Category Archives: WPTF News
Here's a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill
By REBECCA SANTANA and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after th...
Dec 22, 2024
Santa Claus joins sharks for holiday swim at Rio de Janeiro aquarium
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Santa Claus has arrived in Rio de Janeiro - under water. Starting on Saturday, he'll be spotted at AquaRio Marine Aquarium swimming with sharks during their daily fish feeding se...
Dec 22, 2024
RJ Davis rallies North Carolina past No. 18 UCLA 76-74 in CBS Sports Classic
By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - RJ Davis made the tying and go-ahead free throws with 13 seconds left, and North Carolina erased a 16-point deficit for a 76-74 victory over No. 18 U...
Dec 21, 2024
Farmers are still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press LYONS, Ga. (AP) - Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins' Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march acr...
Dec 20, 2024
Stock market today: Wall Street rises to turn a dismal week into just a bad one
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rose Friday to turn what would have been one of the market's worst weeks of the year into just a pretty bad one. The S&P 500 rallied 1.1...
Dec 20, 2024
EPA head Regan, who championed environmental justice, to leave office Dec. 31
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Michael Regan, who has led the Environmental Protection Agency throughout President Joe Biden's four-year term, said Friday he will leave the agency ...
Dec 20, 2024
Democratic governors hammered Trump before the election. Now they're hoping to work with him
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - They warned about him. Now they'll have to work with him. A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to ...
Dec 20, 2024
Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing faces new federal murder charges with his return to New York
By MARK SCOLFORO, MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO was whisked back to New York on a plane and by helicopter ...
Dec 19, 2024
Elliot Cadeau, UNC ponder emotional loss to No. 7 Florida after comeback falls short
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina guard Elliot Cadeau couldn't hold back the tears as he walked off the floor at the Spectrum Center following a 90-84 loss to No. 7 ...
Dec 17, 2024
Will Richard scores 22 points, No. 7 Florida holds off UNC rally to remain unbeaten with 90-84 win
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Will Richard scored 22 points, Alijah Martin added 19 points and No. 7 Florida held off a furious second-half rally by North Carolina to remain un...
Dec 17, 2024