Category Archives: WPTF News
Wall Street ticks to more records, led by technology stocks
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks edged up to more records on Thursday as technology stocks kept rising and as Wall Street kept ignoring the shutdown of the U.S. government. ...
Oct 02, 2025
Republicans are relishing a role reversal in the shutdown fight. Can Trump keep them united?
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Gathered in the unusually quiet halls of the U.S. Capitol, Republican leaders faced the cameras for a second day and implored D...
Oct 02, 2025
Republicans are relishing a role reversal in the shutdown fight. Can Trump keep them united?
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Gathered in the unusually quiet halls of the U.S. Capitol, Republican leaders faced the cameras for a second day and implored ...
Oct 02, 2025
Morgan Wallen denied throwing chair off bar roof to police in 2024, footage shows
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country music star Morgan Wallen denied to police that he threw a chair off a Nashville honky-tonk bar ro...
Oct 01, 2025
Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn't extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instead...
Oct 01, 2025
Morgan Wallen denied throwing chair off bar roof to police in 2024, footage shows
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country music star Morgan Wallen denied to police that he threw a chair off a Nashville honky-tonk bar roof before and ...
Oct 01, 2025
Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn't extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instea...
Oct 01, 2025
Old guard still runs the Metropolitan Division, though times could be changing soon
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The winds are beginning to change in the NHL's Metropolitan Division, though not before the old guard gets at least one more shot. Washington easily won the division ...
Oct 01, 2025
Authorities identify those killed in weekend North Carolina bar shooting
SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) - The three people killed during a mass shooting last weekend at a waterfront bar in a southeastern North Carolina community have been identified as two out-of-state residents and...
Oct 01, 2025
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. The Jane ...
Oct 01, 2025