Category Archives: WPTF News
2 National Guard members shot in an ambush attack just blocks from the White House
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and GARY FIELDS The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation's capital were shot Wednesday afternoon just blocks f...
Nov 27, 2025
Judges allow North Carolina to use a map drawn in bid to give Republicans another US House seat
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a s...
Nov 27, 2025
Trump spares turkeys - but not his political opponents - at annual pardoning ceremony
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump didn’t bring much holiday cheer Tuesday when bestowing ceremonial pardons on two Thanksgiving turkeys, dispen...
Nov 26, 2025
Bryce Young passes for franchise-record 448 yards to lift Panthers to 30-27 win over Falcons in OT
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) - Bryce Young passed for a career-high and franchise-record 448 yards and Ryan Fitzgerald kicked a 28-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Carolina Pan...
Nov 16, 2025
Americana troubadour Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter, dies at 59
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Todd Snider, a singer whose thoughtfully freewheeling tunes and cosmic-stoner songwriting made him a beloved figure in American roots music, has died. He was 59. His record lab...
Nov 16, 2025
German Baumkuchen 'tree cake' survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and AYAKA MCGILL Associated Press NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) - Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western ...
Nov 16, 2025
Pope Leo XIV celebrates cinema with Hollywood stars and urges inclusion of marginal voices
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience Saturday ce...
Nov 16, 2025
Trump scraps tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit in a push to lower grocery store prices
By WILL WEISSERT Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping U.S. tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of ...
Nov 14, 2025
Senate is poised to take the first steps to end 40-day shutdown
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate is voting on the first steps to end the 40-day government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democ...
Nov 09, 2025
US airlines cancel more than 2,500 weekend flights largely due to government shutdown
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,500 weekend flights by Saturday evening as the Federal Aviation Administration's mandate to reduce air traffic because of the governm...
Nov 09, 2025