Category Archives: WPTF News
North Carolina musician arrested, accused of Artificial Intelligence-assisted fraud caper
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - A North Carolina musician was arrested and charged Wednesday with using artificial intelligence to create hundreds of thousands of songs that he str...
Sep 04, 2024
ACC schools have a new path to more revenue: just win… in the postseason
By AARON BEARD AP Sports WriterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Atlantic Coast Conference has spent years working to find more money to reduce the gaps with the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences.The league...
Sep 04, 2024
North Carolina public school students inch higher in test scores
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's public school students made small performance gains on standardized tests during the past school year, officials announced Wednesday. The proficiency levels are i...
Sep 04, 2024
Raise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on how to boost the US economy
By JOSH BOAK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump is betting that Americans crave trillions of dollars in tax cuts - and that growth will be so fantastic that it’s not worth worrying a...
Sep 04, 2024
Global stocks tumble after Wall Street drops on worries about the economy
By ZIMO ZHONG Associated PressHONG KONG (AP) - World stocks tumbled Wednesday after Wall Street had its worst day since early August, with heavyweight Nvidia falling 9.5%, leading to a global decline ...
Sep 04, 2024
Federal judge rejects Donald Trump’s request to intervene in wake of hush money conviction
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump's request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former presid...
Sep 03, 2024
As students return to Columbia, the epicenter of a campus protest movement braces for disruption
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - As Columbia University resumes classes Tuesday, students and faculty are planning, and bracing, for a resumption of the pro-Palestinian protests that...
Sep 03, 2024
Wall Street tumbles amid worries about the economy, and Dow drops 600 points
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks tumbled Tuesday to their worst day since an early August sell-off, as a week full of updates on the economy got off to a discouragingly weak ...
Sep 03, 2024
Scottie Scheffler caps off record season with FedEx Cup title and $25 million bonus
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf WriterATLANTA (AP) - A Masters green jacket and an Olympic gold medal. A first-time father and his first time being arrested. A year Scottie Scheffler won’t forget ended...
Sep 01, 2024
Trump issues statement from Gold Star families defending Arlington Cemetery visit and ripping Harris
By BILL BARROW Associated PressATLANTA (AP) - Donald Trump’s campaign issued a statement Sunday from the Gold Star military families who invited him to Arlington National Cemetery as they defend...
Sep 01, 2024