Category Archives: WPTF News
Chevron gets go ahead for $53B Hess deal, and access to one of the biggest oil finds this decade
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business WriterHOUSTON (AP) - Chevron has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess and access to one of the biggest...
Jul 18, 2025
Chevron gets go ahead for $53B Hess deal, and access to one of the biggest oil finds this decade
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer HOUSTON (AP) - Chevron has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess and access to one of the bigges...
Jul 18, 2025
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, ends May 2026
By ALICIA RANCILIO and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment WritersCBS is axing "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" in May 2026, the host told an audience at a taping Thursday.The announcement came three d...
Jul 17, 2025
Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' canceled by CBS, ends May 2026
By ALICIA RANCILIO and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers CBS is axing "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" in May 2026, the host told an audience at a taping Thursday. The announcement came three...
Jul 17, 2025
Wall Street hangs near its record as PepsiCo and United Airlines fly and health care stocks sink
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rose to records on Thursday following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies.T...
Jul 17, 2025
Prodded by lawsuits, North Carolina seeks to tighten voter ID records for roughly 200,000 people
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina election officials on Thursday launched an online database of voter registration records for 103,000 people who need to add the...
Jul 17, 2025
Severe weather in tropical storm’s wake triggers North Carolina state of emergency
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina can seek federal funding to help its overloaded response efforts to Tropical Storm Chantal, which killed at least six people...
Jul 17, 2025
Wall Street hangs near its record as PepsiCo and United Airlines fly and health care stocks sink
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rose to records on Thursday following better-than-expected updates on the economy and a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies....
Jul 17, 2025
North Carolina governor doesn’t appeal ruling on who gets say over highway patrol commander
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Josh Stein decided Wednesday against appealing a trial court ruling that did not go in his favor last mon...
Jul 17, 2025
Fights over charters loom over NASCAR as teams, series await key court rulings
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - It's the summer to sue in NASCAR, the sport where the on-track bumping and banging is in danger of being overshadowed by the action in the c...
Jul 16, 2025