Category Archives: WPTF News
North Carolina sees turnout record with more than 4.2M ballots cast at early in-person voting sites
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina had already surpassed its early-voting record set in 2020, but the State Board of Elections announced Sunday that more than 4.2 million voters cast ballots at early...
Nov 04, 2024
Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson's historic "Thriller" album to writing prize-winning film and t...
Nov 04, 2024
Trump wants to narrow his deficit with women but he's not changing how he talks about them
By JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) - Donald Trump says he will be the "protector" of women, whether they like it or not. He's campaigned with men who use sexist...
Nov 03, 2024
Trump will rally backers every day until the election in North Carolina, a swing state he won twice
By GARY ROBERTSON and JILL COLVIN Associated Press GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) - Donald Trump will rally supporters in North Carolina every day until Tuesday's election, a flurry of late activity in the only ...
Nov 03, 2024
Spain flood survivors hurl mud at the royals and top government officials
By DAVID MELERO and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) - A crowd of enraged survivors hurled clots of the mud left by storm-spawned flooding at the Spanish royal couple on Sunday duri...
Nov 03, 2024
Crashing waves in a hilltop village, a night of terror from Spain's floods
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press CHIVA, Spain (AP) - Irene Cuevas will never forget the sound of the waves crashing below her apartment's balcony. If only there had been a flash of lightning in the d...
Nov 03, 2024
Harris appears on 'Saturday Night Live' as mirror image of Maya Rudolph with election looming
By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER AND WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on "Saturday Night Live" in the final days before...
Nov 03, 2024
Hampton scores 5 TDs, Brown gets first win over Florida State as North Carolina rolls to 35-11 win
By BOB FERRANTE The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Omarion Hampton had four touchdown runs and a 49-yard TD reception as North Carolina cruised to a 35-11 victory over Florida State on Satu...
Nov 02, 2024
'It is all in ruins.' The shattered lives of Paiporta at the epicenter of Spain's floods
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) - The pictures of the smiling toddlers on the wall somehow survived. Most everything else in the daycare - the cradles, the highchairs, the toys ...
Nov 02, 2024
N.C. State blasts Stanford 59-28 behind explosive offense led by CJ Bailey
By NATE RYAN Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Hollywood Smothers and Jordan Waters each rushed for two touchdowns and quarterback CJ Bailey added three more while being nearly perfect through the...
Nov 02, 2024