Microsoft has offered 60,000 employees, or about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts as the software giant spends heavily on artificial intelligence. The company’s voluntary exit offer was available to eligible employees in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States, the company’s Chief People Officer Amy Coleman wrote in a blog post Monday. “The Voluntary Exit Offer is new for us,” Coleman wrote. “We’ll learn from it. At the same time

Laika Studios' "Wildwood," a 16-year stop-motion masterpiece, transforms Portland, Oregon's landmarks and a fantastical tale into a technical marvel.

Whidden’s Marina celebrated its 100th Anniverary with what the marina is built on: Family – Annabelle Coleman with the next generation Lane James Frost, Food – Dusty McGonigal with the fried mullet, Friends – Bill Caldwell, Capt. Bill Miller and Gordon McBride, Music by Michael Haymans with the Hibisicus Band and a little rain. More […]

Three candidates — James Pericola, Ralph Groves and Joe Strada — are vying to succeed Rep. Daniel Webster. Strada declined to respond to the questions.

A South Carolina family is raising hard questions about how schools handle life-skills programs for students with disabilities. Jeremiah and Felicia Sams say their son Will, a Lakewood High School student on the autism spectrum, was told to clean tables and floors in the cafeteria in Sumter. The school described it as a “work study…

All three drivers suffered non-life-threatening injuries, authorities say.