Category Archives: WPTF News
Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 'closer than ever' to peace after talks with Zelenskyy
By WILL WEISSERT, SEUNG MIN KIM and ELISE MORTON Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted Ukraine and Russia are "closer than ever before" to a peace deal as ...
Dec 28, 2025
New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world's ...
Dec 28, 2025
Panthers receiver Tetairoa McMillan active for Seahawks game despite being added to injury report
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan is active and expected to play Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks despite being added to the in...
Dec 28, 2025
Why this winter flower challenges even seasoned gardeners
By MIKE RALEY WPTF Weekend Gardener Our friend Phil Campbell and her brother, who owns a separate nursery near Mt Airy, grow extraordinary plants of all kinds. Every year Phil brings down poinsettias ...
Dec 28, 2025
Brigitte Bardot, 1960s sultry sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist dies at 91
By THOMAS ADAMSON and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) - Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant ani...
Dec 28, 2025
Russia strikes Ukraine's capital and kills at least 1 person a day before Zelenskyy-Trump meeting
By SAMYA KULLAB and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding...
Dec 27, 2025
Winter storm snarls holiday travel across US Northeast, Great Lakes
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JULIE WALKER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow as thousands took to r...
Dec 27, 2025
Long ECU touchdown negated by inadvertent whistle, but the Pirates win the Military Bowl anyway
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - After the game was over and his team had won, East Carolina coach Blake Harrell could be magnanimous about an officiating gaffe that nearly turne...
Dec 27, 2025
Man accused of 1996 Tupac Shakur killing seeks to suppress evidence
By JESSICA HILL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - The attorneys for the man accused of killing rap icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 are pushing to suppress evidence obtained in what they claim was an "unlawf...
Dec 27, 2025
California's intense winter storms turned some roads into rivers of mud
By TY ONEIL and JAIMIE DING Associated Press WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Powerful winter storms brought the wettest Christmas season to Southern California in years, sending mud and debris sliding and h...
Dec 26, 2025