WPTF News Archives - Page 18 of 91

Donald Trump gambles with late-stage trips to Democratic New Mexico and Virginia

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 31, 2024, 7:14 pm

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Donald Trump is traveling to New Mexico and Virginia in the campaign’s final days. It’s a risky detour from the seven battleground states to spend time in places where Republican presidential candidates haven’t won in decades. The former president campaigned in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday during a swing that will also take him to the battleground states of Arizona and Nevada. He’ll be in Salem, Virginia, on Saturday. The Trump team is projecting optimism and thinks he can be competitive against Democrat Kamala Harris in New Mexico and Virginia.… Read More

Stock market today: Microsoft, Meta and the burden of expectations knock Wall Street sharply lower

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 31, 2024, 4:48 pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft and Meta Platforms are leading Wall Street lower following their latest profit reports. The S&P 500 fell 1.6% Thursday and was on track for its worst day in nearly eight weeks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 418 points, and the Nasdaq composite tumbled 2.4%. Both Microsoft and Meta delivered better profit than expected for the latest quarter, but investors were expecting even more from them. Other influential Big Tech stocks also fell and were among the market’s heaviest weights, including Amazon and Apple. Treasury yields ticked higher after data showed inflation is slowing pretty much as expected.… Read More

Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign’s last days

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 31, 2024, 3:03 pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Across the U.S., people’s phones are pinging with text messages from Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and their allies. Both sides are working the texting pipeline aggressively in the presidential campaign’s last days. It’s a cheap and easy way to reach millions of potential donors and voters. It’s also an aggravation for many. At recent Harris and Trump rallies, some of the attendees said enough already. But the texting torrent is not bound to let up before Election Day next week, if it even does then.… Read More

Dodgers win World Series in 5 games, overcome 5-run deficit with help of errors to beat Yankees 7-6

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 31, 2024, 12:18 am

NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers won their second World Series championship in five seasons, overcoming a five-run deficit with the help of three Yankees defensive miscues and rallying on sacrifice flies from Gavin Lux and Mookie Betts in the eighth inning to beat New York 7-6 in Game 5. Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning, Alex Verdugo’s RBI single chased Jack Flaherty in the second and Giancarlo Stanton’s third-inning homer against Ryan Brasier built a 5-0 lead for New York. But the Dodgers rallied, helped by a shaky defensive performance by the Yankees.… Read More

Harris promises to ‘represent all Americans’ after Biden’s remark on Trump supporters and ‘garbage’

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 31, 2024, 12:02 am

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kamala Harris is calling for Americans to “stop pointing fingers at each other” as she tries to push past comments made by President Joe Biden about Donald Trump’s supporters and “garbage.” Harris made her pitch in Raleigh, North Carolina, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Madison, Wisconsin, as part of a blitz of battleground states in the final week before Election Day. She stressed unity and common ground, expanding on her capstone speech Tuesday in Washington, where she laid out what her team called the “closing argument” of her campaign. Harris told reporters, “I will represent all Americans, including those who don’t vote for me.”… Read More

Donald Trump boards a garbage truck to draw attention to Biden remark

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 30, 2024, 11:46 pm

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump climbed into a white garbage truck that carried his name as he tried to draw attention to a comment made by President Joe Biden a day earlier. Speaking to reporters on the tarmac in Green Bay, Wisconsin, he asked, “How do you like my garbage truck?” Trump wore an orange and yellow safety vest over his white dress shirt and red tie. He said his appearance in the truck was, quote, “in honor of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.” Trump and other Republicans have tried to change the narrative after a comedian at a weekend Trump rally disparaged Puerto Rico as a floating island of garbage.… Read More

Yankees fans who interfered with Betts’ catch are banned from Game 5 of the World Series

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 30, 2024, 7:48 pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Two New York Yankees fans who were ejected from Game 4 of the World Series for interfering with Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts have been banned from Game 5 on Wednesday night. Betts leaped at the retaining wall in foul territory and caught Gleyber Torres’ pop fly in the first inning Tuesday night, but a fan in the first row with a gray Yankees road jersey grabbed Betts’ glove with both hands and pulled the ball out. Another fan grabbed Betts’ bare hand. The Yankees announced the Game 5 ban in a statement that called the fans’ behavior “egregious and unacceptable.”… Read More

Stock market today: Nasdaq edges back from its record as chip companies and Eli Lilly slump

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 30, 2024, 4:45 pm

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes edged lower after drops for Eli Lilly and chip companies overshadowed a jump for Google’s parent company. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite lost 0.6% from its record set the day before. Eli Lilly sank on concerns about two of its blockbuster drugs, while chip stocks struggled after Advanced Micro Devices gave a forecast for upcoming revenue that investors found disappointing. Treasury yields rose in the bond market following the latest reports on a U.S. economy that’s remaining more resilient than feared.… Read More

A man dubbed ‘AK Guru’ has been charged with making and selling hundreds of machine guns

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 30, 2024, 2:41 pm

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a North Carolina man nicknamed the “AK Guru” has been charged with making and selling hundreds of machine guns built from existing and deconstructed weapons. Court documents show that 72-year-old Earl Carter Jr. is being held by federal authorities on numerous charges. The FBI says a confidential informant told investigators that Carter makes machine guns “by either modifying legal firearms to make them into a machine gun or by piecing together parts.” Authorities say Carter was based in the small town of Hamlet, about 80 miles east of Charlotte. Carter’s lawyer has not responded to a request for comment from The Associated Press.… Read More

Heidi Klum’s Halloween costumes are always epic. See how she’s dressed up over the years

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 30, 2024, 1:13 pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Halloween has plenty of traditions, from candy to jack-o’-lanterns — and the annual spectacle of Heidi Klum’s costume. The supermodel-turned-TV personality is fond of surprising her guests with her elaborate costumes, like in 2022, when she arrived at the event on the end of a fishing line, encased in a slithering worm costume. “I just wanted to be something random,” she explained while lying on the floor for maximum worm-like effect. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone being a rain worm before.”… Read More

North Carolina’s historically Black colleges are mobilizing for Nov. 5, tapping an activist history

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 30, 2024, 10:48 am

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s 10 historically Black colleges are going all out to get their nearly 40,000 students to vote. These campuses are steeped in a history of voter activism and in a prime position now to mobilize for Tuesday’s elections. Although the voter mobilization is not a partisan effort, this campaign has a graduate of a historically Black school running for president. Democrat Kamala Harris graduated from Howard University in Washington. The North Carolina Black Alliance is working with the state’s HBCU institutions to get students to the polls throughout the early voting season. Donald Trump narrowly won the swing state in 2020.… Read More

Volpe slam sparks comeback after Freeman homer, Yanks beat Dodgers 11-4 to force World Series Game 5

Author: The Associated Press | Date: October 29, 2024, 11:41 pm

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Volpe’s third-inning grand slam overcame Freddie Freeman’s record-setting home run, and the New York Yankees avoided a World Series sweep with an 11-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers that forced a Game 5. Freeman homered for his sixth straight Series game, hitting a two-run drive in the first inning for the second straight night. Game 5 is Wednesday night, with the Yankees ace Gerrit Cole and the Dodgers’ Jack Flaherty meeting in a rematch of Game 1. New York is seeking to become the first team to overcome a 3-0 Series deficit.… Read More