Category Archives: WPTF News
World shares mostly advance and Japan falls ahead of Lunar New Year holidays
By CHAN HO-HIM AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) - World shares mostly advanced on Monday and gold declined. Japanese stocks dipped and several stock markets in Asia were closed or trading for a half-...
Feb 16, 2026 Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
NAACP asks judge to protect against 'misuse' of voter data seized by FBI in Georgia's Fulton County
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - The NAACP and other organizations are asking a judge to protect personal voter information that was seized by the FBI from an elections warehouse just ...
Feb 16, 2026 FBI agents are seen at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga, near Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
No, George Washington didn't have wooden teeth. Yes, he led the Siege of Boston
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - More than a decade before he became the country's first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American R...
Feb 16, 2026 The home of former president of the USA George Washington (Getty Images)
Winter Olympics recap: Brignone's double gold after broken leg, Klaebo sets a medal record
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) - Federica Brignone and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo glided into history at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday in very different ways. Host nation Italy ...
Feb 15, 2026 Federica Brignone of Team Italy in action during the Women's Giant Slalom on day nine of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre on February 15, 2026 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. (Photo by Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
Tyler Reddick wins the Daytona 500 for Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Tyler Reddick won the Daytona 500 in a car owned by Michael Jordan when Chase Elliott crashed as he and Reddick were battling for the wi...
Feb 15, 2026 Riley Herbst, (35), Justin Allgaier, (40), Todd Gilliland, (34), John Hunter Nemechek, (42) and Ryan Blaney, (12) collide during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that h...
Feb 15, 2026 A bullet hole is seen in the windshield of a vehicle involved in a shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, the agent, "fearing for his life" killed a woman during a confrontation in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population near expanding farms
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations e...
Feb 15, 2026
All-Star reliever Elroy Face, who saved 3 games for Pirates in 1960 World Series, dies at 97
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Elroy Face, an All-Star reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates who saved three games in the 1960 World Series to help them upset the New York Yankees, has died. He was 97. In a news rel...
Feb 15, 2026 Elroy Face acknowledges the crowd after being inducted into the Pittsburgh Pirates Hall of Fame Class of 2023 before the game against the Chicago Cubs at PNC Park on August 26, 2023 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images)
Crown prince urges the world to stand with the people of Iran as 250,000 rally in Munich
By STANISLAV HODINA Associated Press MUNICH (AP) - About 250,000 people demonstrated on Saturday against Iran's government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany, police said, ans...
Feb 15, 2026 Supports of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi attend a demonstration during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Tar Heels adjust without freshman star Wilson
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina will need to learn to play without freshman sensation Caleb Wilson for an undetermined period of time, but coach Hubert Davis sai...
Feb 14, 2026 North Carolina forward Caleb Wilson, with his left arm in a medical brace and not playing in the game, shoots during warm-ups before an NCAA college basketball game against Pittsburgh, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)