Category Archives: WPTF News
Panthers sticking with Andy Dalton at quarterback even after 2 interceptions in loss to Falcons
By STEVE REED AP Sports WriterCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have lost three straight since Andy Dalton delivered a feel-good win over the Las Vegas Raiders.That victory came just days a...
Oct 14, 2024
Trump’s campaign crowdfunded millions online in an untraditional approach to emergency relief
By JAMES POLLARD Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its network of deep-pocketed backers and everyday donors around the survivors...
Oct 14, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street drifts around its records
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - A mixed Monday on Wall Street has U.S. stocks drifting around their all-time highs.The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in early trading, coming off its lates...
Oct 14, 2024
Jerry Kelly holds on for first PGA Tour Champions victory in 2 years
CARY, N.C. (AP) - Jerry Kelly closed with a 5-under 67 and won the SAS Championship on Sunday when Padraig Harrington narrowly missed an 8-foot par putt that would have forced a playoff, giving Kelly ...
Oct 13, 2024
Biden is surveying Hurricane Milton damage in Florida. Harris is going to church in North Carolina
By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated PressST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Sunday at the devastation inflicted on Florida’s Gulf Coast by ...
Oct 13, 2024
FACT FOCUS: A look at the false information around Hurricanes Helene and Milton
By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated PressBack-to-back hurricanes that brought death and devastation to parts of the South were made worse by a wide range of false and misleading information, some of which st...
Oct 13, 2024
In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace WriterSpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanic...
Oct 13, 2024
Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those left inside
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hama...
Oct 13, 2024
Fisher-Price recalls over 2 million ‘Snuga Swings’ following the deaths of 5 infants
NEW YORK (AP) - Fisher-Price is recalling parts of over 2 million infant swings across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. That’s because of a serious suffocation risk following reports of five infant ...
Oct 13, 2024
Volunteers bring solar power to Hurricane Helene’s disaster zone
By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA Associated PressBAKERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Helene downed power lines and washed out roads all over North Carolina’s mountains, the consta...
Oct 13, 2024