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From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Two straight wins over ranked teams have South Carolina football trending up in the analytics, and the Gamecocks now know when they will play their next home game: the SEC set the Nov. 7 visit from Texas A&M for 3 p.m. Eastern…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina women's basketball will begin its season an ocean away. The top-ranked Gamecocks face No. 17 Maryland on Monday, Nov. 2, at noon Eastern at Adidas Arena in Paris, the opening half of a four-team college doubleheader in the French capital.…
From the HERE City State DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — South Carolina State gets a quick turnaround and a national television window this week. The ranked Bulldogs, two-time defending MEAC champions, play at Morgan State on Thursday, Oct. 29, with a 7 p.m. kickoff at Hughes Stadium in Baltimore. Coach Chennis Berry's…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Defense has defined these WNBA Finals, and it pushed the Golden State Valkyries to the brink of their first championship Monday night. Golden State held the Atlanta Dream to 55 points at Chase Center and won Game 5, 64-55, for a 3-2…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis got good news and bad news Monday about Nemanja Popovic, the veteran Serbian big man expected to anchor its frontcourt this winter. The university said the NCAA has cleared the 24-year-old for two seasons of college eligibility, one more than many…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
From the HERE City National DeskINGLEWOOD, Calif. — After seven years of helping shape the Super Bowl halftime show from behind the scenes, Jay-Z is taking the stage himself. League officials, together with Apple Music and Roc Nation, revealed Monday night that the rapper and entrepreneur will headline the Super…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — How South Carolina handles the wave of proposed data centers is shaping up as one of the biggest fights waiting for the General Assembly when it returns in January 2027, with senators from both parties already sketching out rules on water, power and public disclosure. Sen. Tom…
Crime
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Jurors were seated Monday in the murder trial of Sheridan Fogle, the man charged in the death of Penni Whiteside, whose remains turned up behind her Myrtle Beach residence, and opening statements are set for Tuesday morning. Whiteside, 51, shared her home with Fogle when she…
Crime
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A Myrtle Beach man whose arrest record already runs past 30 bookings is facing a fresh charge, this time over a September attack on a woman, the North Myrtle Beach Police Department said. Shane Cook, 36, is charged with second-degree assault and battery. An incident…
Public Safety
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Neighbors lined up for fried fish and barbecue Saturday at Ocean Drive Elementary School as the North Myrtle Beach Rescue Squad kept a fundraising custom alive for the 67th year. Every dollar from the fish fry goes back into the squad, paying for the gear…
Politics
CONWAY, S.C. — How fast Horry County should keep building is the central question in the three contested Horry County Council races, including the seat that covers Conway, as South Carolina heads to the Nov. 3 election. Seven council seats are up this year, but just Districts 2, 5 and…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — With a week left before voters statewide pick a U.S. senator, both campaigns in the race picked up heavyweight help Monday: two former governors from opposite parties lined up behind Democrat Annie Andrews, and President Donald Trump scheduled his second South Carolina rally of the month for…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The chief legal counsel to Gov. Henry McMaster is in line for a lifetime seat on the federal bench in South Carolina, after the White House sent his nomination paperwork to the U.S. Senate even before President Donald Trump formally announced the pick. The Senate Judiciary Committee…
From the HERE City State Desk
NEWBERRY, S.C. — South Carolina rural hospitals are the testing ground for a new six-month federal and state pilot that will give them cybersecurity help from major technology companies at no cost, under a program launched Monday at Newberry Health. The effort, called Project Lifeline 250, was rolled out by…
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