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Bartender, Chris Holbrooks

Italy is deeply indebted to the present-day nation of Mexico for the cornerstones of its cuisine: It’s hard to imagine an Italian meal without simmered tomatoes or polenta. And cooks in both countries do phenomenal things with melted cheese.

ALI, Lucinda, Green Pond

ANDERSON, Carolas Gambrae, 46, of North Charleston died Saturday. Arrangements by North Area Funeral Home.

When the College of Charleston women’s basketball team takes the floor against UNC Wilmington on Wednesday in the opening round of the Colonial Athletic Association basketball tournament, it’ll be exactly a week since the Cougars dismantled the Seahawks at TD Arena.

MOUNT PLEASANT — For months, Town Council has been talking about acquiring land on the east side of Shem Creek, where a controversial office building is under construction at Coleman Boulevard and Mill Street, but on Tuesday night they reversed course.

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The Citadel baseball team fell to USC Upstate on Tuesday 7-1 at Riley Park.

LADY’S ISLAND — Pat Conroy was laid to rest Tuesday under the bright Lowcountry sun, which is exactly where he always wanted to be.

The College of Charleston baseball team ran its winning streak to five games with 5-3 decision over Richmond (9-4) on Tuesday.

NEW YORK — United Continental Holdings faces a battle with disgruntled shareholders over the direction of the company just as its CEO returns from a five-month absence during which he received a heart transplant.

PHOENIX — Thousands of people have had their prepaid debit cards frozen when they try to direct their tax refund to their accounts, a result of financial industry efforts to combat an escalation in tax fraud.

Charleston County Councilwoman Colleen Condon announced Tuesday she won’t seek a fourth term later this year so she can focus on her family and law practice.

NEW YORK — In the American imagination, suburbs are places to buy a house and put down roots. But a growing percentage of suburbanites rent, according to a new study.

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Police officers, community leaders and at least one former convict sat at tables Monday afternoon to hash out their differences and build what many hope will be a foundation of trust.

JERUSALEM — Palestinian attackers unleashed a series of shooting and stabbing assaults Tuesday in Israel, including a stabbing spree in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Jaffa that killed an American student with Charleston ties near where Vice President Joe Biden was meeting with Israel’s former...

COLUMBIA — Gov. Nikki Haley made an unscheduled and unannounced visit to the Department of Juvenile Justice on Tuesday just as lawmakers are beginning to ask a series of tough questions about conditions in the lockups where youthful offenders — some violent — are housed.

The planned spinoff of WestRock Co.’s North Charleston-based chemical business is advancing.

An examination of Walter Scott’s hair and brain could yield "significant" findings in defense of the North Charleston police officer who killed him, the lawman’s lead attorney said in recent court filings.

COLUMBIA – Senate Democrats spent Tuesday slamming the Republican Caucus’ $400 million roads plan with phrases like "smiling faces and crumbling places," "hocus-pocus" and "Monopoly money."

Charleston City Council on Tuesday approved a second extension on processing applications and permits for the controversial "gathering place" zoning.

Residents who remain in the homeless encampment known as Tent City past the early April deadline can move to a temporary shelter in North Charleston, Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg said Tuesday.

COLUMBIA — A Columbia lawmaker is pushing to allow offenders guilty of certain drug laws to be sentenced to home detention instead of serving jail time, a move that would save the state money, he says.