Category Archives: WPTF News
Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigators work with Walmart after identifying suspect's backpack
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Investigators working on the disappearance of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie's mother are consulting with Walmart management to develop leads because a backpack the...
Feb 16, 2026
Taylor Swift concert attack plot leads to terrorism charges against 21-year-old man
VIENNA (AP) - Austrian public prosecutors filed terrorism-related charges Monday against a 21-year-old defendant who they say planned to carry out an attack on one of superstar singer Taylor Swift's c...
Feb 16, 2026
Robert Duvall, Oscar-winning actor and 'Godfather' mainstay, dead at 95
By BOB THOMAS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two ...
Feb 16, 2026
The '6-7' craze is going strong at NBA and college basketball games
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - LaMelo Ball has never been more popular, and it's not because Charlotte's 6-foot-7 star has the Hornets fighting for a playoff spot. They hype is l...
Feb 16, 2026
World shares mostly advance and Japan falls ahead of Lunar New Year holidays
By CHAN HO-HIM AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) - World shares mostly advanced on Monday and gold declined. Japanese stocks dipped and several stock markets in Asia were closed or trading for a half-...
Feb 16, 2026
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