Category Archives: WPTF News
Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump
By REBECCA SANTANA, ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance during a ...
Sep 20, 2024
Hunter Biden’s sentencing on federal firearms charges delayed until December
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Hunter Biden will be sentenced on felony firearms charges in December after the judge agreed Thursday to a delay requested by the defense.In June, President...
Sep 20, 2024
Journalist Ron Green dies at 95. He spent six decades as an award-winning sports writer in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Ron Green, an award-winning journalist who covered the Masters for 60 consecutive years, has died. He was 95.Green died Wednesday, according to his son, Ron Green Jr., who ...
Sep 20, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street closes its record-setting week mixed as FedEx slumps and Nike jumps
NEW YORK (AP) - A record-setting week for Wall Street closed on a quieter note Friday, as U.S. stocks drifted around the highs they hit during a worldwide rally the day before.The S&P 50...
Sep 20, 2024
North Carolina’s governor vetoes private school vouchers and immigration enforcement orders
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation Friday that allocates several hundred million dollars to an expanded private schoo...
Sep 20, 2024
Robinson won’t appear at Trump’s North Carolina rally after report on online posts, AP sources say
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will not appear at former President Donald Trump 's rally on S...
Sep 20, 2024
Panthers QB Bryce Young says he was surprised to learn he’d been benched, needs to get better
By STEVE REED AP Sports WriterCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young said he was surprised to learn from head coach Dave Canales that he’d been benched and accepted bla...
Sep 19, 2024
North Carolina judge won’t prevent use of university digital IDs for voting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina trial judge refused on Thursday a Republican Party request that he block students and employees at the state's flagship public university from being able to show ...
Sep 19, 2024
Second judge refuses to grant home release to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and ANDREW DALTON Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - Sean "Diddy" Combs is staying locked up after a judge Wednesday rejected the hip-hop mogul's proposal ...
Sep 18, 2024
House rejects temporary funding bill to avoid government shutdown
By KEVIN FREKING Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal that would have linked temporary funding for the federal government with a mand...
Sep 18, 2024