Category Archives: WPTF News
Catch a partial lunar eclipse during September’s supermoon
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon, all rolled into one.The spectacle will be visible in clear skies across North America and S...
Sep 15, 2024
Harris is promoting her resume and her goals rather than race as she courts Black voters
By COLLEEN LONG, MAKIYA SEMINERA and MATT BROWN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - While President Joe Biden was hosting a celebration of Black excellence at the White House with lawmakers, advocates a...
Sep 14, 2024
North Carolina’s absentee ballot release was delayed by RFK Jr. ruling, but will begin next week
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina’s first absentee ballots for the November election will now be distributed starting late next week, the State Board of El...
Sep 14, 2024
Pope slams Harris and Trump on anti-life stances, urges Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated PressABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) - Pope Francis on Friday slammed both U.S. presidential candidates for what he called anti-life policies on abortion and migration, and h...
Sep 13, 2024
After just a few hours, U.S. election bets put on hold by appeals court ruling
By WAYNE PARRY Associated PressATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Just hours after it began, legal betting on the outcome of U.S. Congressional elections has been put on hold by a federal appeals court.The Co...
Sep 13, 2024
Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments since Boeing capsule left without them
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace WriterCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Stuck-in-space astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday it was hard to watch their Boeing capsule return to Earth ...
Sep 13, 2024
Harris supported the Green New Deal. Now, she’s promoting domestic oil drilling
By MATTHEW DALY Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Even as she promoted her efforts to boost clean energy, Vice President Kamala Harris said in Tuesday’s debate that the Biden-Harris administrati...
Sep 13, 2024
NC public universities report record enrollment, bucking national trends
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Enrollment at North Carolina's public universities is at an all-time high this fall, with a 2.2 percent increase over last year and a 3.5 percent jump since 2022, according to d...
Sep 12, 2024
Carolina Hurricanes home arena to be renamed “Lenovo Center” in new naming rights deal
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - The Carolina Hurricanes' home arena will soon have a new name, following a 10-year agreement between Lenovo and Hurricanes Holdings, LLC.The arena will be renamed "Lenovo Center...
Sep 12, 2024
New York City police commissioner resigns after his phone was seized in federal investigation
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban resigned Thursday, one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of...
Sep 12, 2024