Category Archives: WPTF News
Veteran charged with opening fire on North Carolina bar, killing 3, is scheduled to appear in court
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press A man charged with firing an assault rifle from a boat at patrons of a North Carolina waterfront bar, killing three people and wounding five oth...
Sep 29, 2025
Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda threaten the Bahamas and Bermuda
By DNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tro...
Sep 29, 2025
Suspected stowaway is found dead in plane's landing gear at a North Carolina airport
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Airplane maintenance workers at a North Carolina airport found the body of a suspected stowaway in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines flight that had recently ...
Sep 29, 2025
Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) - Crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early Sunday be...
Sep 27, 2025
Trump snubs Biden with autopen photo on new Presidential Walk of Fame
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has added a Presidential Walk of Fame to the exterior of the White House, featuring portraits of each of the previous co...
Sep 26, 2025
Bryson DeChambeau put a charge into the Ryder Cup crowd. Europe has snuffed it out
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Bryson DeChambeau brought panache to the Ryder Cup. Europe delivered the points. Bethpage Black hardly lived up to its rowdy reputation in a su...
Sep 26, 2025
Hurricane Helene hit the reset button on one town's goal of becoming an outdoor tourism mecca
By ALLEN G. BREED and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press OLD FORT, N.C. (AP) - Morning mist is still burning off the surrounding mountains when they appear: Small groups of helmeted riders on one-whee...
Sep 26, 2025
He was a loan mortgage officer. Now Ben Griffin is in the Ryder Cup
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Ben Griffin is in the Ryder Cup, a remarkable rise that is certain to be an inspiration to thousands of American golfers who are good enough to...
Sep 25, 2025
North Carolina Medicaid patients face care access threat as funding impasse continues
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Medicaid patients face a threat of reduced access to services - before separate changes approved within President Donald Trump...
Sep 25, 2025
Ex-FBI Director James Comey indicted on charges of lying to Congress and obstruction
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - James Comey was charged Thursday with lying to Congress in a criminal case filed days after President Dona...
Sep 25, 2025