SOUTH CAROLINA

The governors of Virginia, West Virginia and South Carolina are joining the growing list of Republican-led states sending soldiers or other state law enforcement officers to the U.S. border with Mexico.

Carnival Cruise Lines says that one of its ships that navigated rough seas off the South Carolina coast has resumed sailing on its next cruise.

A judge has put a temporary halt to South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy until the state Supreme Court can review the measure.

A wave of newly approved abortion restrictions in the Southeastern United States has sent providers scrambling to reconfigure their services for a region with already severely limited access.

The only five women in South Carolina’s 46-member Senate have vowed to resist new abortion restrictions up for debate after the group filibustered a near-total ban last month.

Authorities say a 37-year-old mother drowned one of her daughters in their South Carolina home and was trying to kill another child when the oldest daughter was awakened by screams and managed to save her sister.

Mutual supporters of Sen. Tim Scott and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are in a conundrum now that the two South Carolina natives are both candidates for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

As more Southern states pass new restrictions on abortion, Virginia is poised to become an outlier in the region for its relatively permissive laws.

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy says he wants the U.S. voting age raised to 25.

The result of a man being shot and killed at Tallyrand business on Dec. 4 was due to a robbery, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

More than four months later, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a man connected to a December shooting at a Tallyrand business.

Iowa Democrats are proposing a novel way to get around their demotion from the leadoff spot on the party’s presidential nominating calendar: They would still put on the first-in-the-nation caucuses but would be open to withholding the results until after other states have their contests.

Authorities say a bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the speed limit slammed into the back of a golf cart on a South Carolina beach road.

The Jaguars put the finishing touches on a massive draft class on Saturday afternoon with two selections on offense and one on defense in the seventh and final round.

Christale Spain, a longtime party operative, was elected Saturday as chair of South Carolina’s Democratic Party.

Abortion bans in deeply conservative Nebraska and South Carolina each fell short of advancing in close legislative votes amid heated debates among Republicans.

The South Carolina Senate is no closer to passing a near-total abortion ban than the last time they shot down the proposal.

As the 2024 Republican field begins to take shape, the potential of a faceoff between Nikki Haley and Tim Scott is putting some of their mutual supporters in the critical early voting state of South Carolina in a conundrum as they weigh which candidate to support.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be speaking at an event in North Charleston on Wednesday to discuss the Florida Blueprint.

Historians and archeologists in South Carolina are preparing to rebury 12 unknown U.S. Revolutionary War soldiers who died in the 1780 battle at Camden.

Aliyah Boston is the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, going to the Indiana Fever.

Aliyah Boston headlines the WNBA draft class and is expected to be taken first by Indiana.

Congressman Jim Clyburn is backing a former staffer in her effort to lead South Carolina’s Democrats, as the state prepares to host the party’s opening presidential primary in 2024.

A lawyer for the family of a teenager found dead nearly eight years ago says a second autopsy of the exhumed body is complete.

This year’s record-breaking women’s NCAA Tournament featured breakout stars, upsets and capped off with the flamboyant Kim Mulkey leading LSU to its first basketball championship.

South Carolina All-American Aliyah Boston has declared for the WNBA draft.

Caitlin Clark had another sensational game with 41 points to help Iowa spoil South Carolina’s perfect season with a 77-73 victory in the Final Four.

The NCAA has gotten mostly positive reviews for its new women's Sweet 16 format during March Madness.

South Carolina is two wins away from completing the 10th undefeated season in women's college basketball history.

Aliyah Boston had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Zia Cooke scored 18 points and top-seeded South Carolina used its smothering defense to outlast second-seeded Maryland 86-75 to reach its third straight Final Four.

Aliyah Boston had 14 boards and two blocks while reigning national champion South Carolina turned in its latest overwhelming defense-and-rebounding-first performance to beat UCLA 59-43 on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Alexis Morris hit two foul shots with 10 seconds to play as No. 3 seed LSU reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 2008, beating second-seeded Utah 66-63, Down 64-63, the Utes had a chance to back in front, but Jenna Johnson — a near 75% foul shooter — missed both attempts with 4.7 seconds to go.

South Carolina's Republican-controlled Senate is moving to bar citizens of a “foreign adversary” from buying property in the state in an anti-espionage measure that critics fear will chill overseas investments over outsize concerns.

South Carolina's embattled top accountant will resign next month after a $3.5 billion accounting error in the year-end financial report he oversaw.

Women comprised less than half the head coaching positions and just over half of the assistant coaching spots for women's college sports teams in the 2021-22 school year.

Conservationists want South Carolina to make the Venus fly trap the state’s official carnivorous plant.

Zia Cooke scored 21 points and Aliyah Boston had her 81st career double double as top-seeded South Carolina shoot a slow start to power past eighth-seeded South Florida and into the Sweet 16 with a 76-45 victory Sunday.

Republicans who are seeking to lead their party in the 2024 presidential race are gathering in South Carolina this weekend.

Zia Cooke scored 11 points as No. 1 South Carolina moved five wins away from a perfect season after opening the women's NCAA Tournament with a 72-40 victory over No. 16 seed Norfolk State on Friday.

Aliyah Boston of South Carolina is just the 10th player to be named a first-team AP All-American for a third time.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is proposing changes to entitlement programs for younger generations, opening the door to potential cuts to Social Security and Medicare if elected.

South Carolina has joined an exclusive group, going wire-to-wire as No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll.

South Carolina is six wins away from becoming the 10th women’s basketball team to go undefeated for an entire season, and the Gamecocks will enter the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed.

The anonymous tip that led Mexican authorities to a remote shack where four abducted Americans were held described armed men, people wearing blindfolds and plenty of activity around a ranch.

The frantic effort to rescue four Americans taken captive by a cartel in Mexico during a kidnapping that left two dead came after a fifth person who traveled with the group to Texas called police there.

South Carolina remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for a 37th consecutive week.

South Carolina’s governor says he is going to ask lawmakers to approve nearly $1.3 billion to bring to the state a new electric vehicle plant.

Zia Cooke scored 24 points and Aliyah Boston added 18 as No. 1 South Carolina pulled away in the final two quarters to beat Tennessee 74-58 for the SEC championship.

Laeticia Amihere scored 17 points and Aliyah Boston posted her 80th career double-double to lead No. 1 South Carolina into the SEC Tournament final for the eighth time in nine seasons with an 80-51 victory over Mississippi.

One of the last pieces of a legal dynasty that doled out justice in rural South Carolina for decades crumbled Friday as prominent lawyer Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of his wife and son at their sprawling estate.

A judge has sentenced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh to life in prison a day after he was convicted of murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and son.

South Carolina is No. 1 for the 36th consecutive week.

President Joe Biden has appointed a former Columbia, South Carolina, mayor to be a top White House adviser.

Vice President Kamala Harris promoted the Biden administration’s achievements on broadband internet access during a visit to South Carolina.

Brandon Miller scored 24 points and Mark Sears made 7 of 8 free throws over the final 1:04 to help No. 2 Alabama secure an 86-83 victory over Arkansas.

Zia Cooke scored 19 points and Kierra Fletcher had 15 as undefeated No. 1 South Carolina spoiled Tennessee’s pack-the-paint strategy in a 73-60 victory.

Utah would join South Carolina, Indiana and Stanford as No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament if it began now.

The battle for the national championship in women’s basketball is on.

Alabama standout freshman Brandon Miller was in the starting lineup and scored a career-high 41 points in a win over South Carolina.

Trav Robertson won’t seek another term leading South Carolina's Democrats.

South Carolina remained No. 1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll after topping Mississippi in overtime on Sunday.

Zia Cooke scored five of her 24 points in overtime to help No. 1 South Carolina remain unbeaten with a 64-57 victory over Mississippi.

The U.S. military says it has ended its search for airborne objects that were shot down near Deadhorse, Alaska, and over Lake Huron on Feb. 10 and 12.

The foreign affairs committee of China's ceremonial parliament is accusing American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the United States passed a measure condemning a suspected Chinese spy balloon's intrusion into U.S. airspace.

Nikki Haley made a subtle reference to the historic nature of her candidacy as she announced her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

China says it will enact measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast.

The UNLV women are ranked No. 23 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 college basketball poll.

Kamilla Cardoso had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Zia Cooke scored 17 and No. 1 South Carolina beat third-ranked LSU 88-64 in a showdown of the last two unbeaten teams.

The United States has blacklisted six Chinese entities it says are linked to Beijing’s aerospace programs as part of its retaliation over an alleged Chinese spy balloon that traversed U.S. airspace.

The Pentagon says the Chinese balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast was part of a large surveillance program that China has been conducting for “several years."

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has strongly defended her team in response to comments by UConn coach Geno Auriemma after the top-ranked Gamecocks' 81-77 victory over the Huskies on Sunday.

The Navy has shifted to an all-underwater search for pieces of the massive Chinese spy balloon a U.S. fighter jet shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.

A major change to how Democrats vote in the presidential primaries is in the works as the Democratic National Committee is moving South Carolina to be the first primary in the nation, which could bypass Iowa and New Hampshire.

South Carolina beat UConn to remain No. 1 in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll for the 33rd consecutive week.

Aliyah Boston scored 23 of her 26 points in the second half, including 14 in the fourth quarter, to help No. 1 South Carolina beat fifth-ranked UConn 81-77.

The downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon just off South Carolina’s coast created a spectacle over one of the state’s tourism hubs that drew reactions ranging from bewilderment to cheers.

Eyes were locked on the Carolina skies Saturday as a suspected Chinese spy balloon ended a weeklong traverse over the U.S., drifted over the Atlantic Ocean and was shot down by a fighter jet.

The Democratic National Committee on Saturday approved a new calendar lineup for the early stages of the party’s presidential nominating contests in 2024.

China is threatening what it calls “further actions” after an American fighter jet shot down a suspected spy balloon off the East Coast of the United States on Saturday.

Bitter divisions dominated a recent national Republican Party gathering.

Nikki Haley is moving closer to making her presidential campaign official.

South Carolina, Stanford and LSU are the top teams in the latest women's AP Top 25 college basketball rankings.

Aliyah Boston had 16 points and 12 rebounds, Bree Hall scored a career-high 18 and No. 1 South Carolina beat Alabama 65-52.

Former President Donald Trump says the footage of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers is “horrible” and that the attack “never should have happened.”.

Aliyah Boston collected her record-setting 73rd double double with 13 points and 14 rebounds as No. 1 South Carolina moved to 20-0 with a dominating 92-46 victory over Arkansas on Sunday.

Lawmakers in at least two states that have seen recent attacks to electrical infrastructure are proposing new legislation to improve security around substations and increase the penalties for damaging utility equipment.

Former President Donald Trump will be joined by two of his highest-profile South Carolina supporters at the first public campaign event of his 2024 White House bid later this month in the early voting state.

Aliyah Boston had 20 points and 10 rebounds for her 71st career double-double and No. 1 South Carolina won its 24th straight with a 81-50 victory over Missouri.

Aliyah Boston had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Zia Cooke scored 10 of her 20 points during a second-quarter rally and top-ranked South Carolina pulled away in the fourth quarter to rout Kentucky 95-66.

Former President Donald Trump is planning to hold the first public campaign event of his 2024 White House bid in the early-voting state of South Carolina.

South Carolina quarterback Spencer Rattler is coming back to the Gamecocks next season.

A federal court has ruled South Carolina lawmakers illegally used race as the basis to redraw the boundaries of one of its U.S. House districts.

Massive ticket sales and television ratings proved the 2022 Gator Bowl to be one of the top games of the year. Now, Gator Bowl Sports president Greg McGarity says the success of the most recent game could pave the way for more great matchups in the future.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has struck down a ban on abortion after cardiac activity is detected — typically around six weeks.

Aliyah Boston is not off to the start she'd like in the Southeastern Conference.

The NCAA Division I transformation committee has released its final report.

South Carolina finished 2022 how it started the year at No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll.

Tyler Buchner accounted for five touchdowns to help offset two interceptions returned for TDs, and No. 19 Notre Dame beat 20th-ranked South Carolina 45-38 in a wild TaxSlayer Bowl.

As the football teams for Notre Dame and South Carolina battle it out on the field at TIAA Bank Field, fans are bringing with them a big economic impact to Jacksonville.

Notre Dame and South Carolina are going head-to-head in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl Friday afternoon at TIAA Bank Field. Here's what you need to know if you're headed to the game.