Category Archives: WPTF News
Stock market today: Wall Street closes its record-setting week mixed as FedEx slumps and Nike jumps
NEW YORK (AP) - A record-setting week for Wall Street closed on a quieter note Friday, as U.S. stocks drifted around the highs they hit during a worldwide rally the day before.The S&P 50...
Sep 20, 2024
North Carolina’s governor vetoes private school vouchers and immigration enforcement orders
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation Friday that allocates several hundred million dollars to an expanded private schoo...
Sep 20, 2024
Robinson won’t appear at Trump’s North Carolina rally after report on online posts, AP sources say
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will not appear at former President Donald Trump 's rally on S...
Sep 20, 2024
Panthers QB Bryce Young says he was surprised to learn he’d been benched, needs to get better
By STEVE REED AP Sports WriterCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young said he was surprised to learn from head coach Dave Canales that he’d been benched and accepted bla...
Sep 19, 2024
North Carolina judge won’t prevent use of university digital IDs for voting
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina trial judge refused on Thursday a Republican Party request that he block students and employees at the state's flagship public university from being able to show ...
Sep 19, 2024
Second judge refuses to grant home release to Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and ANDREW DALTON Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - Sean "Diddy" Combs is staying locked up after a judge Wednesday rejected the hip-hop mogul's proposal ...
Sep 18, 2024
House rejects temporary funding bill to avoid government shutdown
By KEVIN FREKING Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Wednesday rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal that would have linked temporary funding for the federal government with a mand...
Sep 18, 2024
Stock market today: Most of Wall Street edges lower after Fed delivers a big cut to rates
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes edged lower Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession with a bigger-than-usual ...
Sep 18, 2024
North Carolina’s highest court hears challenge to law allowing more time for child sex abuse suits
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Challenges to a portion of a state law that gave adult victims of child sexual abuse two additional years to seek civil damages dominated oral...
Sep 18, 2024
Federal Reserve signals end to inflation fight with a sizable half-point rate cut
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two year...
Sep 18, 2024