The chaplains were seen grouped, arm-in-arm, together on the keel of the ship as it was swallowed up into the depths of the ocean.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster denied clemency for the man set to be executed Friday night for a 2001 Dorchester County murder.

As recalled by the non-profit Stories Behind the Stars organization, the disaster on Feb. 3, 1943 created one of World War II’s most enduring symbols of valor, service and sacrifice, the four ...