Category Archives: WPTF News
Stock market today: Wall Street weakens as Target tumbles
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish on Wednesday, though the modest moves for indexes masked some thrashing underneath the surface. Target lost more t...
Nov 20, 2024
Maui Invitational returns to a Lahaina still grappling with raw emotions left by deadly wildfire
By AUDREY McAVOY and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) - Three generations of TJ Rickard's family lost their homes in the deadly Maui wildfire more than a year ago, and he and his...
Nov 19, 2024
Trump picks Dr. Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid, Linda McMahon for Education, Lutnick for Commerce
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, AMANDA SEITZ, COLLIN BINKLEY and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped billionaire professional wrestling mogul Linda McMahon t...
Nov 19, 2024
How a viral, duct-taped banana came to be worth $1 million
By JULIE WALKER and JOHN MINCHILLO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell fo...
Nov 19, 2024
A recount will happen in the extremely close race for a North Carolina court seat
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The narrowly trailing Republican candidate in the race for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat formally requested a recount on Tuesday, with ...
Nov 19, 2024
Trump and Musk solidify their bond with Texas trip for rocket launch
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump, surrounded by family members, aides and allies trekked to Brownsville, Texas, on Tuesday where he listened inte...
Nov 19, 2024
FEMA administrator says she supports investigation of alleged Trump bias in relief efforts
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency told lawmakers Tuesday she has encouraged the agency's inspector general to review whether an em...
Nov 19, 2024
North Carolina GOP's legislative priorities for this year inch closer to becoming law
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina GOP lawmakers are one step closer to rolling out their legislative-session priorities into law before the year's end after the s...
Nov 19, 2024
Republican lawmakers are set to elect a new North Carolina House speaker, Destin Hall
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina House Republicans carried out a succession plan Tuesday that they agreed upon a year ago, choosing the chamber's rules committ...
Nov 19, 2024
Kissing the ring? MSNBC 'Morning Joe' hosts say they met with Trump to reopen lines of communication
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, fierce critics of President-Elect Donald Trump, say they traveled to Mar-a-Lago for a meeting with him to reopen lines ...
Nov 18, 2024