Category Archives: WPTF News
Trump issues sweeping pardon of 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including rioters who attacked police
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned more than 1,500 of his supporters charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, at...
Jan 20, 2025
Wake County Democratic state lawmaker resigns after terminal cancer diagnosis
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A longtime Wake County Democratic state representative announced his resignation from the North Carolina General Assembly on Sunday. Rep. Joe John, who represented northwestern Wa...
Jan 20, 2025
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel. It's a guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president, pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House commi...
Jan 20, 2025
Trump, in his inaugural address, rips into the country's past leaders and makes sweeping promises
By STEVE PEOPLES, NICHOLAS RICCARDI and BILL BARROW Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump's second inaugural address sounded a lot like his first, with a sweeping indictment of the c...
Jan 20, 2025
Trump will issue executive orders to remake immigration policies but they will face challenges
By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump will sign a series of executive orders designed to beef up security at the southern border by relyi...
Jan 20, 2025
Trump returning to power after unprecedented comeback, emboldened to reshape American institutions
By ZEKE MILLER, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win anothe...
Jan 20, 2025
Heavy snow and frigid Arctic blast put 70 million across the U.S. under winter storm warnings
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - Tens of millions of residents along the East Coast are bracing for several inches of snow Sunday followed by dangerously cold temperatures that will tak...
Jan 19, 2025
Families of wildfire victims mired in grief, questioning what more could have been done
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press The house was burning with her brother-in-law and nephew inside when Jackie McDaniels flagged down a firetruck and begged for help. "Whoever...
Jan 19, 2025
TikTok goes dark as US ban takes effect
By HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Millions of TikTok users in the United States are no longer able to watch videos on the social media platform as a federal ban on the immensely popu...
Jan 19, 2025
Jaylen Blakes hits short jumper with 1.5 seconds left, Stanford tops North Carolina 72-71
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Duke graduate transfer Jaylen Blakes hit a short jumper with 1.5 seconds left to lift Stanford to a 72-71 win over North Carolina on Saturday, the first meeting as Atlantic Co...
Jan 18, 2025