Category Archives: WPTF News
Voting technology firm, conservative outlet reach settlement in 2020 election defamation case
By RANDALL CHASE Associated PressDOVER, Del. (AP) - A settlement was reached Thursday in a defamation lawsuit brought by electronic voting machine manufacturer Smartmatic against conservative news out...
Sep 26, 2024
Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business WriterALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Federal regulators who say Google holds an illegal monopoly over the technology that matches online advertisers to publishers are vastly und...
Sep 26, 2024
Joe Wolf, who played for North Carolina and 7 NBA teams, dies at 59
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball WriterJoe Wolf, a former North Carolina captain for Dean Smith and went on to play for seven teams in an 11-year NBA career before becoming a coach, died unexpectedly Thu...
Sep 26, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street ticks to another record as stocks worldwide rally
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rose to another record Thursday as financial markets around the world rallied again.The S&P 500 added 0.4% to set an all-time high&n...
Sep 26, 2024
North Carolina lieutenant governor names new chief aide as staff departures grow
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson quickly named his next state government office chief Thursday, as a dozen workers have quit h...
Sep 26, 2024
Zelenskyy visits Washington as election year divide grows over Ukraine war
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with U.S. leaders on Thursday to shore up American support for his country’s fight against Rus...
Sep 26, 2024
Diners are skipping restaurants and making more meals at home as inflation trend inverts
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Eating in is in and eating out is out.That’s the message that inflation-squeezed consumer s have been sending to fast-food companies and oth...
Sep 26, 2024
US economy grew at a solid 3% rate last quarter, government says in final estimate
WASHINGTON (AP) - The American economy expanded at a healthy 3% annual pace from April through June, boosted by strong consumer spending and business investment, the government said, leaving its previ...
Sep 26, 2024
Israel tells its troops to prepare for a possible ground operation in Lebanon
By MELANIE LIDMAN, TIA GOLDENBERG and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated PressTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon, its army chief said Wednesday as Hezbollah...
Sep 25, 2024
Top aide for North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is resigning, adding to staff separations
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The top aide to North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson within state government is quitting, a state official said Wednesday, marking another staff separation from the Rep...
Sep 25, 2024