WASHINGTON — A contentious labor dispute between the government and Boeing Co. that spawned a national political fight likely will be settled after the company and the Machinists union announced Wednesday they’d reached a tentative deal on a new four-year ...

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RICHMOND, Va. — The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the conviction of a South Carolina man who has spent most of the last 29 years on death row, ruling his trial attorneys failed to challenge forensic evidence that could ...

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WASHINGTON — Unemployment rates fell in about three-quarters of large U.S. cities in September, a sign that the nation’s modest job gains that month occurred across most of the country. The Labor Department said Wednesday that unemployment rates fell in ...

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According to her dads, life is good for Carrigan Starling-Littlefield, a spunky 5-year-old being raised by two gay men in South Carolina, which doesn’t recognize their out-of-state marriage. “We’ve found that being a family has created a lot of common ...

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An attorney representing a class of about 3,500 Marylanders in a case against South Carolina collections agency LVNV Funding LLC said a settlement reached Friday should serve as a warning. “Going forward we think the law is very clear in ...

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As the country marks the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts notes that the four-year battle also took its toll on the federal judiciary, “tearing at the very fabric of American justice.” In the ...

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SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia and South Carolina port officials agreed Monday to move forward with studying a proposal to build a shared shipping terminal on the Savannah River, a project that seemed stalled months ago as both sides argued over ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Rarely displayed paintings of Charleston during the Civil War by a Confederate soldier, including an iconic rendering of the submarine H.L. Hunley, are being made available this week on the Internet by The Museum of the Confederacy. ...

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FREDERICK — Police in Frederick have ticketed a South Carolina woman for allegedly leaving her dog in a hot car while she visited a tanning salon. Police issued the ticket Wednesday evening to 26-year-old Robin Pepper of Anderson, S.C. She ...

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The tallest Ferris wheel in the eastern United States, a 200-foot-tall, $12 million wheel with a million LED lights and 42 air-conditioned gondolas, started spinning Friday in this beach resort on the South Carolina coast. The ...

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