A museum being built in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, to showcase the nation’s highest military honor should officially be designated the National Medal of Honor Museum, South Carolina Republicans in Congress say.
In a rare show of unity, tribal leaders in the United States and Canada plan to sign a joint treaty on Friday aimed at blocking the proposed hunting of grizzly bears in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.
New study estimates that 77 percent of uninsured military veterans in non-expansion states would qualify for Medicaid or subsidies to buy private coverage if those states expanded Medicaid.
A report by an international investigation indicates a Russian launcher fired the missile that took down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, killed all 298 aboard, in July, 2014. The jet was shot down over southeastern Ukraine amidst hostilities between Ukraine and Russian backed rebels.
Joe Biden is guest-starring on a “Law & Order: SVU’ episode about rape that airs Wednesday night. The Vice President is not a stranger to the topic in real life.
Sarai Lara was looking at clothing in the Macy’s department store at a mall in Washington State when she was killed in a mass shooting. Police have accused Arcan Cetin, a troubled 20-year-old, of killing five people in the attack.
Students in each grade will vote for two classmates from a ballot of finalists, with the top vote-getters crowned at the school's homecoming football game. It's a change that means those honored at halftime on Oct. 7 could include two boys, two girls, transgender students or a boy-girl duo.
Nathan Carman was rescued in the Atlantic after floating on a life raft for a week after the boat he and his mother were on sank. His mother is presumed dead.
The latest twist in a lawsuit over Yosemite National Park names centers on whether the park's new concession company gets to play a role in the court battle initiated by Delaware North.
Colby Leeper was a fifth-grader when his father was gunned down. A group founded and financed by death-row inmates has now awarded him a college scholarship.
We recruited 21 Charlotte-area voters to watch the first Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump debate together and then talk about it. As the moderators, here are 3 things we learned from this diverse group.
While Glenn Reynolds won’t be disciplined by the University of Tennessee, the USA Today column by the law-school professor has been suspended for a month.
Confidential law enforcement databases can be exploited by officers who, motivated by romantic quarrels, personal conflicts or voyeuristic curiosity, sidestep policies and sometimes the law by snooping. In the most egregious cases, officers have used information to stalk or harass, or have tampered with or sold records they obtained.
Wells Fargo says CEO John Stumpf and the executive who ran the bank’s consumer banking division will forfeit tens of millions of dollars in bonuses as the bank tries to stem a scandal over its sales practices.
Historic rainfall across the Midlands in October 2015 caused dam failures and massive flooding in many parts of Richland and Lexington counties. The State newspaper recreates the major catastrophes that struck the Columbia area, which resulted in nine deaths and hundreds of millions in financial losses.
Patrick GleasonMcClatchy
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Flooding, dam failures unfold across the Midlands in video simulation
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Trump, Clinton clash in first presidential debate
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While fighting cancer, Midlands couple hit by devastating theft from business
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SC mothers speak against gun violence after losing sons
