Category Archives: WPTF News
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs jailed by judge after sex trafficking indictment
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - Sean "Diddy" Combs headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in a federal sex trafficking case that accus...
Sep 17, 2024
‘Firehose’ storm hits part of North Carolina and scientists see climate change
By JEFFREY COLLINS and ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated PressThe Carolinas braced for a storm that forecasters warned could bring heavy rain - as much as 6 to 8 inches in some spots. But one narrow ...
Sep 17, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street stays stuck in place as it counts down to a rate cut
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes remained stuck in place on Tuesday as Wall Street made few big moves ahead of what's expected to be the first cut to interest rates in...
Sep 17, 2024
National Voter Registration Day highlights upcoming election-related deadlines
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Today marks National Voter Registration Day, a non-partisan civic holiday established in 2012 to encourage Americans to register to vote.For North Carolina residents, October 11...
Sep 17, 2024
Harris condemns Trump rhetoric, says voters should make sure he ‘can’t have that microphone again’
By MATT BROWN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated PressPHILADELPHIA (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday decried Republican Donald Trump for inflammatory rhetoric about migrants in Springfield...
Sep 17, 2024
Ex-Granville County sheriff’s convictions over falsifying training records overturned
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday overturned a former county sheriff’s fraud and obstruction convictions, declaring allegations ...
Sep 17, 2024
Hezbollah hit by a wave of exploding pagers in Lebanon and Syria. At least 9 dead, hundreds injured
By BASSEM MROUE Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) - Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine peo...
Sep 17, 2024
North Carolina’s coast has been deluged by the fifth historic flood in 25 years
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated PressParts of southeastern North Carolina were still underwater Tuesday after a storm that wasn’t quite organized enough to get a name dropped historic amounts of r...
Sep 17, 2024
Trump and Harris resume campaigning after second apparent assassination attempt
By WILL WEISSERT Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential election campaigning revved back up Tuesday, with Donald Trump heading to Michigan and Vice President Kamala Harris answering questions ...
Sep 17, 2024
On jury duty, David Letterman auditioned for a role he’s never gotten
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - The longtime host of "The Late Show with David Letterman" found himself answering questions rather than asking them when a federal judge in New York...
Sep 17, 2024