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The department says Florida Career College broke the rules to help students qualify for federal student loans, many of whom later dropped out with steep debts and no certificate to show for it.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera about the increasing volume of criticism surrounding the NCAA and its governance of college sports. Nocera will be in Atlanta, covering the start of the Final Four tournament.

Spanning the decades between the late 1890s and early 1960s, The Johnson Collection’s new exhibition and its companion book, Central to Their Lives:…

Inflation and interest rates continue to dominate investor conversations these days. In fact, our next guest says that two of the biggest questions he is hearing from his clients in this market environment are: “Will inflation continue to be elevated?” and “Is there any safe place to earn more yield?” Mike Switzer interviews Stephen “Scotty” Scott, a certified financial planner with Abacus Planning Group in Columbia, SC.

“C” is for the Charleston Riot [1876]. As the crucial local, state, and national elections of 1876 approached, tensions between the races in South Carolina reached a boiling point.

Host Amanda McNulty shares a shocking statistic regarding North America's bird population.

“N” is for Nuclear power. The first time nuclear power was used to generate electricity in South Carolina was a small 17 megawatt experimental prototype by South Carolina Electric and Gas (and partners) at Parr from 1963 to 1967.

Blending jazz and rock styles showed that rock could be smart and sophisticated while remaining fun, energetic, and popular.

The first debate of the 2016 presidential campaign season is Thursday, Aug. 6. With so many Republican candidates trying to get on stage, what should voters be looking for?

Everybody who files an income tax return in South Carolina would get a rebate check of at least $100 in a bill being considered by the state Senate. That includes the more than 1 million people who pay no state income tax. The rebates make up about half of a $2 billion package. A subcommittee sent the bill to the full Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. The measure also would cut the top income tax rate from 7% to 5.7%. The Senate proposal doubles the money put into tax cuts by the House, which unanimously passed its own tax package without a rebate last week.