Category Archives: WPTF News
Kitchens will lead Tar Heels in Fenway Bowl against UConn. Another ex-Browns coach is standing by
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) - UConn coach Jim Mora pulled a move that would make Bill Belichick proud while preparing the Huskies to play the notoriously churlish former New England Pa...
Dec 27, 2024
How the stock market defied expectations again this year, by the numbers
NEW YORK (AP) - What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting in...
Dec 26, 2024
Holiday shoppers increased spending by 3.8% despite higher prices
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necess...
Dec 26, 2024
Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, the U.S military said, marking ...
Dec 22, 2024
Here's a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill
By REBECCA SANTANA and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after th...
Dec 22, 2024
Santa Claus joins sharks for holiday swim at Rio de Janeiro aquarium
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Santa Claus has arrived in Rio de Janeiro - under water. Starting on Saturday, he'll be spotted at AquaRio Marine Aquarium swimming with sharks during their daily fish feeding se...
Dec 22, 2024
RJ Davis rallies North Carolina past No. 18 UCLA 76-74 in CBS Sports Classic
By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - RJ Davis made the tying and go-ahead free throws with 13 seconds left, and North Carolina erased a 16-point deficit for a 76-74 victory over No. 18 U...
Dec 21, 2024
Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press LYONS, Ga. (AP) - Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins' Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march acr...
Dec 20, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street rises to turn a dismal week into just a bad one
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rose Friday to turn what would have been one of the market's worst weeks of the year into just a pretty bad one. The S&P 500 rallied 1.1...
Dec 20, 2024
EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Michael Regan, who has led the Environmental Protection Agency throughout President Joe Biden's four-year term, said Friday he will leave the agency ...
Dec 20, 2024