Deaths and Funerals for Tuesday, August 2, 2016
ATHEY, Wayne, Moncks Corner
ATHEY, Wayne, Moncks Corner
BY MAUREEN DOWD
The Medical University of South Carolina was again named the top hospital in the state by U.S. News and World Report.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Investigation Discovery channel is joining forces with bestselling author James Patterson, who will write and executive produce a six-part scripted series for the network. In this Oct. 18, 2012, file photo, James Patterson attends a screening of “Alex Cross” in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File) mb.com.ph The series will be based on ID-branded true-crime stories written for Patterson’s new line of novella-length “BookShots.” The portfolio of “BookShots”... Читать дальше...
For W's September 2016 cover, Rihanna is imagined by Edward Enninful, Steven Klein and a slew of designers, as pop's Furiosa, the last woman on earth and the ruling warrior queen in a dark, dystopian future.
MANILA -- British Ambassador to the Philippines Asif Ahmad said the United Kingdom will further increase its investments in the Philippines as it identified the country as one of the "emerging powers" in the world.
LOS ANGELES — Kesha has dismissed a California lawsuit alleging hit-making producer Dr. Luke sexually and emotionally abused her, but a similar case will remain in play in New York. Kesha performs It Aint Me Babe at the Billboard Music Awards at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday, May 22, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) mb.com.ph Monday’s dismissal of a Los Angeles case comes amid an effort by the singer to get new singles and an album released despite her high-profile fight with her former mentor. Читать дальше...
A mayor of Albuera, Leyte linked to illegal drugs has surrendered a day after President Rodrigo Duterte gave him 24 hours to surrender or face "shoot on sight".
BEIJING -- China's tourism industry raked in 2.25 trillion yuan (USD346 billion) in revenue on the first half of the year, up 12.4 percent year on year, official statistics showed on Monday.
MANILA, Aug. 1 – Neophyte Senator Manny Pacquiao took a committee chairmanship after the Senate adopted Senate Resolution No. 68 that separated the Senate committee on games, amusement and sports into two new standing committees. Sen. Manny Pacquiao (MB File photo) As the result, Pacquiao has been awarded with the chairmanship of the now Senate committee on sports while Senator Panfilo Lacson got the Senate committee on games and amusement. Pacquiao has now two committees, including the committee... Читать дальше...
MOSCOW -- An asteroid named Bennu could one day strike our planet. A new space mission could help us learn how to stop it.
With 16 returning starters and 44 returning lettermen, the Charleston Southern football team opened preseason camp under the lights on Monday night.
COLUMBIA — Will Muschamp doesn’t have a timeline to name a starting quarterback at South Carolina, but he does know when he’ll begin paring down the candidates.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a sea nettle or a stingray, once you get lashed, hundreds of tiny poisoned darts could be sticking in your skin.
Sea nettles have moved in for the summer, those gooey, saucer-like jellyfish that dangle tentacles armed with hundreds upon hundreds of cells that fire venomous barbs.
COLUMBIA — When South Carolina opens preseason football camp Tuesday, new head coach Will Muschamp will split his team into two squads. Veterans will practice in the morning, while newcomers watch and learn. Later, the Gamecocks’ freshmen will partake in the same drills as their older teammates.
LONG POND, Pa. — Chris Buescher sat in his Ford, hoping that the fog would stick over Pocono and the cloud over the rookie’s middling season would start to lift.
NEW YORK — McDonald’s, which is trying to shake its image for serving processed junk food, said Monday it’s eliminating some unpalatable ingredients from its most popular menu items.
Despite customer concerns that UberTASTE would today run out of $5 lunches before the end of its advertised promotional period, drivers were still dropping off sample-sized servings of CO’s chicken pad Thai at 1:30 p.m.
Sure, bleached hair is having a moment now, but women have been dying their hair platinum for decades. Here, a brief history of the best platinum blondes.
Citing false and misleading media accounts of Walter Scott’s shooting death, attorneys for the former North Charleston police officer charged in the killing have asked for more thorough questioning of potential jurors.
Profits at Blackbaud Inc. grew by double digits in the second quarter, as the Charleston technology company continued to sell its nonprofit clients more subscriptions to its software.
CLEMSON — In a month and a day, a quest for redemption officially kicks off.
COLUMBIA — Seven candidates, including a Summerville judge, hope to replace retiring S.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Costa Pleicones.
MOUNT PLEASANT — This fast-growing town has been sued again over an anti-development vote by Town Council, this time for denying an extension of development rights that state and town law appears to require the council to approve.