Category Archives: WPTF News
North Carolina GOP's legislative priorities for this year inch closer to becoming law
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina GOP lawmakers are one step closer to rolling out their legislative-session priorities into law before the year's end after the s...
Nov 19, 2024
Republican lawmakers are set to elect a new North Carolina House speaker, Destin Hall
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina House Republicans carried out a succession plan Tuesday that they agreed upon a year ago, choosing the chamber's rules committ...
Nov 19, 2024
Kissing the ring? MSNBC 'Morning Joe' hosts say they met with Trump to reopen lines of communication
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, fierce critics of President-Elect Donald Trump, say they traveled to Mar-a-Lago for a meeting with him to reopen lines ...
Nov 18, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street holds steadier after losing most of its Trump bump
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Most U.S. stocks ticked higher Monday to recover some of their sharp slide from last week. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% for its first gain in three days. T...
Nov 18, 2024
Biden seeks nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is requesting nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, and other natural disasters, tel...
Nov 18, 2024
Western North Carolina's water system is finally back online after Helene
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - More than 100,000 residents in western North Carolina were allowed to drink and bathe using water from their home faucets on Monday, nearly two months after Hurricane Helene des...
Nov 18, 2024
Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in trave...
Nov 18, 2024
Testimony resumes in the trial of the man accused of killing Georgia student Laken Riley
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Testimony is resuming in the trial of the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Jose Ibarra, who entered the U.S. illegally two years ago, is charged with murd...
Nov 18, 2024
About 20% of Americans regularly get their news from influencers on social media, report says
By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press About one in five Americans - and a virtually identical share of Republicans and Democrats - regularly get their news from digital influencers who are more likely t...
Nov 18, 2024
Beyoncé will perform at halftime of Ravens-Texans Christmas Day game on Netflix
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Beyonc is coming to your home on Christmas - provided you have Netflix and are tuning in to the Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans game. Netflix announced late Sunday that the megastar...
Nov 18, 2024