Columbia-native Coco Jones shines on Super Bowl stage
The Midlands was more than well-represented in last night’s Super Bowl.
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NASCAR emerges from federal antitrust lawsuit bruised but ready for its 78th season
In the days following the 2004 Hendrick Motorsports plane crash that killed all 10 people aboard, Bill France Jr. and Mike Helton showed up at Rick Hendrick’s front door in Charlotte, North Carolina.
‘Take the vaccine, please,’ a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise
A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status.
Landmark trial accusing social media companies of addicting children to their platforms begins
The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements for the first, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, begin this week.
Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it
FILE – Former President Barack Obama talks with then President-elect Donald Trump as Melania Trump reads the funeral program before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife,…
Census Bureau plans to use survey with a citizenship question in its test for 2030, alarming experts
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question as part of its practice test of the 2030 census, raising questions about whether the Trump administration might try to make a significant change to the once-a-decade headcount that failed during the president’s first term.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats’ ICE demands
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic”.
US strikes another alleged drug-trafficking boat in Eastern Pacific
The U.S. military said Thursday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates
President Donald Trump used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle.
Edwards surpasses 1,000 career points in 88-45 win over Bulldogs
Joyce Edwards scored 21 points and No. 3 South Carolina won its eighth straight over Mississippi State with a 88-45 victory on Thursday night.
