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The Episcopal Church has approved the election of a lesbian assistant bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles, making her the second openly gay bishop in the Anglican global fellowship, diocese officials said Wednesday.

The father of a firefighter who died in a 2007 furniture store blaze that killed nine firefighters says families will meet with state fire investigators next week to discuss whether criminal negligence was involved in the deaths.

Legislators argued about whether South Carolina's health insurance plan should allow abortions for victims of rape and incest or when a mother's health is endangered.

According to a release from the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the Caterpillar plant in Newberry is going to be expanded.

The mother of a man hit and killed by a small plane as he jogged on a South Carolina beach says he was on a business trip and looking forward to heading home for his daughter's third birthday.

Tony Dungy stood before more than 1,700 prisoners Tuesday, sharing a smile and message of hope that has become his life's work.

A South Carolina museum is considering whether to erect a monument to the state's secession from the Union almost 150 years ago.

Filing for elective offices is opening in South Carolina. Candidates for local, state and federal offices begin filing for the posts Tuesday.

John Edwards was "reckless" to stay in the 2008 presidential race, his mistress Rielle Hunter said in an interview with GQ Magazine, because he had "a lot of problems." Still, Hunter said, Edwards is better off as a humanitarian than a politician, and she compared his situation with that of scandal-ridden South Carolina Gov.

Democratic congressional leaders showed signs of progress Monday in winning anti-abortion Democrats whose votes are pivotal to President Barack Obama's fiercely contested remake of the health care system.

U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint says he's "less confident" that Republicans can stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul from passing now that it's down to a few votes.

Hundreds of passengers have taken ill with an intestinal bug on a Celebrity Cruise ship's third straight trip from South Carolina.Cruise line spokeswoman Cynthia Martinez said Monday 350 of the 1,829 passengers on the Celebrity Mercury got ill during the latest cruise which left Charleston on March 8.The ship has canceled a Monday port call and was ...

The Coast Guard has rescued four people from a boat off the South Carolina coast.

Eric Massa got a rare, but dubious honor over the weekend: He was the sorry subject of two "Saturday Night Live" segments on the same show.

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South Carolina lawmakers are honoring 10 members of the armed forces who died over the past year with a ceremony in the state capital.

The entire staff of a small-town South Carolina newspaper has quit to start their own paper, leaving a 125-year-old news organization without a single employee.

South Carolina's top prosecutor won't A oppose a ruling which halts the execution of a man who's been on A death row longer than any of its current inmates.

South Carolina GOP Rep. Gresham Barrett has tapped his congressional account for television ads defending his D.C. record after his votes were questioned by a Virginia-based political group.

Democratic Reps. John Spratt and Jim Clyburn joined Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on Wednesday in introducing bipartisan legislation to provide $4.9 billion in federal loans for rural power consumers to make their homes and businesses more energy efficient.