Category Archives: WPTF News
Boozer scores 26 as No. 3 Duke overcomes Lipscomb for Scheyer's 100th win
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Cameron Boozer scored 26 points and had 13 rebounds to help No. 3 Duke overcome a 10-point deficit and earn Jon Scheyer his 100th coaching victory wi...
Dec 16, 2025
US Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee's spot
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a p...
Dec 16, 2025
Wall Street drifts lower following mixed data on the economy
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market drifted through a mixed day of trading Tuesday after reports on the economy did little to clear uncertainty about where interest r...
Dec 16, 2025
ACC's shift to new football scheduling model will have 12 of 17 teams playing 9 league games in 2026
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference's transition to a nine-game football schedule will feature 12 of 17 football-playing members playing nine games next fall while the remain...
Dec 16, 2025
A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) - A wildlife photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the ...
Dec 16, 2025
Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat that killed survivors in the Caribbean
By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and BEN FINLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike tha...
Dec 16, 2025
Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi and opines on Trump in Vanity Fair
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handl...
Dec 16, 2025
11 firefighters and 2 other people injured after North Carolina house fire and explosion
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) - Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said. Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said f...
Dec 16, 2025
NC State economist predicts record job growth in 2026
By WPTF Staff RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Economist Dr. Mike Walden says North Carolina is poised for record-breaking job growth and business development in 2026. Walden, a William Neal Reynolds distinguis...
Dec 16, 2025
Harrison Bertos scores in OT to help Washington beat N.C. State 3-2 and win first Men's College Cup
CARY, N.C. (AP) - Harrison Bertos scored 1:54 into overtime after Washington blew a two-goal lead in the second half, and the Huskies beat North Carolina State 3-2 to win the Men's College Cup at Firs...
Dec 16, 2025