Category Archives: WPTF News
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
GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates in key states, hoping to siphon off Harris votes
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and DAN MERICA Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Italo Medelius was leading a volunteer drive to put Cornel West on North Carolina’s presidential ballot last spring when he rec...
Sep 01, 2024
Trump courts conservative male influencers to try to reach younger men
By MATT BROWN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - At first glance, there’s little that a 78-year-old former president and a 23-year-old internet personality might have in common.Donald Trump ...
Sep 01, 2024
GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina has a history of inflammatory words. It could cost Trump
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressCOLFAX, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina conservatives who gathered recently over coffee and pancakes at the Olympic Family Restaurant to support Republican Lt. Gov. Mar...
Aug 31, 2024
RFK Jr. sues North Carolina elections board as he seeks to remove his name from ballot
By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for AmericaRobert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections in a last-ditch attempt to get his name removed the state's ballot ahead of...
Aug 31, 2024