Category Archives: WPTF News
Two closing arguments show the stark choice between Trump and Harris
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) - In the shadow of the White House, seven days before the final votes of the 2024 election are cast, Kamala Harris vowed to put country over...
Oct 29, 2024
Teri Garr, the offbeat comic actor of 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Tootsie,' has died
By BOB THOMAS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Teri Garr, the quirky comedy actor who rose from background dancer in Elvis Presley movies to co-star of such favorites as "Young Frankenstein" and "T...
Oct 29, 2024
Democrats escalate attacks on Trump after comedian calls Puerto Rico 'floating island of garbage'
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats stepped up their attacks on Donald Trump on Monday, a day after a comedian opening a rally...
Oct 28, 2024
Authorities launch 'interagency operation' at federal jail in New York housing Sean 'Diddy' Combs
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Investigators from multiple federal agencies launched an "interagency operation" on Monday at the troubled New York City jail w...
Oct 28, 2024
Payton says he wasn't trying to run up the score after some Panthers complain following 28-14 loss
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Sean Payton rolled out the same retort Monday for complaining Carolina players that he issued to his own team after the Denver Broncos...
Oct 28, 2024
Harris calls on the United States 'to turn the page on hatred and division'
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Kamala Harris told a Philadelphia church congregation that the United States is "determined to turn the page on hatred and...
Oct 27, 2024
Satellite images show damage from Israeli attack at 2 secretive Iranian military bases
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past ...
Oct 27, 2024
2 US House members seek to become North Carolina's attorney general
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's next attorney general will be one of two outgoing members of Congress who have represented the Charlotte area on Capitol Hil...
Oct 27, 2024
Georgia prosecutor who brought election case against Trump faces rare Republican challenger
ATLANTA (AP) - The Democratic Georgia prosecutor who brought charges against former President Donald Trump over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election faces a rare Republican challenger in...
Oct 27, 2024
Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said
By GARANCE BURKE and HILKE SCHELLMANN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near "human level r...
Oct 27, 2024