Category Archives: WPTF News
Yamamoto shuts down Yankees, Freeman homers again as Dodgers win 4-2 for 2-0 World Series lead
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Yoshinobu Yamamoto walked back to his dugout and made the slightest tip of his cap to cheering fans. He left Japan for moments like this, an opport...
Oct 27, 2024
North Carolina's governor approves more than $600 million in Helene recovery funding
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved more than $600 million worth of disaster relief funding Friday for western North Carolina counties af...
Oct 25, 2024
Harris is leaning on big names like Obama, Beyoncé and Springsteen to close out her campaign
By DAN MERICA and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press CLARKSTON, Ga. (AP) - Kamala Harris is enlisting some of her most high-profile surrogates in the closing days of the campaign, with Bruce Springsteen len...
Oct 24, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street finishes mixed after Tesla soars and IBM slumps
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street drifted to a mixed finish Thursday after Tesla surged to one of the best days in its history, while IBM slumped to its worst in six months. ...
Oct 24, 2024
Trump says if he takes office, he'll fire special counsel Jack Smith 'within 2 seconds'
By DAN MERICA and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump said Thursday that if he wins the White House, he will fire special counsel Jack Smith "within two seconds" of taking offi...
Oct 24, 2024
Senate leader cites 'incompetence' and criticizes Governor Cooper's latest request for state relief funding
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - North Carolina legislators returned to work Thursday to address further relief efforts following the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene, but Senate president Phil Berger doe...
Oct 24, 2024
Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government's ...
Oct 24, 2024
NC State's Grayson McCall gives up football, says he can't come back from latest head injury
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina State quarterback Grayson McCall announced his retirement from football on Wednesday night, less than three weeks after a vicious hit knocked him out of a game for ...
Oct 23, 2024
Donald Trump tells supporters to 'just vote' at lively Georgia rally organized by Charlie Kirk
By BILL BARROW and JILL COLVIN Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Donald Trump pushed supporters at a lively rally Wednesday in Georgia to vote for him - with an early ballot or in-person on Election...
Oct 23, 2024
Tim Burton talks about his dread of AI as an exhibition of his work opens in London
The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits - all on display at an exhibition that is opening at London's Design Museum just in time for Halloween (Oct...
Oct 23, 2024