Category Archives: WPTF News
Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering
By SILVIA STELLACCI and COLLEEN BARRY The Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of th...
Dec 25, 2025
Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. launched a "powerful and deadly" strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after...
Dec 25, 2025
A Powerball player in Arkansas has won a $1.817 billion lottery jackpot
By OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press/Report for America A Powerball player in Arkansas won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game's three-month stretch witho...
Dec 25, 2025
After missing deadline, DOJ says it may need a 'few more weeks' to finish releasing Epstein files
By SEUNG MIN KIM, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release all of its records on the lat...
Dec 24, 2025
Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) - Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heral...
Dec 24, 2025
How Christian artists are winning over listeners and entering pop's mainstream
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) - It is one of the most surprising music stories of the year. While streams of new music - releases from the last 18 months - were down from last year, o...
Dec 24, 2025
US stocks drift to more records on a holiday-shortened day of trading
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street closed higher and reached more records Wednesday on a holiday-shortened trading day. The S&P 500 index rose 22.26 points, or 0.3%, to 6,932.05. The Dow Jones Industrial...
Dec 24, 2025
Turkey shoot a holiday tradition, with no ruffled feathers
By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer WAKE FOREST, N.C. (AP) - With the blast of a shotgun, the Raleigh Moose Family Center Turkey Shoot is under way. But fear not: No gobblers were harmed in the makin...
Dec 24, 2025
Voluminous new Epstein document release includes multiple Trump mentions, but little revelatory news
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included...
Dec 24, 2025
Louvre tightens security after $102M jewel heist, installs bars on infamous window
PARIS (AP) - A freight lift rose up on its crane Tuesday toward the Louvre Museum - but this time it wasn't jewel thieves. It was workers installing security bars on the window used to break into the ...
Dec 24, 2025