Category Archives: WPTF News
Before the bell: Wall Street mixed early and oil prices steady as Trump arrives in China to meet with Xi
By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was mixed in premarket trading Wednesday as oil prices steadied and the technology sector appeared ready to bounce back from widespread lo...
May 13, 2026 Specialists Anthony Matesic, left, and Dilip Patel work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Trump set to meet with Xi in Beijing as war and inflation weigh on his presidency
By AAMER MADHANI, WILL WEISSERT and JOSH BOAK Associated Press BEIJING (AP) - President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a rest...
May 12, 2026 PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - MAY 2: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to journalists before boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on May 2, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump is spending the weekend at his Mar-A-Lago resort. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
Tiger Woods' prescription drug records will be handed over to prosecutors in Florida DUI case
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press STUART, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods ' prescription drug records will be handed over to prosecutors following his March arrest in Florida on suspicion of driving under the...
May 12, 2026 In this image from police body camera video released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff's Office, golfer Tiger Woods is taken into custody by sheriff's deputies following a car crash in Jupiter Island, Fla., Friday, March 27, 2026. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Wall Street's record-setting run halts as AI stocks slump and oil prices rise
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer A sudden halt for technology stocks put the brakes on Wall Street's record-setting run Tuesday. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% from its all-time high set the day before. The...
May 12, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 20, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Legislative leaders reach budget deal: teacher salaries, tax triggers addressed
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) -- A breakthrough on the long delayed state budget. State House Speaker Destin Hall and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger appeared jointly to announce they have a agreement...
May 12, 2026
Canvas reaches deal to delete stolen data
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) -- Instructure, the company behind the online learning system Canvas, has reached a deal with hackers to delete data stolen in a cyberattack. The breach caused chaos for stude...
May 12, 2026 Getty Images
The Iran war is hitting home as gasoline prices fuel inflation surge of 3.8% in the US
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran delivered higher gasoline prices and more pain for Americans. The Labor Department's consumer price...
May 12, 2026 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 28: Fuel prices are displayed at a Brooklyn gas station on April 28, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Ship operator and employee are charged in crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore bridge
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ED WHITE BALTIMORE (AP) - Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday in the 2024 collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing a Singapore-based ship ...
May 12, 2026
Hegseth is facing a new round of questioning from Congress on the Iran war and more
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face a new round of questioning from lawmakers over the Iran war Tuesday, including some Republicans who have expre...
May 12, 2026 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth walks to the auditorium to brief members of congress on military strikes near Venezuela at the Capitol, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
State senate district suit dropped, Supreme Court ruling cited
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - The recent Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act has led two North Carolina black voters to drop a lawsuit over the drawing of State Senate district lines. Democrati...
May 11, 2026