Category Archives: WPTF News
Tens of thousands face another arctic blast without power as East Coast preps for a new storm
By SOPHIE BATES, SUDHIN THANAWALA and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BELZONI, Miss. (AP) - As tens of thousands of people endured nearly a week with no electricity, another storm loomed on the East Coast...
Jan 30, 2026 A truck drives through standing water on Lyman Street in September, 2024.
(Photo Credit: Jacob Biba, Asheville Citizen Times)
Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle wasn't flying his plane before crash that killed him and six others, NTSB report shows
By JOSH FUNK AP Transportation Writer Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was not flying his own jet when it crashed last month, killing him and six others, according to a Friday report from federal saf...
Jan 30, 2026
Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning comedian of 'Schitt's Creek' and 'SCTV' fame, dies at 71
By ANDREW DALTON and JOCELYN NOVECK AP Entertainment Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) - Catherine O'Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and "SCTV" alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin's harried mother in ...
Jan 30, 2026
Melania Trump's documentary premieres at the Kennedy Center ahead of global release
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Melania Trump is capping her first year back as first lady with the global release of a documentary she produced about the 20 days leading up t...
Jan 29, 2026
Trump threatens tariffs on any country selling oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell...
Jan 29, 2026
NASCAR adjusts Clash schedule at Bowman Gray Stadium due to winter storm
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - NASCAR has adjusted the schedule for this weekend's exhibition race at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem in anticipation of more ice and snow blanketing the Winston-Salem...
Jan 29, 2026
Starbucks sees room to expand with hundreds of new US stores and increased seating
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks said Thursday that it plans to open hundreds of new stores across the U.S. and add seating capacity at thousands of existing locations, d...
Jan 29, 2026
Worries deepen in US South after days of grappling with snow, ice and widespread outages
By SOPHIE BATES, JEFF MARTIN and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Conditions were growing more dire in parts of the South still reeling from subfreezing temperatures and widespread po...
Jan 28, 2026
US stocks hold near their all-time high while the dollar's value stabilizes
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Few ripples washed through Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to hold its main interest rate steady, just like investors expected. ...
Jan 28, 2026
Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged even as Trump continues to insist they be lowered
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts Wednesday, leaving its key rate unchanged at about 3.6% after lowerin...
Jan 28, 2026