State & Regional

South Carolina should remove the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds if it wants to grow its economy, a Democrat running for governor said Thursday.

The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.

A foreign currencies trader who cheated investors in more than 20 states to support a lavish lifestyle and buy presents for a girlfriend has been sentenced to 24 years in prison.

When an ambulance brought Daniel Webb home from the hospital after he hurt his knee in March, paramedics warned the then 550-pound man he probably wouldn't be able to get up from his recliner if they put him there, his wife said.

South Carolina lawmakers plan to formally consider impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford for the first time next week, the chairman of the committee beginning that work said Friday.

Three South Carolina men accused of bilking people out of more than $80 million lied about how they would invest their money, so it doesn't matter if investors knew it was risky, prosecutors said Thursday.

When the U.S. House admonished Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a health care speech to Congress, it not only lit up talk show lines, but also sent many people scurrying to the Internet in search of a definition.

Sheriff's deputies have seized more than $100,000 in counterfeit goods after raiding a South Carolina flea market.

Authorities have accused a South Carolina man in jail on a murder charge of severely beating a fellow inmate after an argument during a game of dominoes.

Merriam-Webster's annual Words of the Year dating to 2003, when the publisher started making the selection: