Category Archives: WPTF News
Trump's immigration chiefs testify in Congress following protester deaths
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The heads of the agencies carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda are testifying in Congress Tuesday and faced questions ove...
Feb 10, 2026
US stocks drift near records as Hasbro climbs but Coca-Cola slips
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are drifting on Wall Street Tuesday following a mixed set of profit reports from big U.S. companies, as Hasbro jumps but Coca-Cola slips. The S&a...
Feb 10, 2026
Armchair detectives flood social media as search for Savannah Guthrie's missing mom continues
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Moments after the news broke about the apparent abduction of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother, the floodgates opened on social media. Influencers relayed t...
Feb 09, 2026
Ghislaine Maxwell appeals for clemency from Trump as she declines to answer questions from lawmakers
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in a deposition Monday, but indicate...
Feb 09, 2026
Purported Nancy Guthrie ransom note deadline approaches as search enters a second week
By TY O'NEIL Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities investigating the apparent kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie returned to her Arizona neighborhood several times over the weekend, ahead of a Mo...
Feb 09, 2026
NASCAR emerges from federal antitrust lawsuit bruised but ready for its 78th season
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - In the days following the 2004 Hendrick Motorsports flight that killed all 12 people aboard, Bill France Jr. and Mike Helton showed up a...
Feb 09, 2026
North Carolina Republicans to question Charlotte leaders on crime after train stabbings
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican lawmakers are preparing to grill Charlotte-area leaders about crime-fighting tactics and spending, particularly in ...
Feb 09, 2026
Judge rejects Democrats' plea for early voting sites at 3 North Carolina universities
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - A federal judge refused Sunday to help in attempts to open early voting sites at three public North Carolina universities, declining requests to overrule decisions by Republica...
Feb 08, 2026
FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn't running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, DAVID B. CARUSO and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein's bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interview...
Feb 08, 2026
Lindsey Vonn crashes in Olympic downhill, taken away by helicopter as US teammate Johnson wins gold
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) - Lindsey Vonn, racing on a badly injured left knee, crashed early in the Olympic downhill on Sunday and was taken off the course by a helicopter after the 41-year-old Am...
Feb 08, 2026