Category Archives: WPTF News
Don't fret: Air guitar world title returns home to Finland after 25 years
OULU, Finland (AP) - Finnish air guitarist Aapo "The Angus" Rautio plucked victory from thin air on Friday night, grabbing the world championship title for his homeland for the first time since 2000. ...
Aug 24, 2025
Ryan Blaney's last-second surge at Daytona denies underdogs a Cinderella moment
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR's playoff system is designed to give a long shot a chance to race for the championship. As a pack of underdogs hurtled toward the...
Aug 24, 2025
Federal officials to take over inspections when troubled Boar's Head plant reopens
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a troubled Boar's Head deli meat plant when it reopens after last year's deadly listeria outbreak, U.S. Agriculture...
Aug 24, 2025
North Carolina Supreme Court says bars' COVID-19 lawsuits can continue
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Supreme Court issued favorable rulings Friday for bars and their operators in litigation seeking monetary compensation fro...
Aug 22, 2025
Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months...
Aug 22, 2025
Panthers re-sign longtime RT Taylor Moton to a 2-year, $44M extension, AP sources says
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE N.C. (AP) - Taylor Moton is staying in Carolina. The Panthers announced Friday they've given their durable longtime right tackle a two-year contract extension ...
Aug 22, 2025
Appeals court throws out massive civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out the massive financial penalty a state judge imposed on President Donald Trump, wh...
Aug 21, 2025
North Carolina updates more than 20,000 voter records, seeks more ID numbers
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Voter registration records for more than 20,000 people in North Carolina have been successfully amended thus far in an effort by election off...
Aug 21, 2025
Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast
By ALLEN G. BREED and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) - Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday while creeping closer to the mid-Atlantic coast and churning up menacing wav...
Aug 20, 2025
Wall Street steadies after Nvidia, Palantir and other AI stars trim their losses
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stock indexes ended mixed on Wednesday after Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared most of their steep losses from the morning. The S&a...
Aug 20, 2025