Category Archives: WPTF News
North Carolina court race is extremely close as counties complete election tallies
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An already close race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat reached a razor-thin margin as most counties on Friday completed final tallies ...
Nov 15, 2024
Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible 'Insider Threat'
By TARA COPP, MICHELLE R. SMITH and JASON DEAREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of ...
Nov 15, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street tumbles as the "Trump bump" fades and vaccine makers sink
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks tumbled Friday as the "Trump bump" that Wall Street got from last week's presidential election, along with a cut to interest rates by the Fe...
Nov 15, 2024
Trial begins for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A Venezuelan man "went hunting for females on the University of Georgia's campus" earlier this year and ended up killing nursing student Laken Rile...
Nov 15, 2024
Whistleblower sounds alarm about destruction of tribal sites in North Carolina
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Spear points, hammer stones and picks lost to history under layers of leaves, roots and rocks - it was the evidence Scott Ashcraft was looking for. The ancient ...
Nov 15, 2024
China's president unveils a megaport in Peru, but locals say they're being left out
By ISABEL DEBRE and FRANKLIN BRICEO Associated Press CHANCAY, Peru (AP) - On the edge of Peru's coastal desert, a remote fishing town where a third of all residents have no running water is being tran...
Nov 14, 2024
Trump meets with Argentina's president, the first foreign leader he's met with since election
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Donald Trump met Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago club with Argentine President Javier Milei, the first foreign leader t...
Nov 14, 2024
Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
By JILL COLVIN and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of ...
Nov 14, 2024
Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government
By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U....
Nov 14, 2024
Trump picks Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Marco Rubio for Secretary of State
By MICHELLE L. PRICE, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump chose Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attor...
Nov 13, 2024