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“C” is for Chester [Chester County; population 6,476]. In 1791 Chesterville (shortened to Chester in the 19th century) was surveyed to be the Chester…

The financial leader in the South Carolina Senate has proposed nearly $2 billion in income tax cuts and rebates. The plan by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Harvey Peeler adds an even larger number to the debate on cutting taxes heating up in the General Assembly. Peeler's plan would drop the state's top tax rate of 7% down to 5.7% when people file their returns next year. That would cost nearly $900 million. Peeler also wants to give $1 billion of one-time rebates to taxpayers, but the Gaffney Republican said he is still working on those details. Gov Henry McMaster and Republican House leaders proposed cutting the top state income tax rate from 7% to 6.5% on Tuesday.

Swift's The Tortured Poets Department has been the biggest album in the country for 12 consecutive weeks, the longest run atop that chart of her career.

Osaka has been the face of these Olympics and was chosen to light the cauldron in the opening ceremony. She easily won her first two tennis matches but lost in the third round.

The Color Purple is now the second-biggest Christmas Day opening in history — $18 million on day one of its release.

May 2, 2023 — Comments from Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) about his expected 2024 presidential campaign; Christale Spain becomes the first Black woman to chair the South Carolina Democratic Party; a look at the final days of the state legislative session; and more.

Vashti Cunningham, 18, is on a roll. She set a world junior record and won the world indoor championship in March, while still in high school. She has now turned pro and has her eyes set on Rio.

Towns was widely expected to be chosen first. He and the other top two picks each played only one season in college.

Bad Bunny, who had the most-streamed album of both 2022 and 2023, seems to have another potential juggernaut on his hands. But to top the chart this week he had to hold off an unlikely challenger.

In our weekly series, Lost and Found Sound, a collaboration between NPR and independent producers, we learn about self-appointed disc-jockey Eric Byron.