Category Archives: WPTF News
Stock market today: Wall Street finishes mixed after Tesla soars and IBM slumps
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street drifted to a mixed finish Thursday after Tesla surged to one of the best days in its history, while IBM slumped to its worst in six months. ...
Oct 24, 2024
Trump says if he takes office, he'll fire special counsel Jack Smith 'within 2 seconds'
By DAN MERICA and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump said Thursday that if he wins the White House, he will fire special counsel Jack Smith "within two seconds" of taking offi...
Oct 24, 2024
Senate leader cites 'incompetence' and criticizes Governor Cooper's latest request for state relief funding
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - North Carolina legislators returned to work Thursday to address further relief efforts following the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene, but Senate president Phil Berger doe...
Oct 24, 2024
Russia amplified hurricane disinformation to drive Americans apart, researchers find
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Russia has helped amplify and spread false and misleading internet claims about recent hurricanes in the United States and the federal government's ...
Oct 24, 2024 Getty Images
NC State's Grayson McCall gives up football, says he can't come back from latest head injury
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina State quarterback Grayson McCall announced his retirement from football on Wednesday night, less than three weeks after a vicious hit knocked him out of a game for ...
Oct 23, 2024
Donald Trump tells supporters to 'just vote' at lively Georgia rally organized by Charlie Kirk
By BILL BARROW and JILL COLVIN Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. (AP) - Donald Trump pushed supporters at a lively rally Wednesday in Georgia to vote for him - with an early ballot or in-person on Election...
Oct 23, 2024
Tim Burton talks about his dread of AI as an exhibition of his work opens in London
The imagination of Tim Burton has produced ghosts and ghouls, Martians, monsters and misfits - all on display at an exhibition that is opening at London's Design Museum just in time for Halloween (Oct...
Oct 23, 2024
Panthers QB Bryce Young will start against Broncos after Andy Dalton sprains thumb in car crash
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Bryce Young is back in as Carolina's starting quarterback. Panthers coach Dave Caneles said Young would start Sunday against the Denver Broncos af...
Oct 23, 2024
Rapper Eminem and Obama rally voters for Kamala Harris in Detroit
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) - Detroit rapper Eminem stepped into the political arena Tuesday in his hometown, where he spoke briefly at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris '...
Oct 23, 2024
Panthers' Andy Dalton, family involved in car crash. QB being evaluated by team doctors
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers quarterback Andy Dalton and his family were involved in a car crash on Tuesday. The 36-year-old was being evaluated by team medi...
Oct 22, 2024