Corporation formed for parking deck
The City of North Augusta took steps toward financing the parking deck of Project Slumber.
View ArticleAppeals court weighs suit in U.S. Marshals shooting
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An appeals court is deciding whether deputy U.S. marshals who shot and wounded a teenage driver eight years ago may be sued in federal court, a case that's unfolding amid...
View ArticleFamed civil rights protesters to have arrest records erased
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Nine black men arrested for integrating a whites-only South Carolina lunch counter 54 years ago may be heroes in the historic record, but in the record of the law they are still...
View ArticleResidents want charges for Denver officers who killed teen
DENVER — Some residents are calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the Denver officers who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl who police said hit an officer with a stolen car.
View ArticleAiken man arrested for threatening officers
Threatening a public official and resisting arrest landed an Aiken man in jail on Monday.
View ArticleRussia: U.S. spy ring charges part of 'anti-Russian campaign'
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has accused the United States of having no evidence against three Russian citizens charged with spying, and said the Americans are using the charges for political purposes.
View ArticleGowdy says Obama admin slow-walking documents on Benghazi
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The chairman of a special House committee investigating the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, said Tuesday that the bipartisan inquiry is being hobbled by...
View ArticleArab lawmakers shake up Israeli politics with historic union
HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Israel's Arab political parties are banding together under one ticket for the first time ever ahead of national elections in March, hoping to boost turnout and help...
View ArticleU.N.: Deadly attack on Ukraine city could be war crime
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Deadly rocket attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol this weekend that "knowingly targeted civilians" violated international humanitarian law and could amount...
View ArticleObama defends U.S. ties as he pays respects in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Barack Obama defended the U.S. government's willingness to cooperate closely with Saudi Arabia on national security despite deep concerns over human rights...
View ArticlePurported IS message threatens Japanese, Jordanian hostages
BEIRUT — An online message purportedly from the Islamic State group warned Tuesday that a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot the extremists hold have less than "24 hours left to live."
View ArticleAiken native stuck in monster snow storm
An Aiken native is stuck in the middle of the snow storm that is tearing through the Northeast.
View ArticleOn Auschwitz anniversary, leader warns Jews again targets
BRZEZINKA, Poland — A Jewish leader stood before 300 survivors of the Nazis' most notorious death camp on Tuesday and asked world leaders to prevent another Auschwitz, warning of a rise of...
View ArticleAstronomers find solar system more than double ours in age
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered solar system — with five small rocky planets — makes ours look like a baby.
View ArticleUPDATE: Train derails, chemical spills in Allendale County
MARTIN, S.C. (AP) — A train traveling through Allendale County derailed and chemicals leaked out early Tuesday after the train ended up on to a side line at a plant, authorities said.
View ArticleDarlington to run Labor Day weekend race at night
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) -- Darlington Raceway's return to Labor Day weekend will start under the lights.
View ArticleSears Hometown Store opens its Aiken location
The Sears Hometown Store Aiken branch is ready for business.
View ArticleOne man injured, another arrested in Clearwater shooting
A man was arrested after another man was injured in a shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning in Clearwater.
View ArticleFamed SC civil rights protesters have convictions erased
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A judge has tossed out the convictions of nine South Carolina black men who integrated a whites-only lunch counter during the height of the civil rights movement.
View ArticleAfter being hit by car Tampa cat crawls back from grave
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- If cats have nine lives, Bart the black and white feline from Tampa, Florida, has certainly used up one.
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