Category Archives: WPTF News
Robot umpires are getting their first MLB test during spring training
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games starting Thursday ...
Feb 20, 2025
Snowy roads lead to hundreds of Virginia and North Carolina crashes as Arctic air brings record cold
By BEN FINLEY, MAKIYA SEMINERA and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Officials in Virginia and North Carolina asked drivers to avoid travel Thursday as unusually heavy snow led to h...
Feb 20, 2025
Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
By BRUCE SCHREINER and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a ...
Feb 20, 2025
RJ Davis scores 21 to help North Carolina beat NC State 97-73
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - RJ Davis scored 21 points, Seth Davis added 15 on 6-of-9 shooting and North Carolina never trailed Wednesday night as the Tar Heels beat in-state rival N.C. State 97-73. Ven-A...
Feb 19, 2025
Senate confirms Kelly Loeffler, former Georgia senator, to lead Small Business Administration
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kelly Loeffler, a Georgia businesswoman and former senator, to lead the Small Business Administration, returnin...
Feb 19, 2025
Winter-weary East Coast hit with another storm as temperatures plunge elsewhere
By BEN FINLEY and JOHN RABY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Officials urged people to stay off the roads Wednesday in portions of Virginia and North Carolina where a storm dropped heavy snow and ...
Feb 19, 2025
DOGE notches courtroom wins as Elon Musk crusades to slash federal government
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Although some parts of President Donald Trump 's agenda are getting bogged down by litigation, Elon Musk ...
Feb 19, 2025
Ian Jackson scores 23 with 5 3-pointers, North Carolina beats Syracuse 88-82
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Freshman Ian Jackson tied his career high with five 3-pointers and finished with 23 points, Jae'Lyn Wither scored a season-high 19 on 7-of-10 shooting and North Carolina beat Syr...
Feb 15, 2025
Amazon workers in Garner vote against joining union
By HALELUYA HADERO and MATT O'BRIEN AP Business Writers GARNER, N.C. (AP) - Workers at an Amazon warehouse in North Carolina rejected a proposal to unionize, becoming the latest group of the company's...
Feb 15, 2025
A Vermont border agent's death was the latest violence linked to the cultlike Zizian group
By HOLLY RAMER, PATRICK WHITTLE and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press In the wooded outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a perplexed landlord noticed odd sights at two of his rental properties. Tena...
Feb 15, 2025