Category Archives: WPTF News
Elon Musk claims X being targeted in 'massive cyberattack' as service goes down
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a "m...
Mar 10, 2025
NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four run
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - N.C. State fired men's basketball coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, an abrupt end to an eight-year tenure coming less than a year after the Wolfpac...
Mar 09, 2025
House GOP campaign chairman says voters will 'reward us' for the Trump-Musk DOGE cuts
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Almost two months into President Donald Trump's second term, the chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predict...
Mar 08, 2025
Knueppel, Flagg help No. 2 Duke pull away late to beat rival UNC 82-69
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Freshman Kon Knueppel scored 17 points to help No. 2 Duke beat rival North Carolina 82-69 on Saturday night and clinch the outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season ti...
Mar 08, 2025
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner i...
Mar 07, 2025
Why are clocks set forward in the spring? Thank wars, confusion and a hunger for sunlight
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) - Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in t...
Mar 07, 2025
Bragg to Liberty and back again: Ceremony to rechristen Army post once named for a Confederate
By ALLEN BREED and MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - The short-lived existence of Fort Liberty came to an end Friday when the nation's largest Army installation officially retur...
Mar 07, 2025
Angry Birds, Frogger and others are finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - This year's finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame include trailblazers in esports, electronic pets and portable gaming, as well as the arcade favorite brought to life ...
Mar 07, 2025
Trump reaches 36.6 million television viewers for first address to Congress in second term
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump reached an estimated 36.6 million television viewers for his address to Congress on Tuesday night, the Nielsen company said. That beat the 32.2 million people wh...
Mar 05, 2025
NFL legend Bill Belichick is coaching practices again. Only now he's a college rookie at UNC
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Bill Belichick is back on the practice sidelines again, a familiar home for the man who won six Super Bowls as an NFL head coach. Only now the ...
Mar 05, 2025