Beamer looks to control his emotions in South Carolina debut
South Carolina coach Shane Beamer counseled his team this week not to let emotions overwhelm them in their season opener with Eastern Illinois.
Author: Associated Press
Searches, sorrow in wake of Ida’s destructive, deadly floods
By Mike Catalini, Wayne Perry and Michael R. Sisak
Police went door to door in search of more possible victims and drew up lists of the missing as the death toll rose to 49 on Friday in the catastrophic flooding set off across the Northeast by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. The disaster underscored with heartbreaking clarity how vulnerable the U.S. is to the extreme weather that climate change is bringing.
No. 22 Coastal Carolina, McCall blow out The Citadel 52-14
Grayson McCall learned a lot of things from Coastal Carolina’s breakthrough season last year. He’s ready to carry them into this fall.
Death toll tops 40 after Ida’s remnants blindside Northeast
By Bobby Caina Calvan, David Porter and Jennifer Peltz
A stunned U.S. East Coast faced a rising death toll, surging rivers, tornado damage and continuing calls for rescue Thursday after the remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the region with record-breaking rain, drowning more than 40 people in their homes and cars.
Biden blasts high court failure to block Texas abortion curb
By Jessica Gresko
President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted the Supreme Court’s decision not to block a new Texas law banning most abortions in the state and directed federal agencies to do what they can to “insulate women and providers” from the impact.
SC gov: Jumpstart I-26 widening with $360M in virus money
By Michelle Liu
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster urged state lawmakers Thursday to use $360 million in federal pandemic relief funds to jumpstart the widening of Interstate 26 between Charleston and Columbia.
SLED arrests town’s ex-clerk for embezzling more than $200K
A former clerk for a South Carolina town has been arrested for embezzlement after allegedly buying personal items worth more than $200,000 with the town’s credit card, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said Wednesday.
No. 22 Coastal Carolina opens season against The Citadel
The Citadel faithful doesn’t care much for Coastal Carolina coach Jamey Chadwell. That dislike figures to grow after Chadwell’s 22nd-ranked Chanticleers face their in-state FCS rival on Thursday night.
1 student killed in shooting at North Carolina high school
By Tom Foreman Jr.
One student was killed in a shooting at a North Carolina high school Wednesday and authorities were looking for the suspect, officials said.
Texas 6-weeks abortion ban takes effect, with high court mum
By Jessica Gresko, Paul J. Weber and Mark Sherman
A Texas law banning most abortions in the state took effect Wednesday, with the Supreme Court silent on an emergency appeal to put the law on hold. The Texas law, signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott in May, prohibits abortions once medical professionals can detect cardiac activity, usually around six weeks and before most women know they’re pregnant.
