Category Archives: News
Stock market today: Wall Street holds firm after inflation data clears the path for cuts to rates
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street is holding relatively steady Wednesday after the latest update on inflation came in almost exactly as economists expected.The S&P 500 was edging up by 0.3% in...
Aug 14, 2024
Ernesto becomes a hurricane after pummeling northeast Caribbean and knocking out power in the regio
TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico (AP) - Ernesto strengthened into a hurricane Wednesday as it dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and left half of all customers in the U.S. territory without power a...
Aug 14, 2024
Harris campaign’s new $90 million in battleground ads in August aims to sharpen contrast with Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is launching a $90 million advertising effort over the next three weeks to introduce the Democrat to voters and sharpen the contr...
Aug 14, 2024
Donald Trump Is Coming to North Carolina for an Economic Speech. Can He Stick to a Clear Message?
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Donald Trump will have another opportunity Wednesday to recalibrate his presidential comeback bid, this time with a rally and speech in North Carolina that his campaign is billi...
Aug 13, 2024
Older Americans prepare themselves for a world altered by artificial intelligence
NORTHFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The students - most with gray hair, some with canes, all at least in their 60s - couldn’t believe what they were hearing."Oh, my God," whispered a retired college profess...
Aug 13, 2024
Harris cautiously rolls out policy, aiming to outmaneuver Trump and address 2020 liabilities
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to outmaneuver former President Donald Trump and address old vulnerabilities on her policy positions as she starts to fill in how she...
Aug 13, 2024
Cosmetics manufacturer to invest $8.4 million in new High Point facility
RALEIGH (WPTF) - Governor Roy Cooper announced that Cosmetics & Cleaners International LLC, a Miami-based contract manufacturer of cosmetics and personal care products, will establish a new facili...
Aug 13, 2024
Trump and Musk talk about assassination attempt and deportations during glitchy chat on X
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt in vivid detail and promised the largest deportation in U.S. history during a high-profile return to the social media platfor...
Aug 13, 2024
All qualifying North Carolina hospitals are joining debt-reduction effort, governor says
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - All qualifying North Carolina hospitals have agreed to participate in a first-of-its-kind initiative that will give them higher Medicaid payments if medical debt of low- and middl...
Aug 12, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can remain on the North Carolina presidential ballot, judge says
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can remain on North Carolina’s presidential ballots after a state judge on Monday refused to block printing his name and those of other candi...
Aug 12, 2024