COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina taxpayers spend about $635,400 yearly on traffic control provided by highway troopers, with three college football teams accounting for three-quarters of that.

Parts of North Carolina remains under a state of emergency after heavy rain causes flooding damaging homes, cars and roadways.

6 people are behind bars accused of running a methamphetamine lab out of a home in Lexington County.

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Descendants of some of the families that were instrumental in founding Pickens, Oconee and Anderson counties have been gathering at Clemson University to explore their roots.

When Cati Holland checked her email a few weeks ago, she was surprised to find a message saying she was eligible for compensation for her grandmother's Berlin store that was seized by the Nazis more than 70 years ago.

A man was charged today with vehicular manslaughter in a boat crash on the Hudson River in which a bride-to-be and the best man in her wedding party were thrown overboard and disappeared in the dark river, officials said.

Pastor Rick Warren, returning to his Saddleback Church pulpit for the first time since his son's suicide, said today he hoped to be able to remove the stigma that is attached to a person suffering from mental illness.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two ceremonies are being held in Spartanburg and Charleston to honor South Carolina veterans of the Korean War.

The death toll from weekend clashes between supporters of Egypt's ousted president and security forces backed by armed civilians in Cairo has risen to 72, the deadliest single outbreak of violence since the army deposed the Islamist Mohammed Morsi in a July 3 coup, a health ministry official said on Sunday.

David "Kidd" Kraddick, the high-octane radio and TV host of the "Kidd Kraddick in the Morning" show heard on dozens of U.S. radio stations, has died at a charity golf event near New Orleans, a publicist said. Kraddick was 53.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Democrats are gearing up for the 2014 elections with the opening of their new headquarters.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sheriff Leon Lott is rolling up his sleeves so he can roll some burritos for a good cause.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia prosecutors say they need more time to evaluate whether to prosecute state NAACP President Lonnie Randolph on charges of refusing to pay his dry cleaning bill and fighting with officers.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The leader of a conservative group in South Carolina is criticizing the College of Charleston's choice of a book for incoming freshmen to read for orientation.