Category Archives: WPTF News
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
Facebook owner Meta bans Russia state media outlets over ‘foreign interference’
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business WriterLONDON (AP) - Meta said it’s banning Russia state media organization from its social media platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify...
Sep 17, 2024
Trump blames Biden and Harris’ rhetoric toward him despite his own history of going after rivals
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump claimed without evidence Monday that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ comments that he is...
Sep 16, 2024
Pipeline explosion near Houston erupts in a towering flame, forcing evacuations
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated PressDEER PARK, Texas (AP) - A massive pipeline explosion that sent a towering flame over neighborhoods near Houston for hours on Monday began after a vehicle drove throug...
Sep 16, 2024