South Carolina braces for dangerously high temperatures and heat index values starting Saturday, prompting warnings across the region.

South Carolina women's basketball forward Ashlyn Watkins will not play for the Gamecocks, coach Dawn Staley for the 2025-26 season.

South Carolina forward Ashlyn Watkins is taking a year off from basketball, she announced on social media Friday. In her statement she said she will “come back even stronger” in the 2026-27 season.

South Carolina forward Ashlyn Watkins announced on social media Friday she is going to sit out the 2025-26 season. Watkins averaged 7.2 points per game last season but tore her ACL in January, which sidelined her for the rest of the season.

A dance instructor faces charges for serving alcohol to minors, showing explicit photos and inappropriately touching students after parents alleged vulgar behavior.

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer runs alongside his team as South Carolina linebacker Demetrius Knight Jr. (17) celebrates his interception during second-half action in Clemson, S.C. on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. Travis Bell Sideline Carolina

The National Weather Service has issued severe thunderstorm warnings for New York City and parts of the Hudson Valley, New Jersey and Connecticut, with expected wind gusts of up to 70 mph and potential hail. The National Hurricane Center said July 25 a large stretch of the Gulf Coast could see heavy rainfall through Sunday morning.

Saumen Kundu, an Indian national on an H-1B visa and employee of Cognizant, tragically drowned at Sea Pines on Hilton Head Island after being caught i