SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Egypt blocked Facebook Inc's Free Basics Internet service at the end of last year after the U.S. company refused to give the Egyptian government the ability to spy on users, two people familiar with the matter said.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Egypt blocked Facebook Inc's Free Basics Internet service at the end of last year after the U.S. company refused to give the Egyptian government the ability to spy on users, two people familiar with the matter said.
NEW YORK — The Broadway smash "Hamilton," which has been cheered for reclaiming the nation’s founding story by a multicultural cast, has oddly come under fire for specifically seeking "nonwhite men and women" for upcoming roles in future versions.
LOS ANGELES — The director of "Bridesmaids," "Spy" and the upcoming "Ghostbusters" remake says he would add an equity clause to his future film contracts that requires gender-balanced casting of minor roles.
NEW YORK — After back-to-back tours and albums, Bonnie Raitt said finally finding time to deal with the deaths of her father, mother and brother helped her break writer’s block and craft songs for her latest album and tour.
NEW YORK — Emmy- and Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin is bringing a live presentation of his drama "A Few Good Men" to NBC next year, the network announced Wednesday.
NEW YORK — Michelle Fiala says her 14-year-old daughter, Laura, is fine watching humans run for their lives from snarling, flesh-eating zombies on AMC’s "The Walking Dead," but if one of the characters vomits, the teen has to look away.
Nelson, a 9-month-old dachshund, and his owner, Jo Ann, were outside on the front lawn in the late afternoon.
On behalf of the commissioners of the St. Johns Fire District, I would like to express to Charleston County Council our resolve to stand behind our fire chief, Colleen Walz. Chief Walz was unfortunately called out publicly on private matters within the department. This resulted in media coverage that we feel is unfounded.
How do you effectively measure the impact of removing a lane of traffic from a highway? I am well acquainted with traffic studies, having been the subject of one in 2007. The actual impact is secondary to the way it is presented to the public. The first four pages of the Carter-Burgess traffic study focused on "existing conditions"...
Statistics and studies seem to be quoted left and right these days, so I will offer some of my own, based entirely on my own research.
These are strange and enlightening times on the American political scene. We have Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in an artificial battle for the Democratic nomination. If you research the super delegate arrangement of the Democrats you will quickly realize the race is a farce. It will be Hillary.
"Make America Hate Again" seems to be the new slogan of the front-running Republican candidate. I’ve lived through Dixiecrats, McCarthyism, "Impeach Earl Warren," the John Birch Society, the bloodshed following the Voter’s Rights Act of 1965 and the "Southern Strategy," which gave rise to a...
I am not a health expert. I am an advocate for kids and families who are trying to navigate the perplexing world of serious weight loss — weight loss that can be a matter of life and death for many who are way too young to have to worry about losing this kind of weight.
The traditional public school model was created to serve society during the industrial era of the 1900s. Today, the grim reality is that this system is failing miserably in preparing all students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for success. When a meager 17 percent of under-resourced kids in South Carolina are...
BY CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
LOVINGOOD, Sadie Reba, 91, of Mount Pleasant, widow of Van B. Lovingood, died Wednesday. Arrangements by Carolina Memorial Funeral Home of North Charleston.
ALSTON, Calvin, Charleston
You know the frustration of a computer that keeps getting slower and slower every year. There are ways you can keep the speed up on an old computer — but eventually the hardware is going to get too outdated to run the latest software you need.
The slaughter of thousands of cormorants on the Marion-Moultrie lakes was "biological malpractice" and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must prove the removal hunts are needed before another one can be held.
KIAWAH ISLAND — The mystery ship slipped in at night, squished into the sand below the dunes and sat in the wash of tide for four months as curious beachgoers trekked a mile or more down the beach for a glimpse.
April 1 (Reuters) - As oil prices nosedived by two-thirds since 2014, a belief took hold in global energy markets that for prices to recover, many U.S. shale producers would first have to falter to allow markets to rebalance.
April 1 (Reuters) - As oil prices nosedived by two-thirds since 2014, a belief took hold in global energy markets that for prices to recover, many U.S. shale producers would first have to falter to allow markets to rebalance.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Batsmen Usman Khawaja, Adam Voges and Joe Burns have been rewarded for their strong form over the past 12 months by being awarded central contracts by Cricket Australia on Friday.
MELBOURNE, April 1 (Reuters) - Batsmen Usman Khawaja, Adam Voges and Joe Burns have been rewarded for their strong form over the past 12 months by being awarded central contracts by Cricket Australia on Friday.
