Category Archives: WPTF News
Crashing waves in a hilltop village, a night of terror from Spain's floods
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press CHIVA, Spain (AP) - Irene Cuevas will never forget the sound of the waves crashing below her apartment's balcony. If only there had been a flash of lightning in the d...
Nov 03, 2024
Harris appears on 'Saturday Night Live' as mirror image of Maya Rudolph with election looming
By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER AND WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on "Saturday Night Live" in the final days before...
Nov 03, 2024
Hampton scores 5 TDs, Brown gets first win over Florida State as North Carolina rolls to 35-11 win
By BOB FERRANTE The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Omarion Hampton had four touchdown runs and a 49-yard TD reception as North Carolina cruised to a 35-11 victory over Florida State on Satu...
Nov 02, 2024
'It is all in ruins.' The shattered lives of Paiporta at the epicenter of Spain's floods
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) - The pictures of the smiling toddlers on the wall somehow survived. Most everything else in the daycare - the cradles, the highchairs, the toys ...
Nov 02, 2024
N.C. State blasts Stanford 59-28 behind explosive offense led by CJ Bailey
By NATE RYAN Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Hollywood Smothers and Jordan Waters each rushed for two touchdowns and quarterback CJ Bailey added three more while being nearly perfect through the...
Nov 02, 2024
Survive or collapse: Small businesses in North Carolina struggle after Hurricane Helene
Story by Noelle Harff via UNC Media Hub Photos by Chrissy Wang MARION, North Carolina - When Hurricane Helene tore through the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Pat and Charlie Gowan didn't thin...
Nov 02, 2024
Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Time to 'fall back' an hour
By The Associated Press The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It'll be dark as a pocket by late afternoon for the next few months in the U.S. Daylight saving time ends a...
Nov 01, 2024
Top House Republicans seeking documents regarding Biden's 'garbage' comment
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top House Republicans called on the White House to produce all documents and internal communications regarding President Joe Biden's statement earlier this week in which he appeared ...
Nov 01, 2024
Rescuers find body of worker swept away from Tennessee factory by Hurricane Helene flood
ERWIN, Tenn. (AP) - Rescue workers in Tennessee said Friday they have recovered the body of the final person still missing after massive flooding from Hurricane Helene hit a plastics factory there. Ro...
Nov 01, 2024
Georgia officials agree to spend $100 million on Hurricane Helene aid for farms and forestry
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's state government is diverting $100 million to spend on loans to farmers and cleanup after Hurricane Helene. The Georgia State Financing and Invest...
Nov 01, 2024