Category Archives: WPTF News
Panthers QB Bryce Young says he was surprised to learn he’d been benched, needs to get better
By STEVE REED AP Sports WriterCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young said he was surprised to learn from head coach Dave Canales that he’d been benched and accepted bla...
Sep 19, 2024
North Carolina judge won’t prevent use of university digital IDs for voting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina trial judge refused on Thursday a Republican Party request that he block students and employees at the state's flagship public university from being able to show ...
Sep 19, 2024
Second judge refuses to grant home release to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and ANDREW DALTON Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - Sean "Diddy" Combs is staying locked up after a judge Wednesday rejected the hip-hop mogul's proposal ...
Sep 18, 2024
House rejects temporary funding bill to avoid government shutdown
By KEVIN FREKING Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal that would have linked temporary funding for the federal government with a mand...
Sep 18, 2024
Stock market today: Most of Wall Street edges lower after Fed delivers a big cut to rates
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes edged lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession with a bigger-than-usual ...
Sep 18, 2024
North Carolina’s highest court hears challenge to law allowing more time for child sex abuse suits
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Challenges to a portion of a state law that gave adult victims of child sexual abuse two additional years to seek civil damages dominated oral...
Sep 18, 2024
Federal Reserve signals end to inflation fight with a sizable half-point rate cut
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two year...
Sep 18, 2024
Teamsters union declines to endorse Trump or Harris for president
By JOSH BOAK and TOM KRISHER Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined Wednesday to endorse Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president, saying neither cand...
Sep 18, 2024
The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) - The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general.Th...
Sep 18, 2024
Air Force to deploy Osprey aircraft in weeks following review over deadly crash
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) - Air Force Special Operations Command says it is weeks from deploying its fleet of CV-22B Osprey aircraft for counter terror operations, after grounding its crews in the wak...
Sep 18, 2024