WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- George Washington University issued the following news: The parachuting, venomous Joro spider was apparently spotted in a Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood, a reported sighting that may confirm these spiders appear to be moving north. According to USA Today, the invasive spiders were first spotted in Georgia ten years ago and they've spread across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee, with reports of the spider in Alabama, Maryland, Oklahoma and West Vi  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 1 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Sept. 30, 2024: (ORANGEBURG, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today the launch of the 1st Judicial Circuit Regional Human Trafficking Task Force from the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office. The regional task force launched to coordinate anti-human trafficking efforts in Orangeburg, Calhoun, and Dorchester counties. Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter, Orangeburg County Sherif  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Oct. 1 -- The South Carolina Educational Television Network issued the following news release: South Carolina ETV and Public Radio (SCETV) is excited to announce the newest installment of SCETV Safe Space, an award-winning program dedicated to youth mental health. This new episode will focus on teen stress and premiere on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. on ETV-HD. Viewers can also watch the broadcast on the SCETV website, YouTube channel or Facebook page. American teenagers are so s  more

ROCK HILL, South Carolina, Oct. 1 (TNSres) -- Winthrop University issued the following news: * * * HIGHLIGHTS * Faculty member Daniel Stovall and his students will use the grant to study how a gene, RYBP, is altered in the cells of the most common and lethal central nervous system tumor called glioblastoma. * Stovall is the first faculty member at Winthrop to receive the Support for Research Excellence First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award from the National Institutes of Health's Nat  more