South Carolina

Winter Storm Fern grounds thousands of US flights, strains power grids nationwide

A sweeping winter storm has canceled thousands of US flights, triggered emergency declarations in multiple states, and placed severe strain on power grids as extreme cold spreads nationwide.

A de-icing crew works during winter storm Fern on a Southwest Airlines flight at Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee, US, January 24, 2026.
Pre-historic giant sturgeon fish at Hilton Head.

Rare prehistoric Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore in South Carolina

A wasp walks on the nest that's built inside a wooden hotel for solitary bees made by the Metropolitan Area of the Aburra Valley (AMVA) in Barbosa, Colombia April 21, 2021.

Radioactive wasp nest found in US where nuclear components were manufactured

Tropical storm Chantal hits South Carolina, moves inland with flooding threat, NHC says


South Carolina school district to return Bernard Malamud’s ‘The Fixer’ to shelves

The decision by a review committee for the Beaufort County School District concludes another episode in which a Jewish book has gotten caught up in a national book-ban push by conservative parents.

 The Fixer, a novel by Bernard Malamud

Treatment of cocaine-addicted rats sparks ethics investigation at US university

The experiment was funded by grant money from the US National Institutes of Health.

 Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

US woman hides 1.5 kg of cocaine in 'pregnant' belly

When police began to grow suspicious of the woman's claims, she tried to run and escape, cocaine spilling out her fake rubber stomach.

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.

Starbucks sued for accusing unionized workers of assault, kidnapping

Eight Starbucks employees are suing Starbucks after the company falsely accused them of criminal conduct after they demanded a raise from their manager.

A Starbucks sign is show on one of the companies stores in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 19,2018

Letters from Anne Frank’s father, Otto Frank, donated to UofSC

The Anne Frank Center encourages anyone who received a letter from Otto Frank to contact afc@sc.edu to document the correspondence.

 Letters from Anne Frank’s father, Otto Frank

12 injured in shooting at a mall in Columbia, South Carolina

"There are 12 injured and no fatalities," Columbia Police Department Chief Holbrook said.

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