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Chloe Kitts available for No. 1 South Carolina after sitting out a game due to academic suspension
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina forward Chloe Kitts will be available to play Thursday after missing the top-ranked Gamecocks last game due to an academic suspension. Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley said everyone, including Kitts, would be ready to play when the team opens its...
Murray-Boyles scores 27 points in 80-54 win over Towson
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Collin Murray-Boyles scored 27 points, was a rebound shy of a double-double and led South Carolina to an 80-54 win over Towson on Tuesday night. Murray-Boyles shot 9-of-12 from the floor an 9 of 10 from the line in leading the Gamecocks (2-1), who shot 50%....
2 more escaped monkeys recaptured and enjoying peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in South Carolina
YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Two more monkeys have been returned to the South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research, authorities said Tuesday. Only 11 of the 43 Rhesus macaques that escaped last week now remain outside the Alpha Genesis facility in Yemassee,...
No. 23 South Carolina's charge powered by Raheim 'Rocket' Sanders
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina tailback Raheim Sanders has proven the past few weeks why he's got the well-earned nickname, “Rocket.” When he gets going, Sanders is near impossible to catch. “When I see that green grass, I think, ‘Man, lovely,’”...
Towson takes on South Carolina following Sulaiman's 20-point showing
Towson Tigers (1-1) at South Carolina Gamecocks (1-1) Columbia, South Carolina; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Gamecocks -7.5; over/under is 134 BOTTOM LINE: Towson visits South Carolina after Tomiwa Sulaiman scored 20 points in Towson's...
South Carolina lab recaptures 5 more escaped monkeys but 13 are still loose
YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Employees at a South Carolina compound that breeds monkeys for medical research have recaptured five more animals that escaped last week from an enclosure that wasn't fully locked. As of Monday afternoon, 30 of the 43 monkeys that made it outside the Alpha...
Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony
CHURCH CREEK, Md. (AP) — Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was posthumously awarded the rank of general on Monday. Dozens gathered on Veterans Day at the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad...
Tennessee fugitive accused of killing a man and lying about a bear chase is caught in South Carolina
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A fugitive accused of killing a man in Tennessee and trying to pass off the body as someone else's by calling 911, identifying himself as that person and saying he had fallen off a cliff while being chased by a bear has been captured in South Carolina, authorities said. ...
South Carolina does not set a date for the next execution after requests for a holiday pause
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Supreme Court has not set a date for the state's next execution after lawyers for four inmates out of appeals asked them to postpone deaths until after Christmas and New Year's. The justices typically issue notices on Fridays because it gives...
Towson visits South Carolina following Wright's 20-point showing
Towson Tigers (1-1) at South Carolina Gamecocks (1-1) Columbia, South Carolina; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: South Carolina plays Towson after Jacobi Wright scored 20 points in South Carolina's 86-64 victory over the South Carolina State Bulldogs. ...
