Category Archives: WPTF News
What's open on Thanksgiving? Not much, as many stores rest - or prepare - ahead of Black Friday
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - With Thanksgiving and the formal launch of the holiday shopping season this week, Americans will again gather for Turkey Day meals before knocking off ...
Nov 27, 2025
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