Category Archives: WPTF News
Sinking AI stocks and rising oil prices weigh on Wall Street
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Sinking AI stocks and another climb in oil prices because of the Iran war helped pull Wall Street off its record heights on Tuesday. The S&P 500 fel...
Apr 28, 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)
Robot dogs with Musk and Zuckerberg heads roam around Berlin museum in Beeple's new exhibit
By FANNY BRODERSEN and CLAUDIA CIOBANU Associated Press BERLIN (AP) - Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after world-renowned figures - including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff B...
Apr 28, 2026 Artist Beeple, Mike Winkelmann, poses inside his installation titled Regular Animals, with robots in the likeness of Kim Jong Un, left, Elon Musk, second left, Jeff Bezos, center, and Mark Zuckerberg, right, at the Neue Nationalgalerie museum in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Taylor Swift files 3 new trademark applications. One expert says it is to curb AI threats
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Taylor Swift filed three new trademark applications with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, a move one legal expert theorizes it is to protect her...
Apr 28, 2026 FILE - Taylor Swift attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Avalanche and Hurricanes sit back and wait, maybe for a while, after sweeps in opening round
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) - Brent Burns showed off his wry sense of humor shortly after Colorado completed its first-round sweep. "Better than the alternative, I guess," the 41-year-o...
Apr 27, 2026 Logan Stankoven #22 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates his third-period goal against the Ottawa Senators in Game Four of the First Round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canadian Tire Centre on April 25, 2026 in Ottawa, Canada. (Photo by Tim Austen/Freestyle Photo/Getty Images)
South Carolina's measles outbreak is over after sickening nearly 1,000 people
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer South Carolina's measles outbreak - the worst in the U.S. in more than 35 years - is over, state health officials declared Monday. On Sunday, the state passed the thre...
Apr 27, 2026 Workers with the South Carolina Department of Health use a computer at a mobile clinic offering free measles vaccinations on February 6, 2026 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The clinic offered free MMR vaccinations as the South Carolina Department of Health reported 876 cases of the disease earlier in the week, with the outbreak centered in Spartanburg County. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman head to court in high-stakes showdown over AI
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writers OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleg...
Apr 27, 2026 The ChatGPT app by OpenAI is shown on March 03, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
US stocks edge higher, while oil prices rise ahead of a blockbuster week for Wall Street
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market's record-breaking rally slowed on Monday after uncertainty rose over the weekend about what will happen next in the Iran war, whil...
Apr 27, 2026 Options trader Matthew Hefter, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Iran's top diplomat returns to Pakistan but Trump says the sides can talk by phone
By MUNIR AHMED, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - Iran 's foreign minister arrived in Islamabad again Sunday as Pakistan's political and military leadership scrambled to ...
Apr 26, 2026 Banners announcing talks between U.S and Iranian officials hang at the Jinnah Convention Centre, where international media have gathered to cover the talks taking place in the nearby Serena Hotel, on April 11, 2026 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The meeting marks a rare direct engagement between senior U.S. and Iranian officials, as Washington and Tehran seek to advance stalled negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme, with Pakistan serving as neutral ground amid persistent tensions between the two countries. (Photo by Rebecca Conway/Getty Images)
Tillis says he's ready to move ahead with confirming Warsh as Trump's pick as Fed chair
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican senator who had effectively blocked confirmation of President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Reserve said Sunday he was dropping his opposition after the Depa...
Apr 26, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 21: U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) speaks during a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for Chair of the Federal Reserve, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump nominated Warsh, a former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, to replace Jerome Powell amid bipartisan concerns over the Justice Department's criminal investigation into the central bank’s current leader. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
One dead in Glenwood Avenue crash
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A pedestrian is dead after a one car accident near Lynn Road in Raleigh Sunday (April 26). Police say the crash happened just before 4 a.m. near the intersection of Glenwood Ave...
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