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While friends Chiara Cox and Elen Callahan did not grow up together, they share a similar journey. They were both born in the Philippines, but eventually moved to the United States. Although they sought to assimilate into their new American culture, they began to long for the people and traditions they had once known in their youth.
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Yusef Jackson said Tuesday that his father was discharged from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. -
The South Carolina Department of Public Health says three more people in the Upstate have become ill, bringing the total number of measles cases in the current outbreak to 55. The department encourages the public to be mindful amid the holiday season. -
South Carolina's Department of Education budget request says the agency will ask the Legislature next year to spend $150 million to help raise the state's minimum teacher pay to $50,500. -
The makers of ByHeart infant formula say tests of products tied to a botulism outbreak show that all of the company's products may have been contaminated. At least 31 babies in 15 states have been sickened in the outbreak that began in August. -
The philanthropic arm of Wells Fargo is providing $600,000 to the South Carolina Research Authority to fund the Cultivating Innovation in SC Agribusiness grant program. -
The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is underway with AAA estimating nearly 82 million Americans will travel via either by car or plane.
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Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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Courtesy of Historic ColumbiaThis week we'll be talking with Dr. Jennifer Whitmer Taylor of Duquesne University about her book, Rebirth: Creating the Museum of the Reconstruction Era and the Future of the House Museum (2025, University of SC Press).In Rebirth, Taylor provides a compelling account of how to reenvision the historic house museum. Using the Museum of the Reconstruction Era—known as the Woodrow Wilson Family Home for most of its many years as a house museum—as a case study, Taylor explores the challenges and possibilities that face public history practitioners and museum professionals who provide complex interpretations of contested public memory. -
PBSThis week Walter will be talking with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about the American Revolution, focusing on the routing of the British and their allies by revolutionary Partisans during Cornwallis’ Southern campaign.Ken will also tell us a bit about his upcoming PBS documentary, The American Revolution. The six-part, 12-hour documentary series explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence.
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Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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SCETV/SCETVOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 22, 2025: we look at the Senate Medical Affairs subcommittee that failed to advance that restrictive abortion bill this week; we delve into a damning investigation into former House Rep. RJ May and the Freedom Caucus; we also get an update on projected revenues lawmakers will have to appropriate with next year; and more!
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Provided/MUSCThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Katherine Chetta about donor milk for premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. -
MUSCThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Amanda Kastrinos about young adults caring for parents with cancer.
Nation and World
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Thanksgiving is a day to gather with loved ones and give thanks, but why stop there? Research shows that practicing gratitude year-round can transform your outlook, boost happiness, and strengthen relationships. -
Conflict resolution is one of the most valuable life skills students learn in school. Disagreements are an important part of collaborating as a team, and research shows that cognitive muscles are strengthened when students are exposed to ideas that challenge them to think differently.
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This week on Who What When, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving with a veritable feast of games fit for the holiday. -
Don’t change the channel, don’t touch that dial, because this week, we’re delving into the history of television.
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Thanksgiving has a complicated origin story, but it remains a great opportunity to express gratitude. Morning Edition host Michel Martin explains why that is. -
As Washington escalates pressure on Venezuela, any push for regime change risks becoming a costly, dangerous gamble — not the quick fix President Trump might hope for. -
Jeff de Boer has made an entire career out of crafting tiny plate armor. He's compelled by the idea of the underdog finding an edge; something so small being so well-protected. -
The incoming mayor of New York City has had a volatile relationship with President Trump. They recently had a surprisingly cordial meeting. New Yorkers say they are still feeling on edge. -
With job losses, food benefit reductions and higher prices, many in the U.S. are having to scrimp this holiday season. -
One journalist gifted Pope Leo XIV a Thanksgiving pumpkin pie as he began his first overseas tour to Turkey and Lebanon, accompanied by the world's press. -
A massive fire tore through a high-rise housing complex in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Authorities say dozens of people have died and hundreds are missing.
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A transcript of the call appears to show Steve Witkoff coaching his Russian counterpart on how they could get a better deal to end the war in Ukraine -
President Trump said the suspected shooter came to the U.S. from Afghanistan in 2021. The administration plans to send 500 more Guard personnel to the nation's capital in response to the attack. -
Retailers use marketing techniques to get you to spend more, like creating a false sense of urgency or creating artificial discounts. Outsmart the gimmicks with these tips.
