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Theater, dance, music highlight 41st Spoleto Festival USA
Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky's sumptuous opera "Eugene Onegin," a concert by jazz master Dee Dee Bridgewater and performance by flamenco dance star Maria Pages are just a few of the many highlights promised in this spring's 2017 Spoleto Festival USA. → Read More
Theater, dance, music highlight 41st Spoleto Festival USA
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky's sumptuous opera Eugene Onegin, a concert by jazz master Dee Dee Bridgewater and performance by flamenco dance star Maria Pages are just a few of the many highlights promised in this spring's 2017 Spoleto Festival USA. → Read More
Theater, dance, music highlight 41st Spoleto Festival USA
Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous opera “Eugene Onegin,” a concert by jazz master Dee Dee Bridgewater and performance by flamenco dance star Marla Pages are just a few of the many highlights promised in this spring’s 2017 Spoleto Festival USA. → Read More
Theater, dance, music highlight 41st Spoleto Festival USA
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - More theater, dance and musical productions than ever before are promised this spring for the 41st annual Spoleto Festival USA. → Read More
Marine Corps: 3 Marines face courts-martial in hazing probe
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The Marine Corps general dealing with accusations of rampant abuse and hazing of recruits at its Parris Island training facility announced Tuesday that he has recommended charges and special courts-martial for three Marines and a preliminary hearing for a fourth. → Read More
Marine Corps: 3 Marines face courts-martial in hazing probe
The Marine Corps general dealing with accusations of rampant abuse and hazing of recruits at its Parris Island training facility announced Tuesday that he has recommended charges and special courts-martial for three Marines and a preliminary hearing for a fourth. → Read More
Experts: state economy strong, skills gap exists for jobs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina will continue to enjoy solid job growth and rising incomes in the coming year, experts said Thursday, although employers are struggling to find qualified workers to fill new positions. → Read More
Lt. Gov. McMaster predicts smooth hand-over from Gov. Haley
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster is predicting a smooth transition should Gov. Nikki Haley be approved as President-elect Trump's U.N. ambassador and he takes the state's top job. In his first public comments since Trump tapped Haley for the job, McMaster said he knows "much work has to be done" to improve the state's schools, roads and infrastructure. → Read More
NTSB: 2 midair collisions show limits of 'see-avoid' plans
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board reported Tuesday that two mid-air collisions in 2015 show the limits of see and avoid strategies and suggests air traffic controllers and pilots buy better cockpit technology to help avoid such deadly crashes. → Read More
Fewer orders, more coaching: Army rookies learn to fire guns
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — As gun ownership drops among young Americans and the Army trains a generation more accustomed to blasting out emojis on cellphones than taking aim at targets, drill sergeants are confronting a new challenge: More than half of raw recruits have never held, let alone fired, a weapon. → Read More
Fewer orders, more coaching: Army rookies learn to fire guns
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — As gun ownership drops among young Americans and the Army trains a generation more accustomed to blasting out emojis on cellphones than taking aim at targets, drill sergeants are confronting a new challenge: Young people who form the bulk of the Army's rookie soldiers don't have nearly the exposure to guns as past generations. Amid deafening blasts of semi-automatic… → Read More
Fewer orders, more coaching: Army rookies learn to fire guns
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — As gun ownership drops among young Americans and the Army trains a generation more accustomed to blasting out emojis on cellphones than taking aim at targets, drill sergeants are confronting a new challenge: Young people who form the bulk of the Army's rookie soldiers don't have nearly the exposure to guns as past generations. Amid deafening blasts of semi-automatic… → Read More
Fewer Orders, More Coaching: Army Rookies Learn to Fire Guns
As gun ownership drops among young Americans and the Army trains a generation more accustomed to blasting out emojis on cellphones than taking aim at targets, drill sergeants are confronting a new challenge: More than half of raw recruits have never held, let alone fired, a weapon. Young... → Read More
Fewer orders, more coaching: Army rookies learn to fire guns
As gun ownership drops among young Americans and the Army trains a generation more accustomed to blasting out emojis on cellphones than taking aim at targets, drill sergeants are confronting a... → Read More
Marines uncover wide abuse, hazing after recruit's suicide
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Marine Corps is considering possible punishments and potential courts-martial for up to 20 officers and enlisted leaders in the wake of investigations into the suicide of a 20-year-old recruit at its Parris Island training facility in South Carolina. → Read More
Marines: Recruit killed himself amid culture of abuse
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Marine recruit committed suicide in March amid a widespread culture of hazing and abuse in his battalion at Parris Island that could lead to punishments for as many as 20 officers and enlisted leaders, the Marine Corps said Thursday. → Read More
Marines: Recruit killed himself amid culture of abuse
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A Marine recruit committed suicide in March amid a widespread culture of hazing and abuse in his battalion at Parris Island that could lead to punishments for as many as 20 officers and enlisted leaders, the Marine Corps said Thursday. Some of those 20 commanders and senior enlisted leaders have already been fired, including the three most senior Marines in charge of the… → Read More
Marines: Recruit killed himself amid culture of abuse
A Marine recruit committed suicide in March amid a widespread culture of hazing and abuse in his battalion at Parris Island that could lead to punishments for as many as 20 officers and... → Read More
2 Air National Guard pilots home after midair collision
MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. (AP) — Two F-16 fighter pilots who survived a midair collision in Georgia are home with their families, the commander of the South Carolina National Guard said Wednesday. → Read More
2 Air National Guard pilots eject after midair collision
MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. (AP) -- Two South Carolina Air National Guard F-16 fighter pilots ejected safely after an apparent midair collision in eastern Georgia, the Guard said. The collision happened about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday during night training operations over a remote military operating area in Jefferson County, Georgia, a National Guard spokeswoman said. → Read More