Author: Associated Press

Public Mass for Catholics resumes Monday in South Carolina

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Catholic churches across South Carolina will resume allowing members of the public to attend Mass beginning Monday. Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone made the announcement in a letter earlier this month, with in-person Sunday services set to resume next weekend. Priests have been celebrating Mass privately, broadcasting services on the internet. Individual churches are communicating restrictions to…

Little Richard, rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 87

AP Photo/John Hayes, File)FILE – In this July 22, 2001 file photo, Little Richard performs at the 93rd birthday and 88th year in show business gala celebration for Milton Berle, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular music while introducing black R&B to…

Trump declares disaster for 7 SC counties after storms

(ABC Columbia) Tornado damage in Orangeburg County on April 13. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – President Donald Trump has approved a disaster request from South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster following tornadoes and severe weather that hit the state last month, according to a Saturday news release. Nine people died in South Carolina as a result of the storms that occurred on…