Category Archives: WPTF News
NC Eggs roll their way to the White House
NASHVILLE, N.C. (NCN News) - Eggs from a North Carolina farm will have a starring role in this year's White House Easter Egg Roll. On Tuesday (March 30), U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins t...
Mar 31, 2026
Artemis II mission set to launch, N.C. State grad to be aboard
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After weeks of fuel leaks and other issues, NASA faced a trouble-free countdown Tuesday on the eve of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century. Offici...
Mar 31, 2026
Cigar ashes tied to McDowell County wildfire
MARION, N.C. (NCN News) - Ashes from a cigar are to blame for a wildfire burning in McDowell County Tuesday (March 31). The North Carolina Forest Service reports that the cause of the Jumping Branch f...
Mar 31, 2026
The Dow surges more than 1,100 points as Wall Street soars to its best day since last spring
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks surged to their best day since last spring, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,125 points on Tuesday as doubt swung back to hope ...
Mar 31, 2026
Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war pushes fuel prices higher wo...
Mar 31, 2026
Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Br...
Mar 31, 2026
Tiger Woods had hydrocodone pills in his pocket and bloodshot eyes at crash scene, authorities say
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods' eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils dilated and he had hydrocodone pills in his pocket when interviewed at the scene of his ...
Mar 31, 2026
Arrest made in February Durham shooting
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - There's some new developments in a February Durham shooting case. The Durham County Sheriff's Office Tuesday (March 31) announced an arrest in connection with the incident which ...
Mar 31, 2026
Charlie Kirk highway got vetoed in Arizona. Elected officials are citing politics
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press There will be no Charlie Kirk highway in his home state of Arizona. The reason: politics. Exactly whose politics is to blame has become a point of debate. Kirk, the c...
Mar 31, 2026
NC State reaches deal with Tennessee assistant and ex-Wolfpack player Justin Gainey, AP source says
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer N.C. State has an agreement with Tennessee assistant coach and former Wolfpack player Justin Gainey to lead its men's basketball program, a person with knowledge of...
Mar 31, 2026