Category Archives: WPTF News
Supreme Court won't intervene to allow judges to pause some deportation proceedings
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court declined to intervene Tuesday in a dispute over a Biden-era immigration regulation that allowed immigration judges to pause s...
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Hunter Biden laptop issue resurfaces as judge scolds prosecutors over case against ex-FBI officials
By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday scolded the Justice Department for its unorthodox handling of a criminal case a...
Oct 27, 2026
Former Sheriff's sergeant faces charges
BOLIVIA, N.C. (NCN News) -- A Brunswick County grand jury has indicted a Former Brunswick County Sheriff's Office sergeant following an investigation by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigatio...
Oct 27, 2026
Voters in Israel are deciding whether to oust Netanyahu after 3 years of war
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israelis are voting in a pivotal election Tuesday as their country wrestles with unresolved wars, continues to reel from Hamas' 2023 attack and is deeply divided over the character of...
Oct 27, 2026 TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 27: A man casts his vote at a polling station in the Bnei Brak neighbourhood on October 27, 2026 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Voters are heading to the polls in Israel to elect 120 members of the Knesset, which will determine the make-up of the government that succeeds incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition. The legislative elections are the first to be held since the Hamas-led attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
BEFORE THE BELL: Global shares are mixed as investors await central bank rate decisions
By ELAINE LAI Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) - World stocks were mixed Tuesday ahead of major corporate earnings reports and central-bank decisions. In early European trading, Germany's DAX slipped 0...
Oct 27, 2026 A dealer stands near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Trump administration attempting to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey again
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is attempting to prosecute James Comey for what it calls a decade-old leak of cla...
Oct 26, 2026 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 19: Author James Comey, former FBI Director, speaks at the Barnes & Noble Upper West Side on May 19, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
6 citizens sue Trump, saying media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer In the increasingly bitter legal standoff between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose reporting he dislikes, a new and crucial third party has emerged: ...
Oct 26, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 19: The CNN broadcast booth, right, is seen empty at "Pebble Beach" on the White House grounds after journalists with the network were earlier denied entry, on September 19, 2026 in Washington, DC. Reporters from MS NOW, CNN and Politico were barred from the White House a day after President Trump said he was banning the three outlets from the property. (Photo by Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
NC State, Goebbel turn attention forward after Doeren's midseason firing
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Todd Goebbel had spent the past eight seasons working under Dave Doeren at N.C. State. It's no surprise then that his former boss' influence remain...
Oct 26, 2026 Interim N.C. State head football coach Todd Goebbel (photo courtesy N.C. State Athletics)
THE CLOSING BELL: US stocks climb amid shaky trading for markets worldwide
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks climbed amid a shaky day for markets worldwide, as AI stocks keep swinging and Brazilian stocks tumble. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% Monday. Th...
Oct 26, 2026 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 21: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on October 21, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Anthropic files for potentially the biggest IPO ever as CEO warns of risk to humanity from AI
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic filed papers Monday for what could be the biggest initial public offering of stock e...
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