Category Archives: WPTF News
China issues new rules to curb auto price war after January passenger car sales drop 20%
By CHAN HO-HIM AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) - China moved on Thursday to curb a fierce price war among automakers that has caused massive losses for the industry, after passenger car sales droppe...
Feb 12, 2026 In an aerial view, new cars sit parked in a storage lot near the Port of Long Beach on May 06, 2025 in Long Beach, California. Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are seeing significant drops in expected cargo ships coming into port this week due to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. The Port of Los Angeles expects a 35 percent decline in arrivals this week compared to the same period one year ago. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
James Van Der Beek, the 'Dawson's Creek' star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at 48
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular cha...
Feb 11, 2026 James Van Der Beek stops by WarnerMedia Lodge: Elevating Storytelling with AT&T during Sundance Film Festival 2020 on January 24, 2020 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for WarnerMedia and AT&T )
Bondi clashes with Democrats as she struggles to turn the page on Epstein files furor
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Pam Bondi launched into a wide-ranging, passionate defense of President Donald Trump, repeat...
Feb 11, 2026 U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on February 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
FBI combs through thick desert terrain in search for clues in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance
By TY O'NEIL Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Fresh surveillance images from Nancy Guthrie's porch the night she went missing, coupled with intense police activity across Arizona and the detentio...
Feb 11, 2026
Pentagon-FAA dispute over lasers to thwart cartel drones led to airspace closure, AP sources say
By SEUNG MIN KIM, BEN FINLEY, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MORGAN LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The sudden and surprising airspace closure over El Paso, Texas, stemmed from the Pentagon's plans to...
Feb 11, 2026 Cars cross the "Paso del Norte" International Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, bottom, and El Paso, Texas, top, Wednesday Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
Studies test whether gene-editing can fix high cholesterol. For now, take your medicine
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists are testing an entirely new way to fight heart disease: a gene-editing treatment that might offer a one-time fix for high cholesterol...
Feb 11, 2026 Modifying DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), conceptual image. (Getty Images)
Lindsey Vonn says she has a 'successful' 3rd surgery on broken leg following crash at the Olympics
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) - Lindsey Vonn had a "successful" third surgery on her broken left leg following her downhill crash at the Olympics, the American skier s...
Feb 11, 2026 United States' Lindsey Vonn crashes during an alpine ski women's downhill race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Miami never trails in 75-66 win over No. 11 North Carolina
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) - Malik Reneau scored 16 points, Ernest Udeh Jr. had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Miami never trailed while beating No. 11 North Carolina 75-66 on Tuesday night for the Hurric...
Feb 10, 2026 North Carolina forward Zayden High (1) drives to the basket as Miami forward Malik Reneau (5) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
A 15-week 'Walk for Peace' concludes with Buddhist monks' arrival in Washington
By TIFFANY STANLEY and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A group of Buddhist monks reached Washington, D.C., on foot Tuesday, walking single file across a bridge over the Potomac River ...
Feb 10, 2026
Trump's immigration chiefs testify in Congress following protester deaths
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The heads of the agencies carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda are testifying in Congress Tuesday and faced questions ove...
Feb 10, 2026 (L-R) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Joseph Edlow, and Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons are sworn in to testify during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Department of Homeland Security has faced criticism over law enforcement tactics targeting undocumented immigrants and the killing of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)