The Columbia Fireflies are heading back to the local TV lineup this weekend, and fans in the Midlands can tune in without paying a dime. The broadcast comes from Palmetto Sports & Entertainment, which airs the games on free over‑the‑air channels. If you’re in the Charleston area, the next three game
Germany’s finance ministry announced that the six largest EU economies have reached a common view on a European Commission plan to bring capital market oversight under a single authority. The proposal, introduced in December, would shift control from national regulators to the European Securities
In many hospitals, nurses now use evidence‑based practices to keep patients safe and care quality high. Yet the leaders who guide these nurses often lack clear direction, especially in China’s large and complex health system. Researchers set out to discover what skills a leader needs to push evid
People often hear about limits for safe drinking, but they rarely think about how those limits affect everyday happiness. A recent study took existing data and examined whether the way people drink is linked to how good they feel in life. Researchers looked at patterns of alcohol use and measured qu
Classicism is a style that looks back to the art of ancient Greece and Rome. It has rules about balance, proportion, and beauty that feel timeless. In the 20th and 21st centuries, Europe still used these rules, but it mixed them with new ideas. Art nouveau added flowing lines and natural sh
The writer once imagined a typewriter that could make what it typed happen. A line he wrote in 1987 about rainbows and roses in Dallas somehow came true, though not exactly as pictured. The story centers on a baby girl born in 1987 after her mother’s emergency surgery because of severe high blood
The Cleveland Museum of Art will host a special event on December 10 that mixes comedy, film history and holiday cheer. The program is called “A John Waters Christmas” and will start at 7 p. m. in the Gartner Auditorium. Tickets are available from May 29, priced between $42. 50 and $65, and can be b
An artist in Brooklyn has turned her studio into a living laboratory, where tiny organisms and flying robots mingle to ask big questions about life. Her work shows how bacteria can paint, perfume, and even build ecosystems that grow on their own. In a park in New York’s Hudson Valley she set up colu
Kalshi, a platform known for its prediction markets, has announced plans to offer perpetual futures contracts that focus on cryptocurrencies. This move gives American traders a regulated alternative to the many offshore exchanges that currently dominate this space. Perpetual futures, or “perps, ” d
Former Ukrainian police officers are accused of turning their training into a crime ring that kidnapped crypto business owners and stole more than two million dollars. The investigation, finished by the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, names four ex‑police men and one civilian who had a prior c
