Category Archives: WPTF News
Golden State general manager Mike Dunleavy optimistic Stephen Curry will finish career with Warriors
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Golden State Warriors have every indication Stephen Curry would like to stay with the team for the remainder of his career, and they plan to...
Associated Press Aug 12, 2026
Labor commissioner announces record-breaking $3.7 million in recovery of unpaid wages
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) -- Labor Commissioner Luke Farley announced that the North Carolina Department of Labor recovered a record-breaking $3.7 million in unpaid wages for workers in 89 of the state...
Bruce Ferrell Aug 11, 2026
Military veteran held in Russia for more than 4 years on disputed charges has been released
By BEN FINLEY and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press Russia released an American military veteran on Tuesday, allowing his return to the U.S. after four years of what his family and U.S. officials allege wa...
Associated Press Aug 11, 2026
THE CLOSING BELL: US stocks edge further from their records as oil prices keep swinging
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records Tuesday, while oil prices kept swinging on uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow crud...
Associated Press Aug 11, 2026
BEFORE THE BELL: Oil prices settle, Wall Street inches higher ahead of new inflation numbers due this week
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street is modestly lower in premarket trading and oil prices settled despite lingering uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz will reope...
Associated Press Aug 11, 2026
Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle
By JOSH BOAK and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump likes to say that he started his war with Iran after 50 years of economic pressure had failed to stop its nucl...
Associated Press Aug 11, 2026
Magnitude 7.4 quake rocks western Colombia, killing at least 111 people
By ASTRID SUREZ, MEGAN JANETSKY and JUAN DIAZ Associated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) - A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundre...
Associated Press Aug 10, 2026
Balkcom chosen to run in 11th District race
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (NCN News) - A current state lawmaker has been named to run as the Republican nominee in the 11th Congressional District race, after incumbent Chuck Edwards quit the campaign over ethi...
Bruce Ferrell Aug 10, 2026
Artificial intelligence institute opens at N.C. Central University
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) -- The ribbon was cut in Durham for the first AI institute established by a historically Black college or university. The Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Researc...
Bruce Ferrell Aug 10, 2026
Contiguous US breaks its record for hottest month ever, NOAA says
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) - The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra...
Associated Press Aug 10, 2026