Category Archives: WPTF News
Judge rejects claims of racial gerrymandering in North Carolina state Senate districts
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A pair of northeastern North Carolina legislative districts can remain intact, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting Black voters' claims ...
Sep 30, 2025
2 killed in Cuba as Tropical Storm Imelda and Hurricane Humberto threaten Bahamas and Bermuda
By DNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in the Bahamas closed most schools on Monday as Tropical Storm Imelda dropped heavy rain in the northern Caribbean, including ov...
Sep 29, 2025
How Electronic Arts' $55 billion go-private deal could impact the video game industry
NEW YORK (AP) - In what could become the largest-ever buyout funded by private equity, video game maker Electronic Arts has agreed to be acquired in a deal valued at $55 billion. Beyond the potentiall...
Sep 29, 2025
US House members hear pleas for tougher justice policies after stabbing death of refugee
By ERIK VERDUZCO and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - U.S. House members visited North Carolina's largest city on Monday to hear from family members of violent-crime victims w...
Sep 29, 2025
Video gamer Electronic Arts to be acquired for $55 billion in largest-ever private equity buyout
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AND MICHELLE CHAPMAN The Associated Press Electronic Arts, the maker of video games like "Madden NFL," "Battlefield," and "The Sims," is being acquired for $55 billion in what could...
Sep 29, 2025
Veteran charged with opening fire on North Carolina bar, killing 3, is scheduled to appear in court
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press A man charged with firing an assault rifle from a boat at patrons of a North Carolina waterfront bar, killing three people and wounding five oth...
Sep 29, 2025
Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda threaten the Bahamas and Bermuda
By DNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tro...
Sep 29, 2025
Suspected stowaway is found dead in plane's landing gear at a North Carolina airport
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Airplane maintenance workers at a North Carolina airport found the body of a suspected stowaway in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines flight that had recently ...
Sep 29, 2025
Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) - Crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early Sunday be...
Sep 27, 2025
Trump snubs Biden with autopen photo on new Presidential Walk of Fame
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has added a Presidential Walk of Fame to the exterior of the White House, featuring portraits of each of the previous co...
Sep 26, 2025