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Pickens, County (FOX Carolina) – The Pickens County sheriff said one inmate is dead and another is back behind bars after they escaped the Pickens County Prison early Tuesday morning. Deputies say around 2:40 a.m. two to three inmates physically assaulted two  detention officers in what Sheriff Rick Clark called a “pre-meditated plan to escape from the facility.”  Around 2:53 a.m. Sheriff Clark says the first 911…

A portrait of former President George H.W. Bush and his family in front of their Kennebunkport, Maine, home in 1986. Newsmakers/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Newsmakers/Getty Images A portrait of former President George H.W. Bush and his family in front of their Kennebunkport, Maine, home in 1986. Newsmakers/Getty Images Former President George H.W. Bush will be honored with a state funeral Wednesday at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C….

Rep. Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsThree Republicans battle to succeed Meadows at House Freedom Caucus Jordan wins Oversight leading role for House GOP in surprise move Meadows penned ‘confidential’ plan to fight back against Dem probes into Trump: report MORE (R-N.C.) is characterizing special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE‘s sentencing report on former national security advisor Michael Flynn as “good…

A portrait of former President George H.W. Bush and his family in front of their Kennebunkport, Maine, home in 1986. Newsmakers/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Newsmakers/Getty Images A portrait of former President George H.W. Bush and his family in front of their Kennebunkport, Maine, home in 1986. Newsmakers/Getty Images Former President George H.W. Bush will be honored with a state funeral Wednesday at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C….

Rep. Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsThree Republicans battle to succeed Meadows at House Freedom Caucus Jordan wins Oversight leading role for House GOP in surprise move Meadows penned ‘confidential’ plan to fight back against Dem probes into Trump: report MORE (R-N.C.) is characterizing special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE‘s sentencing report on former national security advisor Michael Flynn as “good…

Rep. Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsThree Republicans battle to succeed Meadows at House Freedom Caucus Jordan wins Oversight leading role for House GOP in surprise move Meadows penned ‘confidential’ plan to fight back against Dem probes into Trump: report MORE (R-N.C.) is characterizing special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE‘s sentencing report on former national security advisor Michael Flynn as “good…

A portrait of former President George H.W. Bush and his family in front of their Kennebunkport, Maine, home in 1986. Newsmakers/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Newsmakers/Getty Images A portrait of former President George H.W. Bush and his family in front of their Kennebunkport, Maine, home in 1986. Newsmakers/Getty Images Former President George H.W. Bush will be honored with a state funeral Wednesday at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C….

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No sooner had President Trump helped reinvigorate a badly listing stock market by finally talking nice about trade with China than he utterly ruined it by pronouncing himself “Tariff Man” in an astonishingly wrongheaded tweet. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 800 points (3.1 percent) for the day, almost entirely in response to Trump brandishing his trade-warrior regalia by saying that trade amounts to foreigners “raid[ing] the great wealth…

Jeffrey Epstein, pictured in 2006, reached a settlement with lawyer Bradley Edwards in a defamation suit on Tuesday. Edwards represents several women who have accused Epstein of sexual abuse and molestation when they were underage. Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office/AP hide caption toggle caption Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office/AP Jeffrey Epstein, a multimillionaire hedge fund manager accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, reached a last-minute settlement on Tuesday in a…

Photo credit: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Sometimes, the lesser known racing rules are some of the best. Everyone knows drivers can’t pass for position below the yellow line at Daytona and Talladega in a NASCAR race, but you can bet most people don’t know it’s a $25,000 fine if a “simulated weight” to replace an in-car television camera isn’t heavy enough. The rule is almost funny to think about at…

McKenzie Gregoire suffered so many concussions playing soccer, doctors made her quit. She spent her senior season as Shakopee’s team manager. Sara Johnson’s first soccer concussion came in eighth grade. Four years later, she suffered another one playing for Fridley, forcing her out of the game she loves. Haley Ramberg blacked out from a soccer concussion two years ago for Blaine. She missed one month of school as her head…

Justin Bieber had a special fan cheering him on at his hockey game Wednesday night: ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez. The former flames — who dated on-and-off from 2011 to 2015 – have been fueling relationship reconciliation rumors while spending time together in the wake of Gomez’s split from The Weeknd. On Wednesday, they were photographed side by side leaving the Los Angeles Valley Ice Center in Ventura, California. Gomez, 25, arrived at the game dressed in an…

LOS ANGELES —  As it begins preparations to stage the 2028 Olympic Games, the U.S. city of Los Angeles hopes to avoid the high costs that have hurt other host cities in recent years. In some cases, financial worries prompted other cities to drop their bids to host the Games. Organizers in Los Angeles, though, are applying lessons in efficiency and frugality from two earlier times the city staged the…

Allow me to get romantic about baseball. Not quite like Carlos Correa popping the question to girlfriend Daniella Rodriguez on national TV romantic, but in the same vein. If you’ve been following me this season, you’ve noticed I have a, um, propensity to get heated about certain things surrounding baseball.  MORE: Three takeaways from the Astros’ World Series win Like the anti-Bryce Harper folks. Or the seeming lack of intelligence of umpires….

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have hired Tony La Russa to serve as a vice president and special assistant on its baseball operations staff. The Red Sox announced the hiring Thursday. In his new role, he’ll work under Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski in all areas of baseball operations, including player development and consultation with the major and minor league staffs. La Russa served the past…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State announced its 2018 baseball schedule Wednesday, a slate that includes 37 home games at Dick Howser Stadium and 21 games against teams that participated in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. “This will be an exciting year against another tough slate of opponents,” head coach Mike Martin said. “We think our fans will enjoy the teams coming to Tallahassee, but our road schedule is a challenge as well….

Photo: Matt Rourke/Associated Press Christine Whitman was governor of New Jersey, and she knew just what could fix the ailing city of Camden: A baseball stadium. It was December 14, 1999. The Delaware River Port Authority would vote the next day on whether to authorize the construction of a baseball stadium on the waterfront. The new stadium would be just to the south of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Directly to…

The Boston Red Sox will pursue two types of players with one being the immediate impact and the other a reclamation project. Here are some reclamation possibilities. MILWAUKEE, WI – MAY 10: Kyle Kendrick (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) The Boston Red Sox are the same as every other team in major league baseball when they scan to see who has been released or elected to become a free agent…