Category Archives: WPTF News
Boozer, No. 1 overall seed Duke get rolling after halftime to beat TCU 81-58 and reach Sweet 16
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Duke got two tests to open its run as the No. 1 overall seed in March Madness. The Blue Devils responded both times, the latter coming when ...
Mar 21, 2026
New RDU airport budget includes parking rate increases
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WPTF) - Leaders at Raleigh-Durham International Airport have approved a new budget that means it will cost more for you to park there. Depending on the lot, prices will increase bet...
Mar 21, 2026
CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) - CBS News said Friday it is shutting down its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation as part of a round of layoffs, blaming a shi...
Mar 20, 2026
March Madness crosses paths with family time for High Point coaches with mom off to work
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Family matters at High Point, enough that coach Chelsea Banbury has no problem with assistant Katie Clayman missing the Panthers' last prac...
Mar 20, 2026
High Point looking for an encore after pulling off one March Madness upset
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Now that No. 12 seed High Point busted brackets with a first-round NCAA Tournament victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin, the Panthers -- along...
Mar 20, 2026
High oil prices knock down stocks and erase Wall Street's hopes for a cut to interest rates
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Another climb for oil prices shook stock markets on Friday, as hopes collapsed for a possible cut to interest rates this year by the Federal Reserve. Th...
Mar 20, 2026
Durham County government building renamed for Bell
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - A longtime Durham government leader is being recognized. The Durham Board of County Commissioners held a ceremony Friday (March 20) officially renaming the Administration II Buil...
Mar 20, 2026
Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies at 86
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in "Walker, Texas Ranger" and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy...
Mar 20, 2026
Iran is defiant nearly 3 weeks into the war, hitting oil facilities around the Gulf
By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran defiantly insisted Friday that it would deny its enemies their security and that it was still building missile...
Mar 20, 2026
No. 11 seed VCU erases 19-point deficit, stuns sixth-seeded North Carolina 82-78 in OT
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Terrence Hill Jr. made a stepback 3-pointer with 15 seconds left in overtime and 11th-seeded VCU erased from a 19-point second-half deficit to st...
Mar 19, 2026