Russia's Putin signs anti-gay measures into law
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a measure that stigmatizes gay people and bans giving children any information about homosexuality.Click to Continue »
View ArticleEuropean officials slam US over bugging report
Senior European officials expressed concern Sunday at reports that U.S. intelligence agents bugged EU offices on both sides of the Atlantic, with some leftist lawmakers calling for concrete sanctions...
View ArticleFrancis: Benedict showed 'courage' in retiring
Pope Francis on Sunday praised his predecessor, Benedict XVI, for courageously following his conscience in deciding to retire.Click to Continue »
View ArticleTropical Storm Dalila forms in Pacific off Mexico
Tropical Storm Dalila is churning across the Pacific off southwest Mexico, and authorities have issued a tropical storm warning for a large swath of coastline.Click to Continue »
View ArticleEcuador president: Snowden can't leave Moscow
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has told The Associated Press that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is "under the care of Russian authorities" and can't leave Moscow's international...
View ArticleTexas filibuster star Davis still weighing future
State Sen. Wendy Davis, whose filibuster against Texas abortion restrictions gained her national fame, insists Democrats will be competitive in next year's statewide races but hasn't decided whether...
View ArticleMich. city's changing garage rules worry Arabs
A Detroit suburb is working on revising an ordinance related to residential garages, and it has some people within its large Arab community concerned.Click to Continue »
View ArticlePolice: 29 killed in Uganda gas tanker explosion
A car crashed into a moving gas tanker, sparking a fire that killed at least 29 people and left scores more badly burned, Ugandan police said on Sunday.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSunday's crime report
The following report was released Saturday by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office:Click to Continue »
View Article1 dead in fatal crash Sunday on Bluffton Parkway
One person was killed in an early morning crash in Bluffton on Sunday, according to a report from the S.C. Highway Patrol.Click to Continue »
View ArticleSay your blessing for the Fourth of July
We were discussing over ribs and a pimiento cheeseburger what the Fourth of July is all about.Click to Continue »
View ArticleCounty's EcoDual incentives called 'unusual'
Two Clemson University economists say Beaufort County offered an "unusual" incentive package to lure the maker of a device that lets diesel engines run on natural gas as well.Click to Continue »
View ArticleBond set for Sea Pines bank robbery suspect
A bond of more than $26,000 was set Saturday morning for a 58-year-old Hilton Head Island man charged in the Thursday robbery of a Sea Pines bank.Click to Continue »
View Article'Hope and a smile': After 26 years, Sisters Sheila, Stella leave indelible...
Six or seven decades ago, Catholic school girls Sheila Byrne and Stella Breen of Cork County, Ireland, sat in starry-eyed awe listening to missionaries tell of adventures in exotic, far-away…Click to...
View ArticleGraves House owners consider relocating century-old home
More than a year after Bluffton's Historic Preservation Committee voted to allow the demolition of a century-old home, a new fate is being considered: Rather than razing it, the Graves…Click to...
View ArticleObama: 'We are heartbroken' over AZ firefighters
President Barack Obama says the deaths of 19 firefighters who died battling an Arizona wildfire are a heartbreaking reminder that emergency personnel put their lives on the line every day…Click to...
View ArticleDeadly Ariz. wildfire balloons to 13 square miles
A wildfire that killed nearly 20 members of an elite fire crew trying to help protect homes in a small central Arizona town has quadrupled in size, to 13 square…Click to Continue »
View ArticleEgypt's military issues 48-hour ultimatum
Egypt's military on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Islamist president and his opponents to reach an agreement to "meet the people's demands" or it will intervene to put…Click to Continue »
View ArticleMarkets rise on US, Japanese growth signs
Long-awaited signs of improvement in Japan's economy and growth in U.S. manufacturing pushed global stocks higher on Monday.Click to Continue »
View ArticleCitigroup agrees to pay $968M to Fannie Mae
Citigroup has agreed to pay $968 million to Fannie Mae to resolve potential future repurchase claims on residential mortgage loans originated between 2000 and 2012.Click to Continue »
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