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People walk near the New York Stock Exchange in June. The S&P 500 index has fully recovered from its plunge earlier this year when the pandemic began shutting down much of the economy.

The Big Comeback: S&P 500 Closes At Record High 6 Months After Coronavirus Plunge

After plummeting 34% from its prior peak, the stock index has staged a steady recovery — gaining more than 50% since March, when lockdowns shut down much of the economy.

The cover of "Storm at the Capitol" and author Mary Clare Jalonick. (Courtesy of PublicAffairs and David Baratz)

'Storm at the Capitol': Oral history book lays out Jan. 6 attack minute by minute

Five years ago, supporters of President Trump tried to stop the certification of the 2020 election.

Sen. Lindsey Graham held a roundtable discussion with leaders at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston on Friday about improving access to telemedicine in the state.

SC Lede: COVID-19 — The Information Superhighway Of Shame

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for May 30, 2020, we bring you major broadband discussion from several top lawmakers, medical professionals,…

House lawmakers returned to Columbia this week for a two-day organizational session ahead of the new legislative session which begins January 12.

SC Lede: COVID-19 — All Hands On Deck

On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for December 5, 2020, we look ahead to what's coming for state lawmakers in 2021, hear more about the Palmetto…

Spoleto Backstage: Paganini And Schubert

This episode of Spoleto Backstage rounds out Geoff Nuttall’s list of top Spoleto Festival chamber performances from the past decade with a 2011 program…

The University of South Carolina recently hosted a virtual question and answer session with Professor Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Center for Antiracist Research and author of the book, "How to Be an Anti-Racist."

SC Lede: Anti-racism And You!

This episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 17, 2020 features: a continued look into the 2020 election with two of South Carolina's top political…

Violin family: Into the woods

The members of the violin family—the violin, viola, cello, and double bass—are made of wood. But on any one instrument you may find four or even five different kinds of wood.

Glacial relics

Recently, our team went to Hartsville and filmed at Kalmia Gardens. Director Dan Hill took us down the slope on that property which drops sixty feet to Black Creek. Several plants there are glacial relicts – they moved down ahead of the glaciers during the Pleistocene era.

Hurricane lilies?

I don’t think the person who gave the common name Hurricane Lily to what I’ve always called spider lilies, Lycoris radiata, meant to cast aspersions on them.

“H” is for Heyward, Duncan Clinch (1864-1943)

“H” is for Heyward, Duncan Clinch (1864-1943). Governor. Espousing a progressive agenda, Clinch touted reforms to advance the “general welfare” of the state.

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