Category Archives: WPTF News
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk's death
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) - ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely beginning Wednesday after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk's killing led a group of AB...
Sep 17, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point and signals two more cuts this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grow...
Sep 17, 2025
Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health
By AMANDA SEITZ and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - America's public health system is headed to a "very dangerous place" with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and...
Sep 17, 2025
Another beachfront stilt house collapses into the surf on the Outer Banks
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - A beachfront stilt home along the Outer Banks in North Carolina has collapsed into the surf, bringing the total number of houses claimed by the Atlantic Ocean to 12 in the past fiv...
Sep 17, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point and signals two more cuts this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern gro...
Sep 17, 2025
Amazon Prime Video will stream the Masters for the first time beginning next year
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Amazon Prime Video will stream two hours of coverage during the first and second rounds of the Masters beginning next year.The Masters will stream on Prime Video from 1-3 p.m. ET d...
Sep 16, 2025
Retail sales up 0.6% in August from July even as tariffs hurt jobs and lead to price hikes
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Shoppers increased their spending at a better-than-expected pace in August from July, helped by back-to-school shopping, even as President Do...
Sep 16, 2025
Israel’s military begins its ground offensive in Gaza City and thousands of residents flee
By MELANIE LIDMAN, JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military began its ground offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, slowly closing in on the Palestinian ...
Sep 16, 2025
Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor, director and indie patriarch, dies at 89
By BOB THOMAS Associated PressRobert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his bes...
Sep 16, 2025
Wall Street ticks toward another record as Tesla vrooms higher
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rose to more records on Monday at the start of a week that could show whether the U.S. stock market's big recent rally has been overdone or p...
Sep 15, 2025