Category Archives: WPTF News
Vance and Walz keep it civil in a policy-heavy discussion: VP debate takeaways
By BILL BARROW, ZEKE MILLER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Vice presidential hopefuls Tim Walz and JD Vance focused their criticism on the top of the ticket on Tuesday as they...
Oct 01, 2024
Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene
By ERIK VERDUZCO, JEFF AMY and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated PressSWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - Cadaver dogs and search crews trudged through knee-deep muck and debris in the mountains of western North Carolin...
Oct 01, 2024
Iran fires at least 180 missiles into Israel as regionwide conflict grows
By AAMER MADHANI, MELANIE LIDMAN and BASSEM MROUE Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) - Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of escalating attacks in a yearslo...
Oct 01, 2024
Trump won’t participate in interview for ’60 Minutes’ election special
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media WriterNEW YORK (AP) - CBS News said Tuesday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has declined to participate in an interview with "60 Minutes" for its election sp...
Oct 01, 2024
Harris will tour Helene devastation in Georgia, North Carolina as storm scrambles campaign schedule
By ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris will tour damage caused by Hurricane Helene in Georgia and North Carolina as the deadly storm roils the...
Oct 01, 2024
Dockworkers go on a strike that could reignite inflation and cause shortages in the holiday season
By TOM KRISHER and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA Associated PressPHILADELPHIA (AP) - From Maine to Texas, dockworkers at 36 ports across the eastern U.S. are now on strike for the first time in decades. And the ...
Oct 01, 2024
Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene’s death toll tops 130
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated PressASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered ho...
Sep 30, 2024
Israel begins ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon
By JOSEF FEDERMAN, ABBY SEWELL and MATTHEW LEE Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli ground forces crossed into southern Lebanon early Tuesday, marking a significant escalation of an offensive agai...
Sep 30, 2024
What to watch as JD Vance and Tim Walz meet for a vice presidential debate
By BILL BARROW Associated PressATLANTA (AP) - Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet Tuesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, bringing together undercards who ha...
Sep 30, 2024
Startling video shows Russian fighter jet flying within feet of US F-16 near Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Military officials have released new video of a startling interaction between a Russian jet flying near Alaska and a U.S. plane sent to intercept it. In the video released Mon...
Sep 30, 2024