight game, the Toronto Blue Jays are a first-place team.
Huge explosions in a warehouse district sent up massive fireballs that turned the night sky into day, killing at least 17 people and injuring hundreds in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, officials and witnesses said...
Perhaps you’ve heard about Chick’s Fry House, the new counter-service joint from the city’s first James Beard award winner, Robert Stehling. Or maybe you’ve just noticed the low-slung white building a little farther up King Street than you’d expect to see new construction: With its broad windows and stark...
George Porter Jr., a founding member of the Meters and easily one of the most accomplished bassists alive, is playing at the Pour House this weekend to kick off a week-long tour around the Southeast with his latest backing band, the Runnin’ Pardners.
Despite insisting they have nothing to hide, Dorchester County officials refused to release video showing their deputies fatally shooting a 24-year-old man last weekend, making it the latest instance in which the public has been left without key insight into the actions of officers during deadly confrontations.
Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods rock the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin. Natasha Howitt reports.
Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods rock the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin. Natasha Howitt reports.
Two massive explosions caused by flammable goods rock the northeast Chinese port city of Tianjin. Natasha Howitt reports.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said Tuesday the U.S. may need to send more ground troops into Iraq to defeat Islamic State militants, but he stopped short of saying how many as he outlined his strategy for...
Toxic waste that gushed from a Colorado mine and threatened downstream water supplies in at least three states will continue to be dangerous when contaminated sediment gets stirred up from the river bottom, authorities...
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press Herds of feral horses are roaming on thousands of acres in Louisiana where soldiers conduct intensive training, posing a danger and a nuisance to troops at risk of...
The latest in the Colorado mine spill (all times local):
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's currency fell to a four-year low on Wednesday, slumping for a second day, after a central bank devaluation on Tuesday, and government sources believe the yuan may be allowed to slide even further to help the country's exporters.
There was a little added drama in the final inning, but the State College Spikes still managed to extend their win streak to five games.
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