Category Archives: WPTF News
AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they're hoping to join it
By MATT O'BRIEN and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Suno CEO Mikey Shulman pulls up a chair to the recording studio desk where a research scientist at his artificial intelligen...
Feb 25, 2026 Mikey Shulman, one of the founders of AI music generator startup Suno, right, and research scientist Christian Steinmetz, collaborate on creating a song, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
NASCAR's 1st All-Star race in Northeast at Dover scraps Promoter's Caution, has $1 million prize
DOVER, Del. (AP) - NASCAR scrapped the " Promoter's Caution " for this season's All-Star race at Dover Motor Speedway and will run a three-segment, 350-lap competition. The May 17 event marks the firs...
Feb 25, 2026 Bubba Wallace (23) and Christopher Bell (20) move on the track during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Hampton, Ga. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
Nvidia and other tech stocks lead Wall Street higher, erasing their losses for the week
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rose Wednesday and erased their losses for the week so far, as Nvidia and other technology companies led the way. The S&P 500 added 0.8%...
Feb 25, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on February 24, 2026 in New York City. Stocks opened trending up a day after the Dow Jones lost over 800 points over fears of artificial intelligence disruption to various industries. Markets also reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to raise global tariffs from 10% to 15%, after last week's Supreme Court decisions against his previous tariffs. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Discord postpones age verification rollout amid criticism, promises transparency
By KAITLYN HUAMANI AP Technology Writer Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, is postponing its controversial age verification policy after receiving swift backlash from user...
Feb 25, 2026 FILE - A Discord display stands at the company's booth at the Game Developers Conference 2023, in San Francisco, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions about vaccines, birth control and qualifications
By ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Wellness influencer, author and entrepreneur Dr. Casey Means on Wednesday shared a vision for addressing the root causes of chronic disease instead of f...
Feb 25, 2026 Dr. Casey Means, nominee for the medical director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service and U.S. surgeon general, testifies at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on February 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. Means, a health influencer, will make her case to be the next surgeon general. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Swirling beauty of the Milky Way galaxy's heart is captured in a new telescope picture
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A telescope in Chile has revealed in unprecedented detail the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galax...
Feb 25, 2026 This image provided by the European Southern Observatory shows the location of the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), a region at the core of our galaxy rich in dense and intricate gas clouds. The inset is an ALMA CMZ Exploration Survey image where different molecules are displayed in different colours. (ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Longmore via AP)
Virginia QB Chandler Morris files lawsuit against the NCAA seeking 7th of year eligibility
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Virginia quarterback Chandler Morris continued his fight for a seventh season of eligibility by filing a lawsuit against the NCAA, his agent, Simon Pflum, confirmed Tuesday...
Feb 25, 2026 Chandler Morris #4 of the Virginia Cavaliers looks for a pass in the second quarter of the 2025 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl between the Missouri Tigers and Virginia Cavaliers at EverBank Stadium on December 27, 2025 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Dustin Markland/Getty Images)
More snow falls on the Northeast US as the region scrambles to clear piles from last storm
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, REBECCA BOONE and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Light snow moved through parts of the Northeast on Wednesday as people heading to work and school were trying to na...
Feb 25, 2026 A man shovels snow to take out his car parked in Central Park a day after a winter storm on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Trump plans to take his State of the Union message on the road - eventually
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has delivered the State of the Union. Now the challenge for him is to make that message stick. His address on Tuesday was a d...
Feb 25, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump enters the House Chamber to deliver the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump delivered his address days after the Supreme Court struck down the administration's tariff strategy, and amid a U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf threatening Iran. (Photo by Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger questions whether Americans feel the 'golden age' Trump describes
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger offered a sharp contrast to President Donald Trump's depiction of the nation as being in a "golden age" during h...
Feb 25, 2026 Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers the Democratic response to U.S. President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on February 24, 2026 in Williamsburg, Virginia. Spanberger is serving in her first year as governor and is the first woman to hold the position in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (Photo by Mike Kropf/Getty Images)