SC trustees blistered for secret trip, coach buyouts
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A small group of powerful lawmakers is refusing to approve reelection bids for five University of South Carolina trustees.
March 2022
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Whitmer kidnapping plot leader ‘anti-government’
A man accused of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was “anti-government” and believed officials were out to “line their own pockets,” his longtime companion testified Wednesday before prosecutors rested their case.
Sources: Asylum limits at border expected to end May 23
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is expected to end the asylum limits at the U.S.-Mexico border by May 23 that were put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to people familiar with the matter.
Historical novel shares themes in current news
“Goodnight, Vienna,” Marius Gabriel (Lake Union) In “Goodnight, Vienna,” author Marius Gabriel gives us another immersive historical novel. The book starts in 1938, first in London, then shifts to Austria.
Kids can learn the value of persistence with ‘A Good Place’
“A Good Place,” by Lucy Cousins (Candlewick Press) Fans of the popular Maisy series of picture books will know this author and illustrator, Lucy Cousins. Cousins always creates a colorful, engaging world, and her new title, “A Good Place,” is no exception.
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Foo Fighters cancel all dates after drummer’s death Rock band Foo Fighters canceled all upcoming concert dates after the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. The rockers had been scheduled to play at the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday as well as spring dates at the Beale Street Music Festival; the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; Columbia, Maryland; Raleigh, North Carolina; Daytona Beach; Charlotte, North Carolina; the Boston Calling Music Festival; and summer dates in Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and the UK.
Imprisoned man worries his girlfriend is missing out
Dear Abby: I am a 26-year-old man, and I’m currently incarcerated. My girlfriend, “Diana,” and I have been together for four years. She has a 6-year-old daughter, and I have a 7-year-old son. Our kids are very close, and I am also very close to her daughter.
GOP’s Collins will vote for Jackson
WASHINGTON – Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring Jackson will become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
Biden makes lynching a federal hate crime
A more than century-long effort to pass anti-lynching legislation culminated Tuesday when President Joe Biden signed a landmark bill that makes lynching a federal hate crime. The effort began 122 years ago, when the first anti-lynching bill was introduced in Congress by U.S.
7 hurt in Arkansas tornado; Deep South braces for storms
Severe storms that included at least two tornadoes injured several people, damaged homes and businesses and downed power lines in Arkansas and Missouri overnight as twisters and hurricane-force winds were forecast in much of the Deep South on Wednesday.