Category Archives: WPTF News
Dabo Swinney and Clemson find positives after a bye. Bill Belichick and UNC find more of the same
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Dabo Swinney watched his Clemson team start Saturday with a trick play that went for a 75-yard touchdown and never look back. North Carolina en...
Oct 04, 2025
Duke's Jon Scheyer gets contract extension through 2030-31 season after Final Four run
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke coach Jon Scheyer has agreed to a two-year extension running through the 2030-31 season as he enters his fourth year coming off a Final Four run. The school an...
Oct 02, 2025
Wall Street ticks to more records, led by technology stocks
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks edged up to more records on Thursday as technology stocks kept rising and as Wall Street kept ignoring the shutdown of the U.S. government. ...
Oct 02, 2025
Republicans are relishing a role reversal in the shutdown fight. Can Trump keep them united?
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Gathered in the unusually quiet halls of the U.S. Capitol, Republican leaders faced the cameras for a second day and implored ...
Oct 02, 2025
Morgan Wallen denied throwing chair off bar roof to police in 2024, footage shows
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country music star Morgan Wallen denied to police that he threw a chair off a Nashville honky-tonk bar roof before and ...
Oct 01, 2025
Democrats voted for a shutdown. Now they have to find a way out
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats kept their promise to reject any Republican spending bill that didn't extend or restore health care benefits, choosing instea...
Oct 01, 2025
Old guard still runs the Metropolitan Division, though times could be changing soon
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The winds are beginning to change in the NHL's Metropolitan Division, though not before the old guard gets at least one more shot. Washington easily won the division ...
Oct 01, 2025
Authorities identify those killed in weekend North Carolina bar shooting
SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) - The three people killed during a mass shooting last weekend at a waterfront bar in a southeastern North Carolina community have been identified as two out-of-state residents and...
Oct 01, 2025
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died. She was 91. The Jane ...
Oct 01, 2025
ACC bets on being 1st league in college football to bring TV viewers inside live replay reviews
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Florida State and Virginia were locked in a double-overtime thriller as the ball headed to Seminoles receiver Duce Robinson in the end zone. Robinson bobbled the catch,...
Oct 01, 2025