Новости за 17.03.2016

St. Patrick’s Day just seems out of whack this year.

Marco Rubio started the race for his party’s nomination young. Too young, if you ask Jeb Bush, his political big brother, or if you listen to Donald Trump, as many did.

WASHINGTON — Sen. John Cornyn recalls visiting a Texas prison where some inmates taking shop classes could not read tape measures. Cornyn, who was previously a district court judge and Texas Supreme Court justice, knows that prisons are trying to teach literacy and vocations, trying to cope with the mental illnesses of many...

Two years ago last month, I filed a public-records request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of my reporting into the flawed response to Hurricane Sandy. Then, I waited.

Presidents nominate Supreme Court justices. The Senate decides whether to confirm them. The Constitution is clear on that process.

In announcing the withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria, Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that Russia’s objectives there had "overall been fulfilled." That raises anew the troubling question of what those objectives actually are as Mr. Putin positions himself for more leverage in peace talks on the tragic, protracted Syrian...

You know what I hate most about the government? The fact that twice a year it messes around with my sleeping schedule. That makes me madder — in both senses of the word — than a Trump supporter.

I understand what State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman is talking about in the March 15 front page article, but sometimes you really wonder when it is time to stop talking and getting quoted and quit while you are ahead — the "less said, the better."

All South Carolinians should be proud of the record turnout of our citizens in both the Republican and Democratic primaries. Over a million of us voted and showed that civic participation is alive and well in our state.

I recently went to the VA hospital for a routine visit, which was one of many over the years.

The Powder Magazine museum volunteers and staff would like to thank those in our community who supported our education programming by playing in the "Charleston History Trivia Bowl" and making it a rousing success.

I am constantly misjudged as dumb and senile, and am taken advantage of, as I know many other elderly folks are. The world is crazy.

Charleston is one of the brightest gems along the entire 2,900-mile East Coast Greenway route from Maine to Florida.

CAPERTON, William Allen, 64, of North Charleston, a former retail salesman, died Tuesday. Arrangements by Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation and Burial Services.

BOGNAR, Audrey,

Believe it or not, even though my family became full-time residents of James Island in 1960 when I was 4, even though I grew up on Maybank Highway, still have family there, and even though I work just down off Folly Road, I’m here to tell you that I’d never once set foot on what’s left of the old McLeod Plantation in any...

Wow, John Kasich.

TORONTO, March 17 (Reuters) - Some of Canada's top pension funds, among the world's biggest investors in British real estate and infrastructure, are holding back on UK deals until after Britons vote on whether to leave the European Union, according to senior executives.

Charleston Fashion Week started out in 2007 as a series of runway shows under a tent in Marion Square, to mostly showcase local models and Lowcountry shops’ spring collections. This week, the event celebrates its 10th year in the park and the many milestones it’s achieved along the way. Since its inception, Charleston Fashion Week...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's parliament began an acrimonious final sitting day before a May budget on Thursday, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull considering dissolving both houses of parliament and calling an early election to end a hostile Senate.

* Says renewables' share in energy mix should double to 36 pct

* Says renewables' share in energy mix should double to 36 pct

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp said it plans to invest 360 billion yen ($3.2 billion) to build a new semiconductor facility in Japan, showing it wants to grow its chip business even as it eyes the sale of other units such as appliances and healthcare.

BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Protests erupted in several Brazilian cities on Wednesday after President Dilma Rousseff named her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva chief of staff and a taped conversation fed opposition claims the move was meant to shield Lula from prosecution.

The Asian concert tour of David Foster, with Gerphil Flores, has begun on March 16, 2016.