Category Archives: WPTF News
Legislative majorities giving one party all the power are in play in several states
By JOHN HANNA and DAVID A. LIEB Associated PressSHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) - After introducing herself at their front doors, Vanessa Vaughn West began her pitch to voters with a question: What issues are impo...
Oct 13, 2024
Determination to rebuild follows Florida’s hurricanes with acceptance that storms will come again
By RUSS BYNUM, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and TY O’NEIL Associated PressVENICE, Fla. (AP) - No sooner had residents of the Bahia Vista Gulf condominium complex dug out and from Hurricane Helene than the...
Oct 13, 2024
Mud, beer and cash: Annual wife-carrying championship attracts competitive couples to Maine
NEWRY, Maine (AP) - An annual event in Maine involving mud, beer and cash has once again drawn dozens of eager competitors. More than 30 couples participated Saturday in the North American Wife Carryi...
Oct 13, 2024
Floridians cleaning up from Hurricane Milton are hampered by a widespread fuel shortage
By RUSS BYNUM, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and TY ONEIL Associated PressCORTEZ, Fla. (AP) - Floridians recovering from Hurricane Milton, many of whom were journeying home after fleeing hundreds of miles t...
Oct 13, 2024
North Carolina football player Tylee Craft dies from rare lung cancer at 23
By DOUG BONJOUR Associated PressCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina football player Tylee Craft died Saturday morning from a rare form of lung cancer, coach Mack Brown said.Brown made the announce...
Oct 13, 2024
Jamal Haynes scampers 68 yards in final minute, lifting Georgia Tech over North Carolina 41-34
By DOUG BONJOUR Associated PressCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Jamal Haynes ran for 170 yards and two touchdowns, including a go-ahead 68-yard touchdown in the final minute, as Georgia Tech stunned North Ca...
Oct 12, 2024
Far from where Hurricane Milton hit, tornadoes wrought unexpected damage
WELLINGTON, Fla. (AP) - Tony Brazzale, a diving boat captain who has lived for 10 years in his Wellington home in southeastern Florida, wasn’t worried about Hurricane Milton. The storm̵...
Oct 12, 2024
Harris goes to North Carolina, plans to hold Sunday campaign event in state hit hard by hurricane
By JOSH BOAK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris is meeting with Black leaders in North Carolina on Saturday and will attend church in the state ahead of a rally, according ...
Oct 12, 2024
Residents repair their homes and clean up after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida
By CHRIS O’MEARA, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and TY O’NEIL Associated PressLITHIA, Fla. (AP) - Florida residents slogged through flooded streets, gathered up scattered debris and assessed damage t...
Oct 11, 2024
Although Milton has moved on, at least 8 are dead and millions remain in the dark
By JULIO CORTEZ, KATE PAYNE and HAVEN DALEY Associated PressST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Rescue teams plucked Florida residents from the flotsam of Hurricane Milton on Thursday after the stor...
Oct 10, 2024