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Texas moves to No. 1 seed in latest NCAA women's bracket preview, joins UConn, UCLA, South Carolina
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (591+ words) Texas joined UConn, UCLA and South Carolina as No. 1 seeds in the women's NCAA Tournament if it began now. The Longhorns replaced Vanderbilt as the fourth top seed in the second reveal by the NCAA basketball selection committee of teams…...
Memorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (410+ words) The prot'g' of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate will lie in repose for two days at the headquarters of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition before events in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, where he was born. "The…...
Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is to lie in state in South Carolina
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (286+ words) Jackson's body will lie in state next Monday at the South Carolina Statehouse, Gov. Henry McMaster announced. Details were to be released later. Jackson, 84, died on Feb. 17 after battling a rare neurological disorder that affected his ability to move and…...
House Speaker Mike Johnson denies request for Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in US Capitol
1+ week, 2+ day ago (436+ words) Johnson's office said it received a request from the family to have Jackson's remains lie in honor at the Capitol, but the request was denied, because of the precedent that the space is typically reserved for former presidents, the military…...
Shooting at a South Carolina State University residence complex kills 2 and wounds 1
2+ week, 2+ day ago (181+ words) University officials have not confirmed the victims" identities or the condition of the person wounded, the school said in a news release Thursday night. The school put the campus in Orangeburg on lockdown at about 9:15 p.m. when a report of the…...
Alex Murdaugh continues to insist he didn't kill wife and son as he gets another day in court
2+ week, 4+ day ago (750+ words) Murdaugh's attorneys argued Wednesday before the South Carolina Supreme Court, asking the justices to overturn the two murder convictions and life sentence Murdaugh is serving for the shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, outside their home…...
U.S. experiencing largest measles outbreak since 2000: What to do and what’s coming next
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1024+ words) The measles outbreak in South Carolina reached 876 cases on Feb. 3, 2026. That number surpasses the 2025 outbreak in Texas and hits the unfortunate milestone of being the largest outbreak in the U.S. since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated here. The outbreak is…...
Louisville rises to 6th in AP women's Top 25, its best ranking in four years, UConn-UCLA 1-2
3+ week, 6+ day ago (322+ words) UConn remained the unanimous No. 1 from the 31-member national media panel. The Huskies are the lone undefeated team in women's college basketball and kept that streak going Sunday with a 96-66 rout of then-No. 15 Tennessee. UConn has won 39 consecutive games dating…...
The Carolinas emerge as new population boom states. Affordability and lifestyle drive growth
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (768+ words) North Carolina last year attracted more new residents, 84,000 people, from other parts of the country than any other state, a title held by Texas in 2024 and Florida in the two years before that. South Carolina had the highest overall growth…...
Chavez scores 15 of her 26 points in overtime as No. 16 Oklahoma stuns No. 2 South Carolina 94-82
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (282+ words) The freshman guard made 4 of 14 field goals in regulation before hitting 5 of 5 shots in overtime. Payton Verhulst scored 19 points and Raegan Beers had 18 points and 14 rebounds for the Sooners (15-4, 3-3 Southeastern Conference), who had lost three straight to ranked opponents Ole…...