Category Archives: WPTF News
Trump won’t participate in interview for ’60 Minutes’ election special
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media WriterNEW YORK (AP) - CBS News said Tuesday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has declined to participate in an interview with "60 Minutes" for its election sp...
Oct 01, 2024
Harris will tour Helene devastation in Georgia, North Carolina as storm scrambles campaign schedule
By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris will tour damage caused by Hurricane Helene in Georgia and North Carolina as the deadly storm roils the...
Oct 01, 2024
Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season
By TOM KRISHER and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated PressPHILADELPHIA (AP) - From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades. And the ...
Oct 01, 2024
Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated PressASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered ho...
Sep 30, 2024
Israel begins ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
By JOSEF FEDERMAN, ABBY SEWELL and MATTHEW LEE Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon early Tuesday, marking a significant escalation of an offensive agai...
Sep 30, 2024
What to watch as JD Vance and Tim Walz meet for a vice presidential debate
By BILL BARROW Associated PressATLANTA (AP) - Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, bringing together undercards who ha...
Sep 30, 2024
Startling video shows Russian fighter jet flying within feet of US F-16 near Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Military officials have released new video of a startling interaction between a Russian jet flying near Alaska and a U.S. plane sent to intercept it. In the video released Mon...
Sep 30, 2024
Pete Rose, baseball’s banned hits leader, has died at age 83
NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. ...
Sep 30, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street sets more records to close a winning September and third quarter
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street closed its latest winning month and quarter with more records on Monday. The drift higher for U.S. stocks followed a wild start to the week f...
Sep 30, 2024
Trump escalates attacks on Harris’ mental fitness and suggests she should be prosecuted
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and COLLEEN LONG Associated PressERIE, Pa. (AP) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Sunday b...
Sep 29, 2024