Category Archives: WPTF News
Mourning begins in Texas where more than 170 are still missing from flash floods
By NADIA LATHAN, SEAN MURPHY, and JOSHUA A. BICKEL Associated Press KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) - Shock has turned into grief across Texas where at least 120 people died from flash floods and more were miss...
Jul 10, 2025
Stocks close higher, nudging the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to more highs
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Wall Street added to its recent milestones Thursday as the market closed at an all-time high after Delta Air Lines kicked off earnings season with a solid outlook for ...
Jul 10, 2025
North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital set to bring 8,000 jobs to Apex
APEX, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital will be built in a bedroom community near the state capital, the project's health systems announced Thursday, creating a campus ...
Jul 10, 2025
Joe Coleman, No. 3 pick in the first MLB draft who pitched for Senators and Tigers, dies at 78
Joe Coleman, a lanky right-hander who won 142 games in 15 major league seasons and was an All-Star in 1972 with Detroit, died Wednesday morning, his son said. He was 78. Casey Coleman said his father ...
Jul 10, 2025
More than 160 people are still missing after deadly Texas floods, governor says
By NADIA LATHAN and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press HUNT, Texas (AP) - More than 160 people are still believed to be missing in Texas days after flash floods killed over 100 people during the July Fourth...
Jul 08, 2025
Latest 'Tiger King' twist finds 'Doc' Antle sentenced to 1 year in prison for animal trafficking
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - "Tiger King" star Bhagavan "Doc" Antle is going to prison - but not for as long as prosecutors wanted - after admitting he broke federal law...
Jul 08, 2025
Wall Street is mixed amid Trump's new tariff deadlines
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A choppy day in the markets left major U.S. stock indexes little changed Tuesday as the Trump administration pressed its campaign to win more favorable trade deals wit...
Jul 08, 2025
3 potential storm deaths in North Carolina after Chantal, officials say
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - There were three potential storm-related deaths in North Carolina amid flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Chantal, a state official said Tuesday. The state's Department ...
Jul 08, 2025
Family of 4, including 2 children, killed in North Carolina plane crash
SANFORD, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina family of four, including two school-age children, died when their small plane crashed as they flew back from Florida. The National Transportation Safety Board sa...
Jul 08, 2025
Swain County sheriff steps down after sexual misconduct charges
BRYSON CITY, N.C. (AP) - The longtime sheriff of a western North Carolina county whom some women accused of sexual misconduct has quit before he could be permanently removed. Curtis Cochran, who was f...
Jul 08, 2025