Category Archives: News
North Carolina court says speedway can sue top health official over COVID-19 closure
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina racetrack shuttered briefly for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic can sue the top health regulator on allega...
Aug 23, 2024
At least 5 Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after Trump assassination attempt
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated PressAt least five Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in July, a law enforcement off...
Aug 23, 2024
North Carolina’s highest court won’t fast-track appeals in governor’s lawsuits
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's highest court has decided it won't fast-track appeals of results in two lawsuits initiated by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper that...
Aug 23, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s suspending his presidential bid and backing Donald Trump
By JONATHAN J. COOPER, ALI SWENSON and GABRIEL SANDOVAL Associated PressPHOENIX (AP) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for president Friday and endorsed Donald Trump, a late-s...
Aug 23, 2024
Kamala Harris invites voters to chart a ‘new way forward’ as she accepts Democratic nomination
By ZEKE MILLER, WILL WEISSERT and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris called on Americans to join her to "chart a new way forward" as she accepted the Democr...
Aug 22, 2024
Fort Liberty soldier in mother’s custody after being accused of lying about ties to insurrectionist group
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina-based soldier accused of lying to military authorities about his ties with a group that advocated overthrowing the U.S. government can live at his paren...
Aug 22, 2024
RDU breaks passenger traffic records for 2nd straight month
Crystal Lorbacher on RDU Airport's record-breaking summer trafficRALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Raleigh Durham International Airport set new passenger traffic records in June and July and welcomed more travel...
Aug 22, 2024
Trump uses a stretch of border wall and a pile of steel beams in Arizona to contrast with Democrats
By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated PressSIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) - On a dirt road below the shrub-dotted hills of Arizona, Donald Trump used a stretch of wall and a pil...
Aug 22, 2024
Wake County woman took a ‘ballot selfie.’ Now she’s suing state elections board for laws that ban it
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A woman is suing the North Carolina elections board over state laws that ban most photography in polling places after she took a selfie with her...
Aug 22, 2024
The biggest diamond in over a century is found in Botswana — a whopping 2,492 carats
By SELLO MOTSETA Associated PressGABORONE, Botswana (AP) - The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country’s president showed off the f...
Aug 22, 2024