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SportsCHARLESTON, S.C. — Furman beat The Citadel 24-14 on Saturday in Charleston, sending a homecoming crowd of 12,711 home from Sansom Field at Johnson Hagood Stadium with a rivalry loss for the Military College of South Carolina. The Bulldogs entered at 2-8 overall and 0-6…
SportsNORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Down two sets at home Saturday night in North Charleston, S.C., the Charleston Southern volleyball team found a way back, beating USC Upstate 3-2 at Buccaneer Fieldhouse. The visitors won the first set 28-26 and the second 25-16. The Bucs answered…
SportsCHARLESTON, S.C. — College of Charleston kept its women’s basketball season perfect Saturday afternoon, beating crosstown rival Charleston Southern 71-54 at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. The Cougars are now 2-0, while the Buccaneers fell to 0-2. A crowd of 439 watched. The game was…
SportsNORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The South Carolina Stingrays answered their first defeat of the season with a 4-1 win over the Orlando Solar Bears on Friday night at the North Charleston Coliseum, where 5,402 fans turned out. Ben Kraws turned aside 25 of the 26…
SportsCHARLESTON, S.C. — The Citadel cruised past Erskine 100-57 on Friday night in Charleston, as Tyler Mrus poured in a career-high 27 points in the Bulldogs home opener for their first win of the young season. Mrus also grabbed five rebounds as the Bulldogs moved…
From the HERE City State DeskHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — South Carolina’s 24th-ranked men’s soccer team opens Sun Belt Tournament play Sunday night against third-seeded UCF, a 7 p.m. kickoff at Hoops Family Field with a spot in the semifinals at stake. The Gamecocks are the No. 6 seed after a 10-5-2…
From the HERE City National DeskHOUSTON, Texas — Center back Lukas MacNaughton waited until the last attack of the MLS regular season to deliver, scoring in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time Saturday night as St. Louis CITY SC edged the Houston Dynamo 1-0 at Shell Energy Stadium and…
From the HERE City National DeskHONG KONG — American Claire Liu captured the first WTA Tour singles title of her career Sunday, closing the Hong Kong Tennis Open final with nine straight games to beat second seed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-3, 6-0 at Victoria Park. The opening set…
From the HERE City National DeskSOUTH BEND, Ind. — Top-ranked Miami is unbeaten no more. Notre Dame jumped out to a 24-3 cushion early in the third quarter Saturday night and then survived a frantic Hurricanes comeback for a 31-24 victory at Notre Dame Stadium. Both teams now sit at…
From the HERE City National DeskAUSTIN, Texas — Portland needed only three minutes on Decision Day to take control. Ariel Lassiter beat the Austin FC back line for an early goal, Kristoffer Velde doubled the margin in the 70th minute, and the Timbers won 2-0 at Q2 Stadium Saturday night…
From the HERE City National DeskFOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots will again be without wide receiver A.J. Brown when they host the Green Bay Packers at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, but the team is hopeful the 29-year-old can rejoin the lineup once the Week 11 bye is behind…
From the HERE City National DeskMADRID, Spain — The NFL takes over one of the most famous soccer venues on the planet Sunday when the Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons meet at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, and Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor arrived with a bold claim about his quarterback. At his…
Education
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The College of Charleston has kicked off the biggest fundraising push in its history, a $300 million drive called The Promise of Charleston that leaders unveiled Thursday night in Charleston. The campaign made its public debut at a formal gala inside TD Arena on Nov. 5. The…
Business
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dillard's is closing its department store at Citadel Mall in West Ashley, ending a 34-year stay at one of the last big retail names left at the aging shopping center in Charleston. The chain put up signs on Nov. 5 telling shoppers the store will close and…
From the HERE City State Desk
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — State utility regulators will collect public comments at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Lonnie Hamilton III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridgeview Drive, on NextEra Energy’s plan to buy Dominion Energy’s parent company, a deal valued at about $67 billion. Dominion Energy and NextEra submitted their merger…
From Merger Monday
The New Orleans City Council approved a 45-year tax arrangement on Thursday for the planned Omni New Orleans, one of the last local steps for a $625 million convention headquarters hotel across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Rather than paying a conventional property-tax bill, the Dallas-based developers would make…
Traffic
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Drivers heading downtown Sunday morning should plan around the annual Veterans Day Parade, which will shut streets along its route in Charleston from 8:30 a.m. until about noon on Nov. 8. The parade forms up at Concord and Market streets, heads along East Bay Street and wraps…
Traffic
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A woman crossing Sam Rittenberg Boulevard in West Ashley died Thursday evening after a vehicle hit her near Orleans Road, the Charleston Police Department said. Police put the crash at about 6:05 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5. The woman, 72, was from Hollywood and died at the scene,…
From the HERE City National Desk
SEATTLE, Wash. — The first strong fall storm of the season swept across Western Washington on Saturday night, toppling trees and leaving well over 80,000 homes and businesses without electricity at its peak. Seattle City Light counted more than 46,000 of its customers in the dark around 9 p.m. Saturday,…
From the HERE City National Desk
NEW YORK — Four days after winning a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, Democrat James Talarico walked onto the Saturday Night Live stage, appearing unannounced in the show's first cold open since the midterm elections. The sketch opened with cast members playing Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic…
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