Новости за 15.05.2016

CAROLINA FOREST — Summerville needed to win twice Saturday to stay alive, doing so by denying Carolina Forest its first-ever trip to the state finals. The Green Wave won, 6-3, to force a winner-take-all game for the Lower State championship, then won 7-2 in Game 2.

Expansion at Waterfront Park is much better for the city over the long term and for the beauty of this area. It would be a crime to not expand the park. There are plenty of areas for another hotel. Don’t ruin Waterfront Park, a place visitors rave about. People who live on Sullivan’s Island or in Mount Pleasant or downtown all need a...

I had some extra time so I read both the editorial and commentary pages. My, how the old News and Courier has become the much more trendy Post and Courier. Commentaries from The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Washington Post Writers Group. Makes one think no Southern writers exist for a Southern paper’s...

George Zimmerman is a moral outlier, a public danger and more than a little creepy.

In the days leading up to Donald Trump’s much-ballyhooed courtesy call to Capitol Hill on Thursday, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., seemed like a groom wanting his presumptive bride to change before he does.

If we don’t build it, will they not come? Or will they just check in at the Holiday Inn in Mount Pleasant or West Ashley and drive downtown — circling, circling, circling the Market in search of a parking spot.

Well, The Citadel has again "spoken" and hijabs will not be seen as uniform items on campus anytime soon. With history as a strong indicator, this will some day make its way into the court system where alumni donations do not sway rational decision-making processes.

I have a simple suggestion for the Charleston County School District that is currently embroiled in a budgetary crisis. Before raising taxes, do what you can do to eliminate costs and generate revenue from existing assets.

Ever wonder why three out of eight adults are unemployed? Well, I know there are lots of retirees and lots of full-time mothers out there, but I also know there are probably as many as 20 million who could work, but won’t.

Don Seymour of Johns Island has won The Post and Courier’s Golden Pen award for April for his letter "Grieving father appeals for better alcohol-law enforcement."

The U.S. Department of Energy made some serious promises to South Carolina when it needed a place to bring tons of highly radioactive plutonium back in 2002. And now the DOE wants to renege in nearly every way.

If the slaughter of nine souls at Mother Emanuel AME Church doesn’t move the S.C. Legislature to take some reasonable action, what about plain old common sense?

Shelter magazines this time of year are fond of featuring expansive outdoor spaces with sprawling gardens and entertaining areas.

PHILADELPHIA — Trayvon Martin has often been in the thoughts of playwright and activist Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj in the four years since the 17-year-old unarmed black boy was shot and killed after a confrontation with neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.

NEW YORK — While Elton John and Katy Perry have hit the stage for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, and supporters of opponent Bernie Sanders include Bonnie Raitt and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s Rolodex of musicians-slash-friends is short. Really short.

The Charleston Jewish Community Center Without Walls and the Charleston Animal Society will be presenting Robert Weintraub, author of "No Greater Friend," a recounting of the friendship of an American POW and dog interred in Japan during World War II.

DARK MONEY: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right. By Jane Mayer. Doubleday. 464 pages. $29.95.

THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES. By Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. Sentinel. 238 pages. $27.95.

OLD AGE: A Beginner’s Guide. By Michael Kinsley. Foreword by Michael Lewis. 160 pages. Tim Duggan Books. $18.

ASBURY PARK, N.J. — In the Jersey shore city that gave Bruce Springsteen’s debut album its name, owners of the first new hotel to open there in more than 50 years hope they can convince locals and tourists alike that what was once considered a slum by the sea is now a destination with a bright future.

SANDRINGHAM, England — It is unique among royal residences, a country retreat that is the private property of Queen Elizabeth II, a place at once so private and so beguiling that King George V pronounced it "the place I love better than anywhere in the world."

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In the air travel hub of Dubai, there’s a new way to fly: A zip line run by extreme sports company XDubai.

By JOHN ROGERS

LOS ANGELES — It wasn’t quite the Red Wedding, but the end of last week brought viewers news of more than a dozen prime-time shows being axed to make room for new programs next season.

NEW YORK — Lucy Dahl, one of the late Roald Dahl’s five children, has special memories of birthdays.