Category Archives: WPTF News
NAACP asks judge to protect against 'misuse' of voter data seized by FBI in Georgia's Fulton County
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - The NAACP and other organizations are asking a judge to protect personal voter information that was seized by the FBI from an elections warehouse just ...
Feb 16, 2026
No, George Washington didn't have wooden teeth. Yes, he led the Siege of Boston
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - More than a decade before he became the country's first president, George Washington was leading a critical campaign in the early days of the American R...
Feb 16, 2026
Winter Olympics recap: Brignone's double gold after broken leg, Klaebo sets a medal record
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer MILAN (AP) - Federica Brignone and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo glided into history at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday in very different ways. Host nation Italy ...
Feb 15, 2026
Tyler Reddick wins the Daytona 500 for Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Tyler Reddick won the Daytona 500 in a car owned by Michael Jordan when Chase Elliott crashed as he and Reddick were battling for the wi...
Feb 15, 2026
No clear path to ending the partial government shutdown as lawmakers dig in over DHS oversight
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that h...
Feb 15, 2026
Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population near expanding farms
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try and curb a growing problem where human and animal populations e...
Feb 15, 2026
All-Star reliever Elroy Face, who saved 3 games for Pirates in 1960 World Series, dies at 97
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Elroy Face, an All-Star reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates who saved three games in the 1960 World Series to help them upset the New York Yankees, has died. He was 97. In a news rel...
Feb 15, 2026
Crown prince urges the world to stand with the people of Iran as 250,000 rally in Munich
By STANISLAV HODINA Associated Press MUNICH (AP) - About 250,000 people demonstrated on Saturday against Iran's government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany, police said, ans...
Feb 15, 2026
Tar Heels adjust without freshman star Wilson
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina will need to learn to play without freshman sensation Caleb Wilson for an undetermined period of time, but coach Hubert Davis sai...
Feb 14, 2026
Four new astronauts arrive at the International Space Station to replace NASA's evacuated crew
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The International Space Station returned to full strength with Saturday's arrival of four new astronauts to replace colleagues who bailed...
Feb 14, 2026