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From the HERE City State DeskHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — South Carolina’s 24th-ranked men’s soccer team opens Sun Belt Tournament play Sunday night against third-seeded UCF, a 7 p.m. kickoff at Hoops Family Field with a spot in the semifinals at stake. The Gamecocks are the No. 6 seed after a 10-5-2…
From the HERE City National DeskHOUSTON, Texas — Center back Lukas MacNaughton waited until the last attack of the MLS regular season to deliver, scoring in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time Saturday night as St. Louis CITY SC edged the Houston Dynamo 1-0 at Shell Energy Stadium and…
From the HERE City National DeskHONG KONG — American Claire Liu captured the first WTA Tour singles title of her career Sunday, closing the Hong Kong Tennis Open final with nine straight games to beat second seed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-3, 6-0 at Victoria Park. The opening set…
From the HERE City National DeskSOUTH BEND, Ind. — Top-ranked Miami is unbeaten no more. Notre Dame jumped out to a 24-3 cushion early in the third quarter Saturday night and then survived a frantic Hurricanes comeback for a 31-24 victory at Notre Dame Stadium. Both teams now sit at…
From the HERE City National DeskAUSTIN, Texas — Portland needed only three minutes on Decision Day to take control. Ariel Lassiter beat the Austin FC back line for an early goal, Kristoffer Velde doubled the margin in the 70th minute, and the Timbers won 2-0 at Q2 Stadium Saturday night…
From the HERE City National DeskFOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots will again be without wide receiver A.J. Brown when they host the Green Bay Packers at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, but the team is hopeful the 29-year-old can rejoin the lineup once the Week 11 bye is behind…
From the HERE City National DeskMADRID, Spain — The NFL takes over one of the most famous soccer venues on the planet Sunday when the Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons meet at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, and Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor arrived with a bold claim about his quarterback. At his…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO, Ill. — The second weekend of the Illinois High School Association football playoffs delivered one of its wildest finishes in Antioch, where ninth-seeded Sycamore knocked off the top seed 32-28 in a Class 5A game Saturday. Antioch appeared to score on a long heave…
From the HERE City National DeskWACO, Texas — Texas junior Oliver Ojakaar locked up a place in the NCAA Division I singles championships on Saturday by winning his quarterfinal at the ITA Central Sectional Championships. Ojakaar, the No. 2 seed and No. 43 in the national rankings, beat Oklahoma's Tito…
From the HERE City National DeskCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets expect to know more Monday about forward Brandon Miller, who hurt his right groin in the second quarter Friday night and sat out the rest of a 119-80 home rout by the Boston Celtics. Coach Charles Lee said after…
Events
FLORENCE, S.C. — The SC Pecan Music and Food Festival returns to downtown Florence on Saturday, and organizers expect roughly 50,000 people to fill a footprint that stretches across 11 blocks. Festival chairman George Jebaily put the yearly economic impact on the city at about $3 million. This year brings…
From the HERE City State Desk
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — State utility regulators will collect public comments at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Lonnie Hamilton III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridgeview Drive, on NextEra Energy’s plan to buy Dominion Energy’s parent company, a deal valued at about $67 billion. Dominion Energy and NextEra submitted their merger…
From Merger Monday
The New Orleans City Council approved a 45-year tax arrangement on Thursday for the planned Omni New Orleans, one of the last local steps for a $625 million convention headquarters hotel across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Rather than paying a conventional property-tax bill, the Dallas-based developers would make…
From Merger Monday
Fox Corp. borrowed $10.4 billion on Friday as it completed its roughly $22 billion purchase of Roku Inc., drawing $2 billion under an amended term loan and $8.4 billion under a new bridge facility to cover part of the cash it owed Roku holders. An 8-K filed with the Securities and…
Traffic
FLORENCE, S.C. — Drivers heading east on Hoffmeyer Road in Florence will need another route next week, when the city shuts both eastbound lanes between West Evans Street and Five Points for the second phase of its sewer repair work. The closure runs Monday, Nov. 9, through Friday, Nov. 13,…
Traffic
FLORENCE, S.C. — In Florence County, Interstate 95 drivers heading over the Great Pee Dee River will lose a lane in each direction overnight early next week while state crews look over and maintain the bridges. The South Carolina Department of Transportation plans to shut the left lane on the…
Traffic
FLORENCE, S.C. — Two people suffered critical injuries early Friday when two pickup trucks met head-on on East Palmetto Street in Florence County, and the South Carolina Highway Patrol has taken over the investigation. The call came in at about 12:10 a.m., and the county fire service, Florence County Fire…
From the HERE City National Desk
NEW YORK — Four days after winning a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, Democrat James Talarico walked onto the Saturday Night Live stage, appearing unannounced in the show's first cold open since the midterm elections. The sketch opened with cast members playing Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic…
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