SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans, including hospital workers wearing scrubs, rallied in San Juan on Thursday to press Washington to improve healthcare benefits for the indebted U.S. territory which is in the middle of a fiscal crisis.
A woman was wounded by Berkeley County deputies after they were sent to investigate someone firing a weapon in a Goose Creek neighborhood.
TOKYO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Japan's top banks are arranging 120 billion yen ($986 million) in syndicated loans for Nikkei Inc's $1.3 billion acquisition of the Financial Times, sources with direct knowledge of the deal said on Friday.
BRISBANE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - New Zealand suffered a major blow to their hopes of winning a first series in Australia for 30 years when paceman Tim Southee suffered an injury on the second day of the first of three tests. The 26-year-old had scans on his back after the opening day of the match at the Gabba and pulled up twice on his run-in on Friday before being helped from the pitch midway through the morning session. New Zealand Cricket later tweeted that Southee had an aggravated disc
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - In a refugee camp outside Myanmar's provincial capital Sittwe, Soe Hlaing was holding a pink card, the most coveted of the rainbow of documents indicating citizenship status, which gives him a vote in Sunday's historic election.
Last season, the Bellefonte girls’ soccer team and Central played a trio of games. The Lady Red Raiders won all three.
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A year ago, College of Charleston forward Evan Bailey played a lot of the season at the power forward position.
JAKARTA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Australia's biggest resources state has long relied on China's hearty appetite for raw materials for its wealth but with growth in its main trading partner slowing Western Australia is trying to cultivate other trading partners such as Indonesia.
Charleston’s hotel boom has become a new topic in the city’s mayoral race, with the two candidates sparring over whether City Hall should slow it down for at least a year.
HONG KONG, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's anti-corruption body has charged a hotel owner with defrauding China's biggest lender by assets, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, of loans totalling HK$200 million ($25.8 million).
GREENVILLE – The Clemson men’s basketball team survived what would have been an embarrassing loss that, either way, doesn’t count in the standings.
Less than a year after big business helped pressure Indiana Republicans to scale back their contentious new religious objections law, the state's powerful business lobby has decided that step wasn't enough.
After rainfall and floods of almost biblical proportions, South Carolina is seeing a plague of mosquitoes. Now, lawmakers from both parties agree exterminating them must be a priority — even if it means spending actual money.
ONBOARD THE USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT, South China Sea (Reuters) - As soon as the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen breached 12-nautical-mile territorial limits around one of China's man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea last week, a Chinese warship shadowing its movements began demanding answers.
Charleston firefighters are responding to a fire on Daniel Island.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A terminally ill "Star Wars" fan, who was given just a few months to live, was granted his wish to see the new "The Force Awakens" film on Thursday, nearly two months before it comes out in theaters.
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday gave lawmakers at least an extra four months to come up with a plan to fix how the state pays for schools in poorer, more rural districts.
BRISBANE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Australia were pegged back a little by a re-energised New Zealand on the second morning of the first test on Friday but still reached an imposing 482 for three at lunch after the early loss of skipper Steve Smith. Usman Khawaja, who scored his maiden test century as Australia's batsmen ruthlessly dominated day one, had slowly eked his score through to 133 not out with Adam Voges alongside him unbeaten on 50. New Zealand's left-arm paceman Trent Boult brushed o
Nov 6 (Infostrada Sports) - Scoreboard at lunch on the second day in the first Test between Australia and New Zealand on Friday in Brisbane, Australia Australia 1st innings (Overnight: 389-2) J. Burns c Watling b Southee 71 D. Warner c Taylor b Neesham 163 U. Khawaja not out 133 S. Smith b Boult 48 A. Voges not out
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CARACAS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Venezuela's PDVSA has paid $4.2 billion in bond maturities and interest in recent days, and will shortly pay another $1 billion, the state oil company's president told a local newspaper on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's newly appointed spokesman on Thursday apologized for a series of insulting comments about U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry, days before his boss...
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil that is owned by Vale and BHP Billiton burst on Thursday, devastating a nearby town with mudslides and leaving officials in the remote region scrambling to assess casualties.
BRASILIA, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil that is owned by Vale and BHP Billiton burst on Thursday, devastating a nearby town with mudslides and leaving officials in the remote region scrambling to assess casualties.
Iraq demonstrates two L-159 fighters jets which it purchased from the Czech Republic to be put to immediate use in the fight against Islamic State militants, according to Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled al-Obeidi. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
