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A woman from South Carolina has been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after she allegedly threw an ironing board at her girlfriend because she couldn’t find a sex toy.

In the second time in as many days, protesters challenged former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum over his opposition to marriage equality and other LGBT-specific issues on the campaign trail.

A mother of a gay son pressed former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum on his opposition to marriage for same-sex couples at a campaign stop in Myrtle Beach, S.C., coffee shop on Monday.

Charleston has been honored as the top American travel destination by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine. Charleston was No. 2 on the list last year.

In the past 10 years as Chicago has lost more than 17 percent of its black population, one soul food place after another has closed and the surviving few are struggling. A tradition is dying in a place where southern cooking came north.

Rodeo Restaurant & Bar is bringing some southern charm to Wilton Drive. Open for lunch and dinner, the new establishment specializes in Southwestern, Tex-Mex, Barbeque, and Cajun/Creole dishes.

Rural Mississippi is the country’s fattest state for the seventh year in a row, according to an annual obesity report issued Thursday.

Dolly Parton has hoisted the Jolly Roger on the South Carolina coast with the opening of Pirates Voyage, the new dinner theater show that takes the place of her popular Western-themed Dixie Stampede.

An openly gay 19-year-old man was beaten by a mob outside a convenience store on the evening of April 9 in South Carolina. The state has no hate crimes laws on the books, but the FBI is looking into the matter.

Win some, lose some: LGBT supporters lost big in November, but we won DADT repeal. The Smithsonian pulled a gay AIDS exhibit, but some GOP leaders espouse our cause. What gives? Matt Pilecki takes a look at where we stand with the Party of Lincoln.