Category Archives: WPTF News
Harris and Trump offer new details about policies and strategy in dueling interviews
By STEVE PEOPLES, COLLEEN LONG and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - As the presidential race moves into its final weeks, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump embarked ...
Oct 17, 2024
Panel looking into Trump assassination attempt says Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform’
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally says the Secret Service needs funda...
Oct 17, 2024
North Carolina governor candidate Mark Robinson sues CNN over report about posts on porn site
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson sued CNN on Tuesday over its recent report that he made explicit racial and sexual ...
Oct 16, 2024
FEMA workers change some hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina after receiving threats
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Federal disaster workers paused and then changed some of their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina...
Oct 15, 2024
Pandas arrive in the US. Next stop is the National Zoo
By ASHRAF KHALIL and DIDI TANG Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought is coming to an end.Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pan...
Oct 15, 2024
Walgreens to close 1,200 US stores as chain attempts to steady operations at home
By TOM MURPHY AP Health WriterWalgreens will close about 1,200 locations over the next three years as the drugstore chain seeks to turnaround a struggling U.S. business that contributed to a $3 billio...
Oct 15, 2024
Biden admin to provide $750 million to North Carolina-based Wolfspeed for advanced computer chips
By JOSH BOAK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden-Harris administration announced plans Tuesday to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new s...
Oct 15, 2024
Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86
By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark...
Oct 14, 2024
NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa in search of the right conditions for life
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter's tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean mi...
Oct 14, 2024
6 people accuse Diddy of sexual assault in new lawsuits, including man who was 16 at the time
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - A new wave of lawsuits filed Monday accuses Sean "Diddy" Combs of raping women, sexually assaulting men and molesting a 16-year-old boy.At least six...
Oct 14, 2024