Category Archives: WPTF News
ABC ends Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and his show will return Tuesday
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel's late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Ch...
Sep 22, 2025
Kara Lawson is named head coach of the US women's basketball team for the 2028 LA Olympics
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Kara Lawson helped the U.S. women's basketball team win an Olympic gold medal as a player 17 years ago. Now she'll have a chance to lead it to another as the coac...
Sep 22, 2025
Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James who co-wrote 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' dies in plane crash
By KATHY McCORMACK and JOSH FUNK Associated Press Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett James, whose string of top hits includes "Jesus, Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood and "When the Sun G...
Sep 19, 2025
14 former NC State athletes have filed a lawsuit alleging abuse by ex-head trainer
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Fourteen former N.C. State male athletes have filed a lawsuit in state court alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by t...
Sep 19, 2025
UCF takes on North Carolina in Week 4
North Carolina (2-1) at UCF (2-0), Sept. 20 at 3:30 p.m. EDT. Jones Angell Voice of the Tar Heals Previewing UNC | RSS.com BetMGM College Football Odds Opening Line: UCF by 7. Against the spread: UCF ...
Sep 19, 2025
Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina a year ago. Some students never returned to school
By MAKIYA SEMINERA of The Associated Press and LAURA HACKETT and JOSE SANDOVAL of Blue Ridge Public Radio SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after Hur...
Sep 19, 2025
In Britain, Trump basks in a display of regal splendor with King Charles III at Windsor Castle
By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS, MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WINDSOR, England (AP) - President Donald Trump relished the glow of a British royal spectacle as he opened a two-day...
Sep 17, 2025
Starbucks workers sue over company's new dress code
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks workers in three states took legal action against the coffee giant Wednesday, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to re...
Sep 17, 2025
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk's death
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) - ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely beginning Wednesday after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk's killing led a group of AB...
Sep 17, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point and signals two more cuts this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern gro...
Sep 17, 2025