Author: Associated Press

SC med school campus opening in former department store

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – The Medical University of South Carolina’s new campus is opening in a former department store. The Post and Courier reports that Dec. 30 is the opening date for the 128,000-square-foot MUSC Health West Ashley Medical Pavilion at the Citadel Mall. The campus is opening on time, at a total cost of $29.4 million. A university spokeswoman…

President Donald Trump heads to Florida for holiday

Trump heads to Florida while impeachment trial still cloudy

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has escaped the chill of Washington and his impeachment to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s in Florida with family and friends. One thing he isn’t celebrating is the delay in his Senate impeachment trial. Trump flew to his Palm Beach resort on Friday, two days after the House impeached him. But the Senate’s Republican…

GM recalls 814K pickups, cars

General Motors is recalling more than 814,000 pickup trucks and cars in the U.S. to fix problems with brake controls and battery cables

General Motors is recalling more than 814,000 pickup trucks and cars in the U.S. to fix problems with electronic brake controls and battery cables.

Tekashi 6ix9ine gets 2-year prison term in racketeering case

Tekashi 6ix9ine has been sentenced to 2 years in prison after federal prosecutors described the rapper's cooperation against gang members who helped launch his career as “extraordinary

Tekashi 6ix9ine/AP By Larry Neumeister and Jim Mustian (AP) NEW YORK – The rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday by a judge who said his extraordinary cooperation with prosecutors let him dodge potential decades in prison but did not absolve him entirely for using a violent gang as his “personal hit squad.” The 23-year-old performer,…