Category Archives: WPTF News
Facebook owner Meta bans Russia state media outlets over ‘foreign interference’
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business WriterLONDON (AP) - Meta said it’s banning Russia state media organization from its social media platforms, alleging that the outlets used deceptive tactics to amplify...
Sep 17, 2024
Trump blames Biden and Harris’ rhetoric toward him despite his own history of going after rivals
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump claimed without evidence Monday that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ comments that he is...
Sep 16, 2024
Pipeline explosion near Houston erupts in a towering flame, forcing evacuations
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated PressDEER PARK, Texas (AP) - A massive pipeline explosion that sent a towering flame over neighborhoods near Houston for hours on Monday began after a vehicle drove throug...
Sep 16, 2024
Vance and Georgia Gov. Kemp project Republican unity at evangelical event after Trump tensions
By BILL BARROW Associated PressATLANTA (AP) - A leading conservative Christian group put on a show of Republican unity Monday, cementing the new dtente between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and GOP nominee ...
Sep 16, 2024
Dave Canales’ decision to bench Bryce Young raises questions about No. 1 pick’s future in Carolina
By STEVE REED AP Sports WriterCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Dave Canales’ decision to bench Bryce Young raises serious questions about the 2023 No. 1 overall pick’s future with the Carolina Panth...
Sep 16, 2024
Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin says Wake Forest violated an ‘unwritten rule’ in buying out 2025 game
By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports WriterMississippi coach Lane Kiffin says Wake Forest violated "an unwritten rule" by buying its way out of next year’s matchup, leaving the Rebels in search of another ma...
Sep 16, 2024
Wind, rain but maybe no name as tropical disturbance approaches Carolinas coast
MIAMI (AP) - Heavy winds and rains from a storm in the Atlantic that wasn’t quite organized enough to get a name hit a stretch of the southeastern U.S. coast Monday.The center of the storm syste...
Sep 16, 2024
Ohio town cancels cultural festival after furor over Haitians
By PATRICK AFTOORA ORSAGOS and MICHAEL RUBINKAMSPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio city at the center of a political furor over Haitian migrants canceled its annual celebration of cultural diversity on M...
Sep 16, 2024
Suspect in apparent assassination attempt on Trump was near golf course for 12 hours, records show
By STEPHANY MATAT, ERIC TUCKER, TERRY SPENCER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated PressWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting ...
Sep 16, 2024
Stock market today: Dow sets a record as Wall Street gears up for a cut to interest rates
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - The Dow Jones Industrial Average set a record after a quiet Monday of trading, as Wall Street geared up for the most anticipated meeting of the Fede...
Sep 16, 2024