WPTF News Archives - Page 16 of 91

Spain’s king stood his ground under a mud barrage. What will the iconic moment mean for his reign?

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 4, 2024, 4:10 pm

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s royals, prime minister and other politicians were greeted by crowds hurling mud and debris on Sunday when they tried to visit Paiporta, where over 60 people perished. It was their first visit to the area devastated by floods last week. Felipe VI repeatedly insisted that his bodyguards let him get close to talk to the angry residents. He was praised by many for his composure. But political experts also say the monarch may have given the impression that he actually has a say in the management of a crisis that doesn’t look like it will be resolved anytime soon.… Read More

Harris and Trump make a furious final push before Election Day

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 4, 2024, 3:12 pm

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The presidential campaign comes down to a final sprint across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day. This year’s race has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts. Kamala Harris is spending all of Monday in Pennsylvania, whose 19 electoral votes offer the largest prize among the states expected to determine the Electoral College outcome. Donald Trump is making four stops in three states, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. He’ll end in Grand Rapids, where he completed his first two campaigns.… Read More

North Carolina sees turnout record with more than 4.2M ballots cast at early in-person voting sites

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 4, 2024, 9:03 am

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina elections officials say that more than 4.2 million voters cast ballots at early in-person voting sites, with turnout in western counties hit by Hurricane Helene outpacing the rest of the state. The State Board of Elections announced the record turnout Sunday. Early in-person voting, which ended Saturday, has become increasingly popular in the presidential battleground state over several election cycles. In 2020, a record 3.63 million people voted during the early-voting period. This year, the board said the state exceeded that total by Thursday, days before the period ended.… Read More

Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 4, 2024, 8:57 am

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91. Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died Sunday…… Read More

Trump wants to narrow his deficit with women but he’s not changing how he talks about them

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 3, 2024, 12:38 pm

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — When it comes to women, Donald Trump has stuck to a worldview in the campaign’s final days that his critics consider to be dated and paternalistic. The former president himself even acknowledges that some of that language has gotten him “into so much trouble” with a crucial group of voters. Trump says he’ll be the “protector” of women, whether they like it or not. The Republican presidential nominee has campaigned with men who’ve used sexist and crude language. And Trump has expressed alarm at the idea that wives might vote differently from their husbands.… Read More

Trump will rally backers every day until the election in North Carolina, a swing state he won twice

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 3, 2024, 12:32 pm

GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump will rally supporters in North Carolina every day until Tuesday’s election. That’s a flurry of late activity in the only swing state that he won in both his 2016 and 2020 campaigns. Late in the campaign, Trump has looked to expand the electoral map and project strength with trips to New Mexico and Virginia, two Democratic states not widely viewed as competitive. But he’s also putting considerable time into North Carolina, which last backed a Democrat for president in 2008. Trump’s hope for victory is significantly more complicated if he were to lose North Carolina. The fast-growing state gave Trump his smallest margin of victory over Democrat Joe Biden four years ago.… Read More

Spain flood survivors hurl mud at the royals and top government officials

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 3, 2024, 12:24 pm

PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) — A crowd of enraged flood survivors pelted the Spanish royal couple with mud and rocks during their first visit to the epicenter of the nation’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory. Officials rushed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez from the scene soon after his contingent started to walk the mud-covered streets. Over 60 people perished in the town of Paiporta and thousands of lives were shattered.‘ Get out! Get out!’ and ‘Killers!’ the crowd shouted, among other insults. Bodyguards opened umbrellas to protect the royals and officials from the barrage of muck. Police had to step in, with some officers on horseback, to keep back the crowd of several dozen who hurled mud and wielded shovels and poles threateningly.… Read More

Crashing waves in a hilltop village, a night of terror from Spain’s floods

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 3, 2024, 9:24 am

CHIVA, Spain (AP) — Irene Cuevas says she has the roar of the waves produced by a flash flood burned into her memory. The resident of Chiva spent a night of terror when the gorge of her village in eastern Spain quickly filled with rushing water and unleashed a wave of death and destruction. She says that it was terrifying to hear the crashing waves just below her first-floor balcony during that fateful night. Chiva has so far accounted for seven of the over 200 dead from Spain’s worst natural disaster in living memory.… Read More

Harris appears on ‘Saturday Night Live’ as mirror image of Maya Rudolph with election looming

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 3, 2024, 6:13 am

By AAMER MADHANI, COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER AND WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in the final days before the election, playing herself as the mirror-image double of Maya Rudolph’s version of her in the show’s cold open. The first lines…… Read More

Hampton scores 5 TDs, Brown gets first win over Florida State as North Carolina rolls to 35-11 win

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 2, 2024, 10:38 pm

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Omarion Hampton had four touchdown runs and a 49-yard TD reception as North Carolina cruised to a 35-11 victory over Florida State on Saturday. Hampton racked up 172 rushing yards and 93 receiving yards and now has 14 touchdowns for UNC. The UNC senior has seven straight 100-yard rushing games.… Read More

‘It is all in ruins.’ The shattered lives of Paiporta at the epicenter of Spain’s floods

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 2, 2024, 8:26 pm

PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) — Four days have passed since tsunami-like floods swept through the southern outskirts of Valencia city, covering many communities with sticky, thick mud. The clean-up task ahead remains gargantuan, and the hunt for bodies continues. Authorities say at least 62 people died in Paiporta of the 213 confirmed deaths from flash floods in Spain on Tuesday and Wednesday. The majority of those deaths happened in the eastern region of Valencia. Local media have labeled Paiporta the “ground zero” of the floods, where many streets remain impassable to all vehicles but bulldozers, stacked as they are with piles of sodden furniture and household items and countless wrecked cars.… Read More

N.C. State blasts Stanford 59-28 behind explosive offense led by CJ Bailey

Author: The Associated Press | Date: November 2, 2024, 5:20 pm

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hollywood Smothers and Jordan Waters each rushed for two touchdowns, and quarterback CJ Bailey added three more while being nearly perfect through the air as North Carolina State crushed Stanford 59-28. Bailey, who took over the starting job in midseason after Grayson McCall retired because of head injuries, completed 18 of 20 passes for 234 yards. The Wolfpack ended a two-game home losing streak while handing Stanford its sixth consecutive defeat. North Carolina State scored three touchdowns on four plays, capped by Waters’ 94-yard run that was the second-longest rushing TD in school history. Stanford also lost quarterback Ashton Daniels to injury.… Read More