Category Archives: WPTF News

By CRAIG HANDEL Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) - Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 19 points and No. 11 Michigan State pulled away to beat No. 16 North Carolina 74-58 In the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Thursd...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...