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The S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank board at 9 a.m. Thursday will discuss the future of the completion of Interstate 526 across Johns and James islands.

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COLUMBIA — The election of an African-American to serve as the state’s Supreme Court chief justice — the second black man to hold the post — moves the state in a "progressive manner," Associate Justice Donald Beatty said.

COLUMBIA — A bill that would increase transparency of misconduct issues by fraternities and sororities heads to the S.C. Senate floor where a proposed amendment could add varsity college athletic teams to the mix.

MANILA, May 25 — The BRP Gregorio Velasquez (AGR-702), the Philippine Navy (PN)’s first survey ship, is expected to arrive in Guam on Saturday before resuming her voyage home. Photo courtesy of update.ph This was disclosed by PN spokesperson Capt. Lued Lincuna in a message to the PNA Wednesday. “BRP Gregorio Velasquez is now enroute to Guam. She is expected to arrive there May 28. After a short stop, she will then proceed to the Philippines. Her estimated time of arrival in the country is third week of June,” he added. Читать дальше...

MEAUX, France, May 25, 2016 – Euro Disney was due to hear on Wednesday whether offering jobs as performers at Disneyland Paris only to ”European” candidates amounted to discrimination. The trial, triggered by a complaint from anti-racism groups, has taken nine years to reach its conclusion at a courtroom in Meaux, near the park to the east of Paris. Photo courtesy of CNN   A guilty verdict carries a possible 225,000-euro ($250,000) fine. The theme park placed job adverts in the commuter paper 20 Minutes in 2006... Читать дальше...

"When I read the script I felt I needed to play this woman."

The post Penelope Cruz Talks Producing and ‘Ma Ma’ appeared first on W Magazine.

By Huw Griffith, AFP ISE-SHIMA, Japan, May 25, 2016 – World leaders began gathering in Japan Wednesday ahead of a Group of Seven summit set to be dominated by the lacklustre global economy. The leaders were making their way to Ise Shima, a mountainous and sparsely populated area 300 kilometres (200 miles) southwest of Tokyo, whose mainly elderly residents rely chiefly on tourism and cultured pearls. Logo photo courtesy of japan.go.jp   Security was tight across the region, with thousands of extra... Читать дальше...

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — West Ashley seventh-grader Landon Ethredge moved on to Round Two of the Scripps National Spelling Bee on the word "digitalis."

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- All five South Carolina contestants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee will advance to the third round of the annual competition on Wednesday afternoon.

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Ahmed Tolba, Reuters CAIRO, May 25 – EgyptAir will contract two foreign companies, one French and one Italian, to help search for the black boxes of its plane that crashed in the Mediterranean, the airline’s chairman said on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of lefigaro.fr   EgyptAir flight 804 crashed on Thursday with 66 people on board including 30 Egyptians and 15 from France in an area of the Mediterranean where the waters can be 3,000 metres deep. “We have contracted a French... Читать дальше...

Garnering 3, 576, 643 votes, Liberal Party’s vice predsidential bet, Leni Robredo topped the canvassing of election returns yesterday. MB file photo. (John Jerome Ganzon) Robredo’s toughest rival, Ferdinand “Bong-Bong” Marcos Jr. got 3, 281, 151 votes, only about 300, 000 votes short to get ahead of Robredo. George Erwin Garcia, the legal counsel of Marcos, questioned the voter turnout for the vice president, saying that it’s too low compared to the voter turnout for the country’s top post. “How come there’s about 600... Читать дальше...

Southern Season is sprouting an offshoot in downtown Charleston.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will customize its Goodyear Eagle race tires for the seventh consecutive year to support the U.S. Armed Forces. Goodyear will replace the “Eagle” logo on the sidewalls of its race tires with “Support Our Troops” messaging on tires used during all NASCAR races at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in May. The […]

Counterfeit money has been used at at least three Mount Pleasant businesses recently.

By Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON – Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump each won primaries in Washington state. Hillary & Bill Clinton at Donald trump’s wedding photo. Photo courtesy of people.com Trump’s win Tuesday moves him to within 28 delegates of clinching the Republican nomination for president. Clinton’s win might give her some momentum, but it won’t get her any delegates. There were no delegates at stake in the Democratic primary. Читать дальше...

By Leslie Ann G. Aquino and Mario B. Casayuran The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has decided to defer any action to the request of vice presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for systems audit of its transparency server and central server. Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista cited three reasons for the deferment, among them the ongoing canvassing of votes for president and vice president in Congress. “We have reservations since canvassing has already begun in Congress, which... Читать дальше...

A police officer assigned with the Regional Anti-Illegal Drugs Division of the National Capital Regional Police Office (NCRPO) was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation-National Capital Region (NBI-NCR) yesterday for reportedly reselling illegal drugs seized during drug operations. NBI-NCR regional director lawyer Max Salvador said Police Officer 2 Jolly Aliangan, his cousin Jeffrey Gutierrez, a civilian agent of the NCRPO, and Aliangan’s wife, Rona Navarro, were all arrested in Sampaloc, Manila, yesterday. Читать дальше...

Incoming President Rodrigo Duterte is “a strong man of principle” who clearly exhibits the type of leadership that the Chinese government would like to work with to improve relations between China and the Philippines, Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua said yesterday. Speaking at the  handover of donations from the Chinese Embassy in Manila to the University of Philippines regarding the losses of UP in a fire last month, Ambassador Zhao said he looks forward to sitting down with him to talk of ways... Читать дальше...

Lawmakers are counting on incoming justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to conduct a fair and square investigation on officials of the outgoing Aquino administration who were supposedly involved in the implementation and commission of illegal acts under the Disbursement Acceleration  Program (DAP). Malacañang, however, was quick to brush aside the allegations, saying that President Aquino broke no law in carrying out the DAP and that “As Chief Executive, President Aquino faithfully followed the... Читать дальше...