COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — About 118,000 South Carolina residents signed up for health insurance under the new federal health care law,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Bills that would outlaw abortion and strengthen South Carolina's open records law are among those unlikely to survive.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An attorney for a Laurens County man charged with murder is asking a judge to order the victim's mother to stop posting about her daughter's death and the criminal case on Facebook and other social media sites.

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Two Sumter parents have been charged in the death of their infant son.

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A Sumter hospital facing a $240 million judgment against it could file for bankruptcy as soon as this month.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Senate's budget-writing committee has rejected an effort to punish two South Carolina universities for assigning gay-themed books to freshmen.

SANDY RUN, S.C. (AP) — Transportation officials say the eastbound rest area on Interstate 26 just south of Columbia is closing as crews continue to widen the highway to three lanes in each direction.

Police say a number of unlocked cars became a prime target in the Town of Lexington.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus says the state's top accountant needs to apologize to the students and alumni of South Carolina State University for offensive comments.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says social workers trying to find the mother of a 5-month-old child who died from an unmonitored heart condition waited weeks before contacting the medical professional who made the complaint to them.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Budget and Control Board has approved a $6 million loan to keep South Carolina State University afloat.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials have scheduled a news conference to draw attention to the issue of hunger among South Carolina's seniors.