Two points on the proposed relocation of the access road to the airport:
A recent letter to the editor cited Obama and his presidential decrees as a danger to our democratic republic. In the seven and one half years of the Obama presidency, he has issued 76 decrees.
Former CIA Director and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said recently that "temperament is the most important quality a president needs to have." As someone with experience in both Republican and Democratic administrations, his opinion is valued. Temperament has many facets and is hard to measure. Here are but some that come to...
The ACLU executive director’s April 27 op-ed on the subject of school arrests misses the mark by a wide margin. She would have us believe that there is a conspiracy afoot to jail children for the slightest infraction. It would have been worthwhile for her to have examined information on arrests for disturbing school more carefully before...
"The dramatic increase in tourist-related activity in Charleston over the past few years has provoked expressions of alarm by residents concerned with maintaining the amenities and quality for which the city is known. Moreover, there is general recognition that the city is not equipped adequately to serve and manage growing numbers of...
According to the Centers for Disease Control, roughly 440,000 U.S. smokers a year smoke themselves to death. But why? Why do male smokers continue lighting-up despite awareness that it increases their odds of dying from lung cancer by 2,300 percent, or from emphysema by 1,700 percent?
The Medical University of South Carolina awarded S.C. Sen. Hugh Leatherman, R-Florence, last week with its 2016 Healthy Communities Award. The award is given to those who "target specific community health issues" and work with MUSC to benefit the institution.
Looking for ways to save money and improve care, Medicare officials are returning to an old-fashioned idea: house calls.
BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y. — Jennifer Dumas sits on a sofa, her smiling 6-month-old girl on her lap. The room is full of bright toys and children’s books. A rainbow-colored activity mat is on the floor, and Winnie the Pooh is painted on the walls.
In the normal scheme of things, parents and grandparents take care of children when they’re sick or need help or sustenance. But in well over 1 million American families, this pattern is reversed, with children as young as 8, 9 or 10 partly or fully responsible for the welfare of adults or siblings they live with.
Many users of activity trackers have always harbored suspicions: How accurate are these things?
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Vermont is poised to become the first state to require public and private health insurance to cover vasectomies without copays and deductibles under a bill Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin signed into law last week.
From a certain angle, summer can still look like television’s silly season. The next few months will bring us Shark Week, a new "Sharknado" and CBS’ "Zoo," perhaps the silliest drama to win renewal from a major network in recent memory.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Grammy-winning country group Lady Antebellum will host the 10th annual ACM Honors show, which will be televised for the first time.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country star Dierks Bentley may be known for his boozy party songs like "Drunk On a Plane" or "5-1-5-0," but as a singer, he loves going dark.
NEW YORK — Julianne Hough is defined as much by her sunny disposition as she is her fancy footwork. The actress-dancer’s megawatt smile and cheerful persona has made her Hollywood’s girl-next-door.
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BRADLEY, Raymond Lorenzo, of North Charleston died Saturday. Arrangements by North Area Funeral Home.
WASHINGTON — Bob Inglis won a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for going public with his belief in the science of climate change, but it didn’t help his career in politics.
A $60,000 grant awarded to North Charleston is expected to improve low-income housing, health care and other issues plaguing the city.
Going to the beaches around Charleston is supposed to be a happy time.
Earlier this month, some national media sources, including The Wall Street Journal, pronounced that "the running boom was over."
Most Charleston residents know West Ashley needs a makeover, what’s unknown is who will serve on a new city commission to help make it happen.
Colonial Lake reopens with a grand celebration this weekend after a year and a half and $5.9 million worth of upgrades.
"We hope to build a professional, state-of-the art Frances R. Willis SPCA to serve the animals and the citizens of Dorchester County," said Jennifer Bunch, president of the board of directors. The project will take up to five years, officials said.
