Category Archives: WPTF News
Michigan muscles its way to program's 2nd national title, beating stubborn UConn 69-63
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - This title for Michigan's newest Fab Five will look better in the trophy case than a time capsule. Hard to be too picky - this new-age group of ballers in maize and blue showed the...
Apr 07, 2026
Artemis II breaks Apollo 13's distance record with daring moon flyby that included a solar eclipse
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer HOUSTON (AP) - After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a luna...
Apr 06, 2026
US stocks drift higher ahead of Trump's deadline to bomb Iranian power plants
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market drifted higher in tentative trading ahead of a deadline President Donald Trump has set to bomb Iranian power plants. The S&P 5...
Apr 06, 2026
Malone expected to get UNC hoops job
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WPTF) - A number of news outlets are reporting that UNC is expected to hire former Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone to replace Hubert Davis as head basketball coach. ESPN was first ...
Apr 06, 2026
Trump brushes off war crime concerns as he repeats threat to Iran's infrastructure
By The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he's "not at all" concerned about committing possible war crimes as he again threatened to destroy Iran's bridges and power plants if Te...
Apr 06, 2026
N.C. Central hires new law school dean with Duke ties
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - A top official at an Ohio law school and Duke Law School Graduate has been tabbed to lead North Carolina Central University' Law School. Joseph Karl Grant has been named Dean of ...
Apr 06, 2026
2024 Miss North Carolina dies from cancer
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - 2024 Miss North Carolina Carrie Everett has died after battling stomach cancer. Everett competed in the 2024 Miss North Carolina competition as Miss Johnston County and was a do...
Apr 06, 2026
Iran rejects latest ceasefire proposal as Trump deadline approaches
By JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY, BASSEM MROUE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran state media says Tehran has rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and instead wants permanent end...
Apr 06, 2026
Russian attacks kill 4 as Ukraine drones target oil infrastructure
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and VOLODYMR YURCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian drone attack on Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa killed two women and a toddler, authorities said Monday, ...
Apr 06, 2026
Artemis II astronauts race to set a new distance record from Earth and behold the moon's far side
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer HOUSTON (AP) - With the moon looming ever larger, the Artemis II astronauts raced to set a new distance record Monday from Earth on a lunar fly-around promising magn...
Apr 06, 2026