Category Archives: WPTF News
Grammy-winning songwriter Brett James who co-wrote 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' dies in plane crash
By KATHY McCORMACK and JOSH FUNK Associated Press Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett James, whose string of top hits includes "Jesus, Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood and "When the Sun G...
Sep 19, 2025
14 former NC State athletes have filed a lawsuit alleging abuse by ex-head trainer
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Fourteen former N.C. State male athletes have filed a lawsuit in state court alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by t...
Sep 19, 2025
UCF takes on North Carolina in Week 4
North Carolina (2-1) at UCF (2-0), Sept. 20 at 3:30 p.m. EDT. Jones Angell Voice of the Tar Heals Previewing UNC | RSS.com BetMGM College Football Odds Opening Line: UCF by 7. Against the spread: UCF ...
Sep 19, 2025
Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina a year ago. Some students never returned to school
By MAKIYA SEMINERA of The Associated Press and LAURA HACKETT and JOSE SANDOVAL of Blue Ridge Public Radio SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - When 12-year-old Natalie Briggs visited the ruins of her home after Hur...
Sep 19, 2025
In Britain, Trump basks in a display of regal splendor with King Charles III at Windsor Castle
By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS, MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WINDSOR, England (AP) - President Donald Trump relished the glow of a British royal spectacle as he opened a two-day...
Sep 17, 2025
Starbucks workers sue over company's new dress code
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks workers in three states took legal action against the coffee giant Wednesday, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to re...
Sep 17, 2025
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely over his remarks about Charlie Kirk's death
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) - ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely beginning Wednesday after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk's killing led a group of AB...
Sep 17, 2025
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by quarter-point and signals two more cuts this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern gro...
Sep 17, 2025
Wall Street ticks toward another record as Tesla vrooms higher
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rose to more records on Monday at the start of a week that could show whether the U.S. stock market's big recent rally has been overdone or ...
Sep 15, 2025
QB Young showed fight Panthers want to see despite failing to complete comeback against Cards
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Dave Canales benched Bryce Young two games into the 2024 season for ineffectiveness following a flurry of turnovers resulting in Carolina losing i...
Sep 15, 2025