On December 17, 2014, Cuban-American pianist and composer Arturo O’Farrill and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra gathered around a television set in Havana to hear President Barack Obama utter something monumental.
Florise opens her inbox to find an invitation to a party, but also sees her suitor on Facebook with another woman. In an attempt to win him back, she plots to disguise herself as a man to break them up. Her plan changes when she ends up falling in love with the other woman.
In a musical world where mash-ups are common, the Bohemian Trio is out of the ordinary. They don’t play jazz-rock or country-rock or any of the other typical combinations.
DURHAM, N.C. — Reed Rohlman hit two home runs and Clemson beat Louisville, 5-3, on Friday at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
For art to stand the test of time, it must honor its roots while shifting and adapting to the aesthetics and sensibilities of an ever-changing world. To stay relevant and accessible to modern audiences, a dance company must continue to create innovative work within its medium. For 34 years, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company has done just that.
AUGUSTA — The Charleston RiverDogs spent all night looking for a key base hit, but were left in waiting as the Augusta GreenJackets took a 2-1 victory on Friday night at Lake Olmstead Stadium to even the four-game series at one apiece.
LONDON — Health experts on Friday (May 27, 2016) urged the World Health Organization to consider whether the Rio de Janeiro Olympics should be postponed or moved because of the Zika outbreak.
An important amino acid called glycine has been detected in a comet for the first time, supporting the theory that these cosmic bodies delivered the ingredients for life on Earth, researchers said Friday.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — China could be erecting "a Great Wall of self-isolation" with its increasingly provocative moves against its neighbors, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday (May 27, 2016).
MINNEAPOLIS — Mohamed Roble was weeks shy of his 11th birthday when the school bus he was on plummeted more than 30 feet as the bridge beneath gave way. Now, according to court testimony in a federal terrorism trial, Roble — one of the 145 people injured in the Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people — is believed to be in Syria with the Islamic State group.
UNITED NATIONS — Deliberate interference, most notably by the Syrian government, continues to hinder the delivery of humanitarian aid to the more than half million people trapped in besieged areas by the country's nearly four-year-old civil war, a top United Nations Official said Friday (May 27, 2016).
An open letter signed by 150 international doctors, scientists and researchers Friday called for the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro to be moved or delayed due to the Zika virus.
ATHENS, Greece — On his first trip to a European Union country this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (May 27, 2016) sharply criticized western policy toward Moscow, describing a newly expanded U.S. missile defense system as a threat to his country's security — and vowing to retaliate.
HONOLULU — Researchers in Hawaii have been absorbed by a sea creature they discovered last summer, and their findings are pretty big.
Severe turbulence hit a Gulf Air flight from the Philippines to Bahrain on Friday, causing slight injures among passengers and crew, the airline said.
George Sports was leaning over a decorated hot dog and donning a Moon Pie hat when his daughter, Kay, looked at her father and couldn’t help but notice how relaxed he was.
A Braves-Yankees rivalry simmers for anyone who played in the 1996 World Series.
With the distinct possibility of a tropical storm heading to the South Carolina coast, 37 of the 38 boats fishing the 49th annual Georgetown Blue Marlin Tournament elected to use Friday as their second day of fishing.
COLUMBIA — An 18-year-old being held at the Richland County adult detention center who’s accused of several offenses, including setting fires in his Department of Juvenile Justice solitary confinement cell, was denied a request to return to DJJ.
Weeks passed after Pee Dee was snatched from Valerie Myers’ yard, and she came to accept that her puppy wasn’t coming home.
COLUMBIA — A College of Charleston mathematician said he was concerned that a statistical study of Solicitor Scarlett Wilson’s jury selection practices used a specific sample of her cases instead of all of the cases when she was a lead prosecutor.
LONDON — Health experts on Friday urged the World Health Organization to consider whether the Rio de Janeiro Olympics should be postponed or moved because of the Zika outbreak.
The Yorktown at Patriots Point hasn’t seen combat action in decades.
Just days after the State Ports Authority announced it would sell its headquarters overlooking Charleston Harbor, Mayor John Tecklenburg started looking for a way to limit the number of hotel rooms a developer could put on the prime site.
In a battle for first place in the USL’s Eastern Conference, the Charleston Battery will take on league-leading Louisville City FC on Saturday beginning at 7:30 p.m. at MUSC Health Stadium.
