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Lizzo named The Associated Press’ Entertainer of the Year

NEW YORK — Breakthrough singer-rapper Lizzo has been named Entertainer of the Year by The Associated Press. Voted by entertainment staffers of the news cooperative, Lizzo dominated the pop, R&B and rap charts in 2019 with songs like “Truth Hurts” and “Good As Hell.” Though she released her first album in 2013, Lizzo dropped her major-label debut, “Cuz I Love…

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…

North Myrtle Beach man who had stroke on cruise dies, donates organs

by Anjali Patel

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WPDE) — The North Myrtle Beach man who suffered a stroke on a cruise died Saturday morning, but not before saving the lives of others. Bruce Campbell, the owner of Sea Critters Depot in North Myrtle Beach, suffered a stroke on a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas on Dec. 21. He was sent to a hospital in Freeport, but it lacked…

Lexington man charged for fatally shooting his girlfriend

LEXINGTON,SC (WOLO)- A Lexington man has been charged in the shooting death of his girlfriend Friday. Brandon Lee Corder, 29, is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. The shooting victim was identified as Joanie Leigh Youmans, 42, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. Youmans was pronounced dead at the…

Spotify announces it will stop running political ads

(CNN) – Spotify has announced it will stay out of politics in 2020. The music streaming service announced Friday it will no longer accept political ads, claiming it doesn’t have the ability to “responsibly validate” the ads. The political ads will no longer play in Spotify’s ad-supported tier for music streaming and in its original and exclusive podcasts. The policy…

Update: SC Prison escapee captured

COLUMBIA,  SC  ( WOLO)– UPDATE: The South Carolina Department of Corrections says, an inmate on the run since Friday, has been captured. Correction officials say Eric Ryan Dickerson is back in custody after being caught late Friday in the Garners Ferry Road area of Columbia. The Department of Corrections says Eric Dickerson walked away from a work crew near Caughman…

‘National Returns day’ expected to be biggest holiday gift return day

(CNN) Shipping companies are preparing for millions of people to return all those Christmas gifts that didn’t quite make the cut. In fact, January second could be the biggest day ever for holiday gift returns. Several shipping companies have dubbed it “National Returns Day.” UPS expects a record one point nine million packages to be returned next Thursday January 2nd….