Category Archives: WPTF News
Panthers re-sign longtime RT Taylor Moton to a 2-year, $44M extension, AP sources says
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE N.C. (AP) - Taylor Moton is staying in Carolina. The Panthers announced Friday they've given their durable longtime right tackle a two-year contract extension ...
Aug 22, 2025
Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out the massive financial penalty a state judge imposed on President Donald Trump, wh...
Aug 21, 2025
North Carolina updates more than 20,000 voter records, seeks more ID numbers
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Voter registration records for more than 20,000 people in North Carolina have been successfully amended thus far in an effort by election off...
Aug 21, 2025 FILE - North Carolina State University students vote in the primaries at Pullen Community Center on March 15, 2016 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday while creeping closer to the mid-Atlantic coast and churning up menacing wav...
Aug 20, 2025
Wall Street steadies after Nvidia, Palantir and other AI stars trim their losses
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes ended mixed on Wednesday after Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared most of their steep losses from the morning. The S&a...
Aug 20, 2025
Trump calls on Federal Reserve official to resign after official accuses her of mortgage fraud
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign after a member of his administration accused Coo...
Aug 20, 2025
Summer celebrations meet closed beaches and warnings on US East Coast due to Hurricane Erin
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - From Florida to New England, people trying to enjoy the last hurrahs of summer along the coast were met with rip current warnin...
Aug 20, 2025
Palantir, Nvidia and other AI stars dim as Wall Street pulls further from its records
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street faded on Tuesday following drops for Nvidia and other stars that have been riding the mania surrounding artificial-intelligence technology. ...
Aug 19, 2025
Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the U.S. Postal Service is...
Aug 17, 2025
Chimaev wins UFC middleweight belt by unanimous decision
By PATRICK ROSE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - Khamzat Chimaev continued his dominance in the UFC, capturing the middleweight belt on Saturday night by defeating Dricus Du Plessis by unanimous decisi...
Aug 17, 2025