Category Archives: WPTF News
North Carolina GOP lawmakers enact a law eroding the incoming Democratic governor's powers
By MAKIYA SEMINERA and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday enacted a law over the governor's veto that would diminish the powers afforded to h...
Dec 11, 2024
Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their races las...
Dec 11, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street gets back to climbing, and the Nasdaq tops 20,000
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes got back to climbing on Wednesday after the latest update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from t...
Dec 11, 2024
Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) - The gun found on the suspect in the killing of United Healthcare's CEO matched shell casings found at the site of the shootin...
Dec 11, 2024
FBI Director Wray says he intends to resign at end of Biden's term in January
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI Director Christopher Wray told the bureau workforce Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden's term in January, an anno...
Dec 11, 2024
The Trump and Biden teams insist they're working hand in glove on foreign crises
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump doesn't think much of Joe Biden's foreign policy record. The Republican president-elect frequently casts the outgoing D...
Dec 11, 2024
Google forges ahead with its next generation of AI technology while fending off a breakup threat
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google on Wednesday unleashed another wave of artificial intelligence designed to tackle more of the work and thinking done by humans as it tries ...
Dec 11, 2024
George Kresge Jr., who wowed talk show audiences as the The Amazing Kreskin, dies at age 89
NEW YORK (AP) - George Joseph Kresge Jr., who was known to generations of TV watchers as the mesmerizing entertainer and mentalist The Amazing Kreskin, has died at age 89. Kreskin's friend and former ...
Dec 11, 2024
Another recount won't be ordered in a North Carolina court race, but protests are ahead
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina election officials won't order another recount in a close state Supreme Court race after a partial hand recount failed to sugg...
Dec 10, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street slips to a rare back-to-back loss
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes drifted lower Tuesday in the runup to the highlight of the week for the market, the latest update on inflation that's coming on Wedne...
Dec 10, 2024