The Department of Energy should halt construction on a nuclear waste reprocessing facility in South Carolina after an internal investigation found several safety flaws, the head of a nuclear nonproliferation group said Monday.

The 99-year-old Capitol Power Plant, which provides steam for heat and hot water in congressional buildings, is ending its distinction of being the only coal-burning facility in the District of Columbia.

South Carolina legislators on Wednesday voted to force the governor to take $350 million in federal stimulus cash that he has refused to request unless it is used to pare down state debt.

A South Carolina trooper caught on video bumping a running suspect with his patrol car is being required to do about 100 hours of community service.

A professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College who was fired over plagiarism allegations is suing the graduate school for $200 million.

A Columbia University professor who was fired over plagiarism allegations is suing the school for $200 million.

A man who confessed to raping and killing a South Carolina college student nearly three years ago is returning to court as his sentencing hearing resumes after a seven-month interruption.

A former publicist for James Brown is suing the singer’s estate for control of a charitable trust that contains much of the singer’s wealth.

In an important victory for the nation’s governors, the White House is acknowledging that state legislatures across the country can’t wrest control of $48.6 billion made available under the new federal stimulus law to help states cope with their budgets.

A former District of Columbia worker must stay in jail after his arrest in a probe that prompted his former boss to take a leave as computer chief to President Barack Obama.