Category Archives: WPTF News
Boopie Miller posts double-double as SMU beats No. 12 North Carolina 97-83 in its ACC opener
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) - Boopie Miller had 27 points and 12 assists and SMU beat No. 12 North Carolina 97-83 on Saturday, giving the Mustangs their first win over a ranked tea...
Jan 03, 2026
Investigation is opened into managers of Swiss bar where fire killed 40
By JOHN LEICESTER and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) - Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the managers of the bar where a fire at a New Year's p...
Jan 03, 2026
How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro
By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - For months, the U.S. military had been amassing a presence off Venezuela's coast and conspicuously blowing up alleged drug traff...
Jan 03, 2026
Lewis, De Ridder help No. 21 Virginia regroup from 3OT loss to beat NC State 76-61
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Sam Lewis matched his career high with 23 points, Thijs De Ridder took over after halftime and No. 21 Virginia beat N.C. State 76-61 on Saturda...
Jan 03, 2026
Man fought off a mountain lion weeks before a suspected fatal Colorado attack
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to encounter one of the preda...
Jan 03, 2026
After ousting Maduro in Venezuela, Trump commits himself to another foreign policy project
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump declared Saturday's military operation that led to the ouster of Nicols Maduro a major success as he offered a vague plan for...
Jan 03, 2026
US captures Venezuela's leader and his wife in a stunning operation and plans to prosecute them
By REGINA GARCIA CANO, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro and flew him out of the country in a ...
Jan 03, 2026
Robby Ashford leads Wake Forest past Mississippi State 43-29 in Duke's Mayo Bowl
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Robby Ashford threw for 303 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 50 yards and two scores, Koredell Bartley scored on a 100-yard kickoff return a...
Jan 03, 2026
Big Tech's fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition
By MARC LEVY Associated Press SPRING CITY, Pa. (AP) - Tech companies and developers looking to plunge billions of dollars into ever-bigger data centers to power artificial intelligence and cloud compu...
Jan 03, 2026
Minnesota must provide documents to US government in child care fraud probe by next week
By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America Minnesota officials have until next week to provide the Trump administration with information about providers and parents who receive federal ch...
Jan 02, 2026