From comic book art to Shakespeare and Japanese opera, the new season of the Spoleto Festival USA will be the largest ever, offering 160 performances during the 17 days the festival lights up stages across this seaside city.
South Carolina's unemployment dropped to its lowest rate in five years in April, state officials said Friday, a drop they attributed in part to increased hiring in preparation for the state's multi-billion-dollar summer tourist season.
Former White House chief of staff and University of North Carolina system president Erskine Bowles is giving the commencement address at Converse College.