The 2026 vernal equinox was set to occur on March 20 at 10:46 a.m. EDT, marking the astronomical start of spring with nearly ...

Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of ...

The Trump administration announced a three-phase transition that will eventually include management of most federal student ...

U.S. regulators on Thursday approved a new higher-dose version of the blockbuster obesity drug Wegovy—a 7.2-milligram dose of ...

NPR has learned that mediators have quietly given Hamas a proposal to hand over all its weapons to ensure Gaza's reconstruction.

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that Amazon owes the state $12.5 million in back taxes, interest, and penalties for failing to collect sales taxes on products sold by third-party merchants ...

Now suspended attorney William Christopher Swett formally pled guilty in federal court in Charleston Thursday to wire fraud ...

Jonathan Andrew Felkel appeared inside a federal courtroom in Columbia Thursday before U.S. District Judge Mary Geiger. The ...

Iran launched attacks on the world's biggest liquefied natural gas complex in Qatar on Thursday. These strikes are in retaliation for Israel's attack on a major natural gas field in Iran.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Planned Parenthood of Illinois will pay $500,000 to end an investigation that found the organization's DEI practices violated federal civil rights laws ...

Laclarence Lamarcus Anderson, 43, of Columbia, has been sentenced to 24 years and nine months in federal prison after being ...

Health officials with the Trump administration have backed away from an effort to more heavily regulate indoor tanning — despite protests from medical groups that warn of the dangers of skin cancer.