3 h. ago Gary Wales announced as VIP guest at prestigious US film festival

Scotland’s own Gary Wales, an internationally recognised actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur, has been officially announced as a VIP guest at the Moonless International Film Festival in Sumter, South Carolina, USA this May.

Culture

8 h. ago Built different: Is the 6XL, 464lb Desmond Watson too large for the NFL?

The defensive tackle is one of the most intriguing prospects in this year’s draft. But the attributes that make him stand out could also be his downfallDesmond Watson is pro football’s next very big thing: a 6ft 6in, 464lb defensive tackle who is poised to become the heaviest player ever selected at the NFL draft, which takes place later this month. “He’s a unicorn,” his coach at Florida, Billy Napier, said last month. “You’ll go the rest of your career, and you’ll never be around a guy that’s that stature.A native of Plant City, Florida, the state’s strawberry capital, Watson was the Gators’ big man on campus, a larger-than-life folk hero to match the school’s 7ft 9in basketball prospect. When Watson arrived at college, he already weighed 440lb – or about as much as a standup piano. Watson’s legend grew once he cracked the team’s starting lineup the following year. During a 2022 game against South Carolina, Watson left 89,000 fans gasping after he split a double team and ripped the...

Politics

26 h. ago Lawyers fight to stop South Carolina man’s execution by firing squad

Mikal Mahdi, who killed a man in 2004, endured prolonged torture as child and didn’t receive a fair trial, lawyers argueA 42-year-old man on South Carolina death row is fighting to stop his execution by firing squad, with his attorneys arguing he endured prolonged torture as a child and did not receive a fair trial.Mikal Mahdi is due to be killed on Friday, nearly 20 years after he was sentenced to death for the 2004 killing of James Myers, a 56-year-old off-duty public safety officer. Continue reading...

Sport

52 h. ago Previous execution reveals how South Carolina will put 2nd inmate to death by firing squad

A few more details are known about South Carolina's firing squad as the state prepares to carry out its second execution by that method

Events

3 d. ago South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace calls complainers who contact her office ‘evil’

The often annoyed South Carolina Republican Rep. Nancy Mace posted a video on social media Monday blasting the “evil” voters who call her office to complain.

Society

3 d. ago South Carolina’s highest court refuses to stop another firing squad execution

Mikal Mahdi has one more opportunity to live

Events

4 d. ago UConn finishes season at No. 1 in AP women's basketball poll for first time since 2021

UConn has capped its season at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll one day after winning its 12th national championship

Politics

4 d. ago UConn beat South Carolina to end drought and win their 12th national title

UConn 82-59 South CarolinaAzzi Fudd and Sarah Strong score 24 points eachUConn are back on top of women’s basketball, winning their 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday behind Azzi Fudd’s 24 points.Sarah Strong added 24 points and 15 rebounds while Paige Bueckers had 17 points in her final game with the Huskies. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago South Carolina and UConn meet in another national showdown for women's NCAA Tournament title

Dawn Staley and South Carolina hope to finish off a second straight season with an NCAA championship, which would give the Gamecocks a third women's basketball title in four years

Politics

6 d. ago Defending national champion South Carolina returns to title game with 74

Defending national champion South Carolina left no doubt it would return to the title game, getting 14 points from Te-Hina Paopao and overwhelming Texas 74-57 on Friday night in the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament

Sport

7 d. ago Nominee for South Carolina's top doctor toppled by lingering COVID anger

A South Carolina Senate committee has rejected the Republican governor's nominee to be the state’s top doctor after hearings dominated by the state's response to the COVID pandemic

Science

7 d. ago Large South Carolina wildfires contained as teens charged with starting blaze with cigarettes

Two wildfires that started close to each other in the South Carolina mountains and burned an area over half the size of Hilton Head Island are nearly contained

Events

8 d. ago Jack Grealish determined to play a key role in Man City’s Champions League push

Grealish ended his Premier League goal drought in the comfortable win over Leicester on Wednesday.

Sport

9 d. ago Supreme Court appears divided over whether states can cut off Planned Parenthood funding

The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether states should be able cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, a case that comes amid a wider push from abortion opponents to defund the nation’s leading abortion provider

Events

9 d. ago I don’t want to die with a freezer full of seeds. It’s time to rethink biodiversity and preservation | Chris Smith

Hurricane Helene proved a hard truth: a freezer of seeds is the literal version of putting all your eggs in one basketAbout a month after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last fall, Roger Wynn and I met in an Asheville, North Carolina, supermarket parking lot. He’d driven two hours from Little Mountain, South Carolina, where the passing storm had also left its destructive mark.“When the power finally came back on,” Wynn said, “two of my freezers didn’t work.” Wynn was worried not about spoiled food inside, but his seed collection. On that autumn day, in an act of forced downsizing and seed philanthropy, Wynn handed over two boxes filled with seeds. He wanted me, as founder of the non-profit Utopian Seed Project, to share the seeds with farmers across the region. The boxes contained a trove of Appalachian varieties: speckled field peas, white mountain half-runner beans, purple-podded bush beans and lots of butterbeans. Continue reading...

Events

9 d. ago Teens accused of starting massive South Carolina wildfire by tossing their cigarette butts along a hiking trail

The Table Rock fire forced widespread evacuations and a massive ground and aerial response

Events

9 d. ago US senator Cory Booker delivers longest speech in Senate history

Cory Booker, the Democratic senator from New Jersey, spoke on the Senate floor for more than 25 hours, the longest speech ever given in Senate history. Starting his speech on Monday evening in Washington, vowing to remain on the Senate floor as long as he was 'physically able', Booker spoke in protest at what he called the 'grave and urgent' danger that Donald Trump's presidential administration poses to democracy and the American people. In 1957, Strom Thurmond, a Republican from South Carolina, gave an anti-civil rights speech that lasted 24 hours and 18 minutesSenate Republicans consider joining Democrats to oppose Trump over tariffs Continue reading...

Culture

1 week ago Planned Parenthood faces Medicaid funding challenge at Supreme Court

Supreme Court will hear arguments in a South Carolina case over whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

Events

1 week ago Ex Bloomberg executive, wife and child found dead at their SC home

Police have yet to release a cause of death but said there seems to be no “threat to the public”

Society

1 week ago Supreme Court weighs whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a South Carolina case over whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood

Events