Category Archives: WPTF News
House GOP campaign chairman says voters will 'reward us' for the Trump-Musk DOGE cuts
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Almost two months into President Donald Trump's second term, the chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predict...
Mar 08, 2025
Knueppel, Flagg help No. 2 Duke pull away late to beat rival UNC 82-69
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Freshman Kon Knueppel scored 17 points to help No. 2 Duke beat rival North Carolina 82-69 on Saturday night and clinch the outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season ti...
Mar 08, 2025
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner i...
Mar 07, 2025
Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) - Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in t...
Mar 07, 2025
Bragg to Liberty and back again: Ceremony to rechristen Army post once named for a Confederate
By ALLEN BREED and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday when the nation's largest Army installation officially retur...
Mar 07, 2025
Angry Birds, Frogger and others are finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - This year's finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame include trailblazers in esports, electronic pets and portable gaming, as well as the arcade favorite brought to life ...
Mar 07, 2025
Trump reaches 36.6 million television viewers for first address to Congress in second term
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump reached an estimated 36.6 million television viewers for his address to Congress on Tuesday night, the Nielsen company said. That beat the 32.2 million people wh...
Mar 05, 2025
NFL legend Bill Belichick is coaching practices again. Only now he's a college rookie at UNC
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Bill Belichick is back on the practice sidelines again, a familiar home for the man who won six Super Bowls as an NFL head coach. Only now the ...
Mar 05, 2025
World's oldest llama enjoys comforting chronically ill children in North Carolina
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press A bucktoothed llama that spends his days comforting chronically ill children at a North Carolina camp founded by NASCAR royalty has been crowned the world's oldest ll...
Mar 05, 2025
Trump takes credit for 'swift and unrelenting' action in speech to Congress
By ZEKE MILLER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump took credit for "swift and unrelenting action" in reorienting the nation's economy, immigration and forei...
Mar 04, 2025