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St. John’s Parish Church (ruins), located east of present-day Moncks Corner, was authorized in 1706 but had to wait until 1708 for its boundaries to be defined from the northern

The St. Charles Public Library hosts Great Decisions, America's largest discussion program on world affairs administered and produced by the Foreign Policy Association. This month’s discussion will...

Whether you want to illuminate your living room or banish darkness from your desk, this buying guide has lamps to suit every space and budget

The weather outside may be cold, but its not too early to begin planning your spring garden. The St. Charles Public Librarys annual Seed Swap and Seed Library Kickoff will be Saturday, Feb. 18.

Did you know that Jewish people have lived on the Caribbean island of Barbados since 1628? There is now a Barbados Synagogue Historic District located

Hebron Rabbi Spoke on Shavuot in 1773 Newport The Israeli rabbi spoke on the holiday at the then decade old Touro Synagogue. The Touro Synagogue, built in 1963, is America’s oldest synagogue. Here is a piece I first wrote 40 years ago (unbelievable). The story once known, now forgotten. The date was May 28, 1773, the first day of Shavuot 5533. The place: the Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I. The rabbi who delivered the sermon was a visitor from Hebron, Palestine. The synagogue was filled for t...

>> its a history of the korean revolution as portrayed by 120,000 people doing a simultaneous pantomime. >> reporter: on a tour of the great peoples library, even a reading desk is linked to the supreme leader. a tour guide said kim jong-il invented it. >> really, in this bubble in which all you see around you is the state media, and the information that the regime wants you to see. theres no place in the world that has that kind of informational control. >> reporter: charles armstrong is the di...

Signed between the dprk and u.n. >> reporter: the footage was taken by media that produced dennis rodmans controversial trip to north korea in february. while that trip made the most headlines, vice made other trips, getting rare access into a country the world rarely sees. and theres the choreographed displays north korea wants the world to see. >> its a history of the korean revolution as portrayed by 120,000 people doing a simultaneous pantomime. >> reporter: on a tour of the great peoples li...