Новости за 08.06.2016

The turtle had a familiar flipper. That’s what surprised veterinarian assistant Whitney Daniel on Wednesday when she took her eye off the gouge in its shell left by a boat strike.

Hainan Airlines on Wednesday became the first Chinese operator to fly both versions of the popular Dreamliner commercial plane, with the lease of a 787-9 from Air Lease Corp.

Olympic fencer Miles Chamley-Watson has mad sword fighting skills and a body full of tats, earning him both a spot on Team U.S. and the runways.

COLUMBIA -- Gov. Nikki Haley approved billions of dollars for road and bridge projects across the state Wednesday even though she said reform measures in the bill that took lawmakers years to pass don’t go far enough.

The only candidate to file for the state House of Representatives seat left vacant when Eddy Southard resigned has been certified as the winner.

2016 Summer Olympics: Meet the Fencers, swimmers, water polo players, and more of Team USA headed to the 2016 Rio Olympics this summer.

The world’s largest retailer is ending its ad-matching policy Thursday at 500 stores, or nearly 11 percent nationwide, including all 14 in the Charleston area.

WASHINGTON — Democrats in the U.S. House were unsuccessful in previous efforts to force the removal of the Confederate flag from The Citadel’s Summerall Chapel.

One of the largest banks operating in South Carolina has settled allegations that it denied home loans to minorities in the Palmetto State at a disproportionately higher rate than to white borrowers.

The Mount Pleasant Police Department is teaming up with the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission to offer kids a chance to fish with officers.

En garde.

The post Don’t Mess With Olympic Fencer Miles Chamley-Watson appeared first on W Magazine.

The Citadel has settled a lawsuit after a cadet said upperclassmen bound and gagged him while hitting him in the groin with an elastic belt.

In many ways, I feel like the modern concept of cities was made not merely for a functional purpose, but for an aesthetic one as well. In other words, authors, artists and painters romanticize cities. In the same way that the natural world, in many ways the opposite of a city, contains endless detail, so too does the city.

Abigail Marie is a professional photographer in town who also is known for her aerial pole dancing, a hobby that she picked up in 2010. Marie works out of a studio in West Ashley and hopes to begin teaching dance classes at some point in the near future. She spoke with the Charleston Scene this week about her artwork.

COLUMBIA — It was the bounce that brought South Carolina back from the brink.

Shareholders of a small Midlands bank are voting Wednesday on a buyout offer from a Charleston lender looking to expand to the Columbia market.

COLUMBIA — Dewon Huggins is a 22-year-old native of the tiny pine forest crossroads town of Bucksport who said her desire to serve in public office compelled her to run against a five-term incumbent for the S.C. House of Representatives.