Category Archives: WPTF News
Smart bird feeders gain popularity and spark interest in bird-watching
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Marin Plank truly had no interest in birds when she gave her husband a camera-equipped bird feeder for his birthday. But by Christmas, she had beco...
Jan 07, 2025
Jimmy Carter will be honored in Washington, a city where he remained an outsider
By BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state fune...
Jan 07, 2025
Polar vortex keeps much of the US in its icy grip
By PATRICK WHITTLE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A huge swath of the U.S. was blasted with ice, snow and wind on Monday as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend ...
Jan 06, 2025
First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported - a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. State health offici...
Jan 06, 2025
Last North Carolina legislative races get finalized, confirming GOP loss of veto-proof control
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina General Assembly elections were finalized Monday as officials issued certificates to the winners in three close legislative ra...
Jan 06, 2025
Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters. Trump vows to undo it
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by ...
Jan 06, 2025
Congress convenes to certify Trump's election win, but his Jan. 6 legacy hangs over the day
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress convened Monday under heavy security and a snowstorm to certify President-elect Donald T...
Jan 06, 2025
North Carolina Republicans push through bill weakening incoming governor and attorney general
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republicans advanced extensive legislation Tuesday that would weaken the powers of the incoming governor, attorney general and...
Nov 20, 2024
FACT FOCUS: A look at the false information around Hurricanes Helene and Milton
By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated PressBack-to-back hurricanes that brought death and devastation to parts of the South were made worse by a wide range of false and misleading information, some of which st...
Oct 13, 2024
North Carolina absentee ballots are being distributed following 2-week delay
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina counties started distributing absentee ballots Tuesday for the November general election to those who requested them, roughly two weeks later than anticip...
Sep 24, 2024