Новости за 12.11.2015

U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn and the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust are holding a three-day conference on the South Carolina coast focusing on health disparities in minority communities.

Kate has weakened to a tropical storm in the Atlantic far out to sea south of Newfoundland.

Ukrainian lawmakers have approved a bill that bans discrimination of gays, key legislation intended to help pave the way for visa-free travel between Ukraine and the European Union.

Charleston County Consolidated Dispatch released recordings of 9-1-1 calls Thursday from a deadly home invasion attempt at an Elderwood Drive home in Ladson.

The U.S. government started its new budget year with a deficit in October, although the imbalance was made worse by a calendar quirk.

Four hundred needy families will get a free grocery bag full of Thanksgiving goodies Tuesday.

"Is that a rain cloud, or am I imagining things?" asks Jana du Plessis, speaking Afrikaans.

Discount retailer Family Dollar is recalling 32,000 ceramic wax warmers after some users said it created high flames, causing burns and property damage.

By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer The owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other newspapers says it expects a buyout offer to cut its staff by 7 percent.

A British woman who pretended to be a man to have sex with a female friend has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexual assault.

European lawmakers are expressing concern about a widening scandal in which hundreds of Libyans allegedly received Maltese residency permits in a corruption scheme - giving them free access to any EU country and possibly...

A Hong Kong billionaire tycoon paid a total of $77 million at auctions in Geneva for two large and rare colored diamonds for his 7-year-old daughter Josephine - and renamed them after her, his office said Thursday.

European Union leader Donald Tusk is casting doubt over whether the EU can meet Britain's demands for staying in the 28-nation bloc.

The leader of a Maoist cult went on trial in London on Thursday accused of imprisoning and sexually assaulting his followers and abusing his own daughter in a secretive commune for 30 years.

The man who reigns as Zimbabwe's Mister Ugly has tough competition in this year's pageant, with organizers saying they received a record number of entries for this beauty contest with a twist.

A court in Azerbaijan has freed the husband of a prominent rights defender on health grounds.

Officials in Charleston are showing off a pier from one of the city's old Cooper River bridges painted with the ten colors traditionally used on buildings in the historic district.

Authorities say a newly elected Georgetown city councilman has arrested and been charged with a sex crime involving a minor.

Republican presidential contender Ben Carson has maintained a business relationship with a close friend convicted of defrauding insurance companies and testified on his behalf, even as the candidate has called for such...

President Barack Obama is trying to rally hundreds of thousands of eBay sellers to get behind a proposed trade deal between the U.S. and 11 other countries.

Republican presidential candidates agree that Islamic extremists are running rampant, the Mideast is on fire and Russia, China and Iran are flexing their muscles, yet they are far from reaching consensus on how much is...

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says he wants to do away with government support for the sugar industry - a veiled dig at rival Marco Rubio, the Florida senator who has long supported sugar growers.

The latest news as hundreds of thousands make their way across Europe in search of safety and a better life. All times local.

Myanmar's official vote count inched closer Thursday to confirming a parliamentary majority for Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party, as the military establishment that has been her nemesis for...

Kenyan troops in Somalia are heavily involved in the smuggling of about 150,000 tons of sugar a year into Kenya, a local watchdog group said Thursday.