Author: Associated Press

Fund backed by DiCaprio pledges $5M to Amazon amid fires

A new environmental foundation backed by Leonardo DiCaprio is pledging $5 million in aid to the Amazon, which has been swept by wildfires . Earth Alliance was created last month by DiCaprio and philanthropists Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Sheth. On Sunday, it launched the Amazon Forest Fund in an announcement on their website. The alliance is also seeking donations…

Beyonce, Sinatra among those on Obama summer song playlist

The Obama summer playlist has everyone from Drake and Beyonce to Steely Dan and Frank Sinatra. The former president calls it “some new, some old, some fast, some slow.” Barack Obama tweeted 44 songs Saturday that he and his wife, Michelle, have been listening to. They include Drake’s “Too Good,” Steely Dan’s “Reelin’ in the Years” and the Sinatra standard…

SC plans ribbon cutting ceremony at Volvo’s I-26 interchange

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina is planning a celebration to open a new interchange on Interstate 26 for Volvo Cars plant in Berkeley County. Gov. Henry McMaster is joining state commerce and transportation officials as well as local leaders for a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday morning at the new interchange about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Charleston. The…

1 killed, 1 hurt in shooting near Coastal Carolina University

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say one man was killed and a second person injured in a shooting at a gas station near a South Carolina university. The Horry County Coroner’s Office said 24-year-old Jamarr White died at the hospital shortly after the shooting around 2 a.m. Saturday at a Circle K in Conway near Coastal Carolina University. Authorities did…

Emergency drill planned at V.C. Summer nuclear plant

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Emergency officials in South Carolina are joining Dominion Energy for an exercise to test their plans in case there is an emergency at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant in Fairfield County. The training practice will take place Tuesday morning and the State Emergency Management Division will activate part of its emergency center for the drill. Emergency…

Lawsuit: Ex-Citadel staffer drugged, sexually abused cadet

Kenneth Boes (The Citadel, Charleston County Detention Center) CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A student at The Citadel sued an ex-instructor who he says agreed not to discipline him in exchange for sex. Former Citadel Lt. Col. Kenneth Boes was charged last year with sexually assaulting the cadet, but prosecutors dropped those charges for reasons that aren’t explained in online court…