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March 23, 2019 — Made by humans, not machines.
The Pentagon released a list of potential military construction funds that could be cut from around world to help create the wall on the Mexican-American border. It included $291 million worth of cuts at Parris Island, Shaw Air Force Base, Fort Jackson and Joint Air Force Base Charleston. Read more
This weekend's conversation
Julian Smith III, credited with making the Cooper River Bridge Run one of the largest running races in the country, died Friday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 67. Read more
The wait is over. Soft shell crabs have started showing up at restaurants around the Lowcountry. Read more
A former Boeing Co. worker claims he was fired for blowing the whistle on safety violations at the 787 Dreamliner campus in North Charleston, but the aerospace giant says the termination came after the worker was caught falsifying inspection records. Read more
Growth & development
On the heels of a near-record sale of a peninsular Charleston home, another high-end property changed hands recently. Read more
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Your weekend guide
We've got some ideas on what to do in Charleston this weekend and beyond. Read more
Latest Posts
Two shootings in less than a week
Recent incidents at Charleston-area shopping malls have left some residents on edge and wondering if these and other public spaces are safe, but the violence may not be happening as often as is perceived. Read more
Charleston crime
A Summerville police lieutenant was suspended Friday after authorities said he forced his way into a woman's residence. Read more
Local News
All sorts of people are gaining insight into their family history through DNA testing. For Charleston resident and artist Robert "King David" Ross, the results proved particularly empowering.
Even in its dilapidated state, the Progressive Club still serves as a civil rights symbol, as evidenced last week by the audience Jenkins had: Joy Bivins, chief curator of the International African American Museum, former Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, who brought along students from The Citadel, and other local residents and leaders.
A former Boeing Co. worker claims he was fired for blowing the whistle on safety violations at the 787 Dreamliner campus in North Charleston, but the aerospace giant says the termination came after the worker was caught falsifying inspection records. Read more
Thirty miles up the Cooper River from Charleston's history-steeped lore sits a tucked-away part of the region's Colonial, antebellum and Civil War past. Read more
You’re seeing the Post and Courier's weekly real estate newsletter. Receive all the latest transactions and top development, building, and home and commercial sales news to your inbox each Saturday here. Read more
On the heels of a near-record sale of a peninsular Charleston home, another high-end property changed hands recently. Read more
NEW YORK — Wall Street was roiled Friday by new signs that global economic growth is slowing. The jitters triggered a sell-off in stocks and sent bond yields sharply lower, flashing a possible recession warning. Read more
State Rep. Lin Bennett, a Charleston Republican, says she found that QAnon was bogus after posting several comments supporting the controversial conspiracy theory that believes major Democrats and celebrities run a child-sex ring. Read more
The stumps in student unions are an early indication of the importance of young voters in Beto O'Rourke's presidential prospects, and how hard his campaign is angling to get him in front of collegiate crowds. Read more
Though O'Rourke jumped into the Democratic primary race later than many of his competitors, his breakneck pace and prolonged days on the trail — driving himself across the state in a Dodge minivan — have allowed him to quickly make up up for lost time. Read more
Legislation would require South Carolina's college students to take a course on the U.S. Constitution and other documents that formed America's democracy — and pass a test at the end Read more
State Rep. Lin Bennett, a Charleston Republican, says she found that QAnon was bogus after posting several comments supporting the controversial conspiracy theory that believes major Democrats and celebrities run a child-sex ring. Read more
Getting a haircut, oil change or eye exam in South Carolina could cost more, while a clothes shopping spree might take a little less out of your wallet under a proposal that lowers the state's overall sales tax. Read more
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Soft shell crabs have landed at Charleston restaurants. Here's where to find them.
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Julian Smith, former Cooper River Bridge Run director, dies after long illness
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A Charleston trans woman, one of first sex reassignment patients, featured in new film
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Summerville police lieutenant suspended after woman reports he broke into her home
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SCE&G's new owner offering buyouts to nearly 1,300 SC utility employees
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Safety at center of Boeing lawsuit; worker, company disagree over who's at fault
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Trump's border wall could cost SC $300 million in military funding. Here's what's at risk.
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Pawleys Island bank robbery suspect shot in Charleston County
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Goose Creek man sentenced to 80 years in sex assault of elderly woman
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Poll shows South Carolina overwhelmingly supports closing 'Charleston loophole'
Julian Smith III, credited with making the Cooper River Bridge Run one of the largest running races in the country, died Friday after a battle with brain cancer. He was 67. Read more
Latest posts in sports
The winningest coach in college basketball may never have gotten his shot with Duke if not for South Carolina. Read more
Chris Singleton's baseball career is over, but the son of a victim in Charleston's 2015 church shooting says his work to impact lives will go on. Read more
The annual Charleston In-Water Boat Show will take place March 29-31 at Brittlebank Park and Bristol Marina. Read more
When all the points were tallied and the last dog was rounded up at the end of the night, South Carolina crowned its new champions in the state's annual Youth Raccoon Hunting Championship. Read more
The wait is over. Soft shell crabs have started showing up at restaurants around the Lowcountry. Read more
Charleston and New Orleans aren’t exactly the same, but when visitors who’ve been to The Big Easy first come to The Holy City, they’re apt to feel like they’ve found their friend’s straight-laced cousin who doesn’t cuss or fling his beer bottles on the sidewalk. The two places are united by … Read more
Food & Wine has named Graft owners Femi Oyediran and Miles White as two of the year's top sommeliers. Read more
The wait is over. Soft shell crabs have started showing up at restaurants around the Lowcountry. Read more
Shannon Kohn, of Summerville, is one of 10 finalists competing in the Lodge National Cornbread Cook-Off, to be held April 27 during the National Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. Read more
The nationally renowned burger at Little Jack’s Tavern has been restored to its rightful place on the Upper King Street restaurant’s menu. Read more
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has reignited the debate over the Electoral College — she wants to get rid of it, naturally. I say “reignited” because this is a very old argument. To paraphrase Billy Joel, Warren didn’t start this fire; this debate’s been burning since the world’s been turning. But I’… Read more
Ron Davis of Docutainment Films is producing a new documentary on Dawn Langley Simmons, a Charleston resident who was one of the first to undergo gender reassignment surgery in the nation in 1968. Read more
The Indie Grits festival, in its 13th year, takes downtown Columbia by storm each spring.
Jordan Peele has tightened his grip in "Us," a less satirical and more slaughterhouse horror parable than the writer-director's astonishing debut, "Get Out," that despite its deficiencies will leave all who enter its shadowy world convinced of Peele's growing command as a singular conjurer o… Read more
