South Carolina

Radioactive wasp nest found in US where nuclear components were manufactured

The radiation in the nest was discovered to be 10 times the federal regulation limits, officials said.

A wasp walks on the nest that's built inside a wooden hotel for solitary bees made by the Metropolitan Area of the Aburra Valley (AMVA) in Barbosa, Colombia April 21, 2021.

Tropical storm Chantal hits South Carolina, moves inland with flooding threat, NHC says

 Canadian tourist loses both hands in Turks and Caicos shark attack. Illustration.

Multiple beachgoers wounded after spate of shark attacks at popular tourist spot in South Carolina

 US Senator Lindsey Graham speaks outside the White House, in Washington, DC, US, February 28, 2025.

US strike reset Middle East, paves for Saudi-Israel pact, Lindsey Graham tells 'Post' - exclusive


Parents arrested after baby found in waste-filled home with 40 animals, incl. decaying dead goat

Police said they found the baby living in unsafe and unsanitary conditions, surrounded by raccoons, rabbits, dogs, cats, chickens and deceased animals.

A police vehicle patrols the beach ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S. September 11, 2018.

South Carolina rabbi’s Holocaust memorial speech pulled from TV for being 'too political'

A public TV station in South Carolina removed a Holocaust memorial speech by a rabbi after he criticized recent policies on LGBTQ rights and refugee aid, fueling controversy over free speech.

 Rabbi Sam Rose criticizes US government policies during an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the University of South Carolina, Jan. 27, 2025, in Columbia, South Carolina. Rose's speech was later cut from the broadcast's archive.

South Carolina school district restricts Holocaust graphic novel for middle-schoolers

The decision follows the passage this summer of restrictive new guidelines on instructional materials at the State Board of Education. 

 Frank W. Baker's book "We Survived the Holocaust," featuring illustrations by Tim Ogline, tells the real-life story of Bluma Tishgarten and Felix Goldberg.

South Carolina to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism

The bill passed in the state's senate unanimously, having already passed the state's house of representatives unanimously last May. The governor has expressed his support for the bill.

South Carolina State House in Columbia, SC

Donald Trump criticizes Nikki Haley's deployed husband for being absent

Haley's husband, Michael, is currently serving in a voluntary deployment in Africa.

 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire, U.S., December 14, 2023.

Age, mental capacity dominates presidential campaign trail after report questions Biden's memory

 El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden (izq.) y el ex presidente Donald Trump.

Republican pres. candidate Nikki Haley targeted in swatting at US home

The hoax against Haley, who is challenging frontrunner Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, occurred on December 30 in the town of Kiawah Island.

 Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire, U.S., December 14, 2023.

Marine corps pilot: Ma'am, I'm not sure where the airplane is

After an F-35 pilot ejected over a residential street strange stories of the aftermath began emerging.

 A formation of US Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jets perform aerial maneuvers during as part of a combat power exercise over Utah Test and Training Range, Utah, US, November 19, 2018.

South Carolina school district to return Bernard Malamud’s ‘The Fixer’ to shelves

The decision by a review committee for the Beaufort County School District concludes another episode in which a Jewish book has gotten caught up in a national book-ban push by conservative parents.

 The Fixer, a novel by Bernard Malamud

Treatment of cocaine-addicted rats sparks ethics investigation at US university

The experiment was funded by grant money from the US National Institutes of Health.

 Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

US woman hides 1.5 kg of cocaine in 'pregnant' belly

When police began to grow suspicious of the woman's claims, she tried to run and escape, cocaine spilling out her fake rubber stomach.

A line of cocaine is seen being snorted through a rolled up dollar.