Steyer’s wife moves to S. Carolina for rest of 2020 campaign
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Illustrating the focus Tom Steyer's presidential campaign is putting on South Carolina, the Democrat's wife has stepped down from her...
Harris, No. 1 South Carolina earn first win over UConn 70-52
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina's Tyasha Harris really thought coming in she wasn't bothered by her losing history against UConn.
With Democrats in New Hampshire, Steyer has SC to himself
WINNSBORO, S.C. — With the Democratic presidential field focused on New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday, billionaire Tom Steyer has So...
Black lawmakers demand Biden disavow surrogate’s comments
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Black lawmakers in South Carolina are calling on former Vice President Joe Biden to disavow statements from a longtime friend and cam...
Iowa disaster prompts Nevada Dems to drop caucus tech plan
LAS VEGAS — Reacting to tech troubles in Iowa, Nevada Democrats scrapped plans to use similar technology at their caucuses in less than three weeks, a...
Woman behind ‘fired up’ Obama campaign chant backs Steyer
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina woman credited with popularizing a memorable slogan and chant that epitomized the 2008 presidential campaign of th...
Steyer aims criminal justice plan at taking on racial bias
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer is proposing a criminal justice reform plan that would reduce the costs of incarceration...
2020 Democratic contenders link arms in MLK Jr. Day march
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidates hit pause on their recent feuds Monday as they walked shoulder to shoulder through the streets of ...
South Carolina, Baylor lead women’s Top 25; Northwestern in
NEW YORK — South Carolina still sits atop The Associated Press women's basketball poll, with Baylor in second place.
Buttigieg trying now to make it to SC for MLK Day events
FLORENCE, S.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who has been criticized for his slow outreach to blacks and other minorities, is tr...
Recovery begins after storms kill 11 in Midwest, South
Icy roads, deadly tornadoes, punishing waves — severe weekend weather has been blamed for 11 deaths and major damage in parts of the Midwest, South an...
US plutonium production plan likely to spur legal challenge
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The agency that oversees the United States’ nuclear arsenal says it doesn’t need to do any broad environmental reviews of a propos...
Big red buoy missing for 2 years beached in Florida
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A big red navigation buoy that bounced along Atlantic waves for two years has beached in Florida, where it's drawing attentio...
South Carolina to rent out former Turner family beach house
ST. PHILLIPS ISLAND, S.C. — Guests will soon be able to rent a beach house that once belonged to billionaire Ted Turner's family on a private South Ca...
Utility finishes removing toxic coal ash from SC power plant
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A utility company in South Carolina finished removing all the coal ash from the site of a nearly 50-year-old power plant on the Water...
UConn moves to No. 1 in AP Women’s basketball poll
NEW YORK — UConn is back in a familiar spot — No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll.
No. 5 South Carolina starts fast in an 85-49 win over Purdue
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has a different approach to practice and it looks like it's working for the fifth-ranked Gamecocks.
Haley: Killer ‘hijacked’ Confederate flag meaning for some
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said in an interview that a man who gunned down nine worshipers at an African American church in 2015 “hijacked...
Historic US towns endured wars, storms. What about sea rise?
SWANSBORO, N.C. — Historic cities and towns along the Southeastern U.S. coast have survived wars, hurricanes, disease outbreaks and other calamities, ...
Sanders: Scripture calls for renewed focus on justice in US
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders says Scripture calls for a renewed focus on justice as Democrats campaign to replace P...
Lawrence, No. 3 Clemson dominate South Carolina 38-3
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Trevor Lawrence threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 3 Clemson to its 27th straight victory and second consecutive 12...
Four of the top 10 teams in country to play in Paradise Jam
NEW YORK — Oregon coach Kelly Graves is excited to bring his team to the U.S. Virgin Islands for the holidays.
High horse: Farm animal gets stuck up in barn’s hayloft
LORIS, S.C. — A farm animal with unbridled ambition in South Carolina has given new meaning to the phrase “get off your high horse.”
Harris hopes to make ‘magic’ with black women in SC
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Aside a wall of 2-foot-tall letters spelling out “Black Women Lead,” behind a podium bearing a “Black Women for Kamala” sign, Kamala ...
Bloomberg wins key SC endorsement ahead of possible 2020 bid
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Before he’s officially a presidential candidate, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is picking up a key endorsement in South Car...
2020 hopeful Harris focuses on black women in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kamala Harris is framing an upcoming campaign swing through early voting South Carolina around the voting demographic most sought aft...
AP Interview: Steyer’s fortune fuels underdog 2020 campaign
BLUFFTON, S.C. — Tom Steyer says it’s “not possible” to buy the Democratic presidential nomination.
Teen SC school shooter gets life for killing 1st grader
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A school shooter who was 14 when he killed a first grader on a school playground in South Carolina was sentenced Thursday to life in ...
Sanders campaign replaces South Carolina state director
Bernie Sanders is replacing his state director in the critical early-voting state of South Carolina.
Prosecutor: Messages show teen plotted SC school shooting
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prosecutors who want a teen to serve a lifelong prison sentence for killing a first-grader on a South Carolina school playground show...