Category Archives: WPTF News
‘Short corn’ could replace the towering cornfields steamrolled by a changing climate
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated PressWYOMING, Iowa (AP) - Taking a late-summer country drive in the Midwest means venturing into the corn zone, snaking between 12-foot-tall green, leafy walls that...
Sep 23, 2024
In Iran, the old-time US radio detective ‘Johnny Dollar’ returns to the airwaves
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran (AP) - While tensions remain high between the U.S. and Iran, there’s at least one American that state radio in Tehran invites on th...
Sep 23, 2024
Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle’ with Israel
By NATALIE MELZER and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated PressNAHARIYA, Israel (AP) - Hezbollah fired over 100 rockets early Sunday across northern Israel, with some landing near the city of Haifa, as Israel ...
Sep 22, 2024
NC State economist Dr. Michael Walden discusses AI’s economic impact and potential disruptions
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Artificial intelligence has the potential to make our jobs easier and significantly boost productivity and spur economic growth as well as disrupt the labor market and increase ...
Sep 22, 2024
Beer and merriment flow at the 189th Oktoberfest in Munich
MUNICH (AP) - Bridie O’Halloran drank the first beer of her life at Oktoberfest.The 19-year-old Australian pronounced it "the best I’ve had" after finishing roughly a quarter of her l...
Sep 22, 2024
The Midwest could offer fall’s most electric foliage but leaf peepers elsewhere won’t miss out
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated PressPORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Fall is back, and bringing with it jack-o’-lanterns, football, pumpkin spice everything and - in some parts of the country - especially ...
Sep 22, 2024
Republicans in swing states say they see scant signs of groups door-knocking for Trump
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated PressLANSING, Mich. (AP) - Republican activists in swing states say they have seen little sign of the teams tasked with knocking on doors and turning...
Sep 22, 2024
North Carolina coach Mack Brown says ’embarrasing’ 70-50 loss to James Madison is his fault
By NATE RYAN Associated PressCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Mack Brown has spent 35 years as a major college football coach. He knows what an unacceptable performance looks like.North Carolina’s 70-50...
Sep 22, 2024
Klubnik, No. 21 Clemson beat NC State 59-35 in Atlantic Coast Conference opener
By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports WriterCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Cade Klubnik threw for three touchdowns and added a 55-yard scoring run as No. 21 Clemson continued its offensive revival with a 59-35 victory ov...
Sep 21, 2024
What to know about Mark Robinson, the embattled Republican nominee for North Carolina governor
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated PressRepublican Mark Robinson’s campaign for governor in North Carolina has been rocked by a CNN report that he posted racist and explicit messages on a...
Sep 21, 2024