Category Archives: WPTF News
Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games starting Thursday ...
Feb 20, 2025
Snowy roads lead to hundreds of Virginia and North Carolina crashes as Arctic air brings record cold
By BEN FINLEY, MAKIYA SEMINERA and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Officials in Virginia and North Carolina asked drivers to avoid travel Thursday as unusually heavy snow led to h...
Feb 20, 2025
Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
By BRUCE SCHREINER and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a ...
Feb 20, 2025
RJ Davis scores 21 to help North Carolina beat NC State 97-73
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - RJ Davis scored 21 points, Seth Davis added 15 on 6-of-9 shooting and North Carolina never trailed Wednesday night as the Tar Heels beat in-state rival N.C. State 97-73.Ven-Al...
Feb 19, 2025
Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration
By MEG KINNARD Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kelly Loeffler, a Georgia businesswoman and former senator, to lead the Small Business Administration, retu...
Feb 19, 2025
RJ Davis scores 21 to help North Carolina beat NC State 97-73
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - RJ Davis scored 21 points, Seth Davis added 15 on 6-of-9 shooting and North Carolina never trailed Wednesday night as the Tar Heels beat in-state rival N.C. State 97-73. Ven-A...
Feb 19, 2025
Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kelly Loeffler, a Georgia businesswoman and former senator, to lead the Small Business Administration, returnin...
Feb 19, 2025
Winter-weary East Coast hit with another storm as temperatures plunge elsewhere
By BEN FINLEY and JOHN RABY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Officials urged people to stay off the roads Wednesday in portions of Virginia and North Carolina where a storm dropped heavy snow and ...
Feb 19, 2025
DOGE notches courtroom wins as Elon Musk crusades to slash federal government
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Although some parts of President Donald Trump 's agenda are getting bogged down by litigation, Elon Musk ...
Feb 19, 2025
Arctic air sweeping south over Plains shatters record temperatures in North Dakota
By JACK DURA Associated PressBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - More than 95 million people are facing gripping cold Tuesday as a polar vortex sends temperatures plunging to record levels, closing schools, burstin...
Feb 18, 2025