Category Archives: WPTF News
Report finds many security deficiencies at Utah university where Charlie Kirk was killed
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Charlie Kirk's political organization insisted he speak outdoors at the Utah university where he was assassinated, desp...
Sep 25, 2026 OREM, UTAH - SEPTEMBER 10: People walk across the tiered grass and concrete steps of a campus courtyard beneath a large draped American flag at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2026 in Orem, Utah. Turning Point USA is hosting its "Freedom Built to Last" memorial service on campus today to mark the first anniversary of founder Charlie Kirk's death at the courtyard site. (Photo by Charles-McClintock Wilson/Getty Images)
Nor'easter to lash the East Coast with strong winds, flooding and heavy rain
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The powerful nor'easter headed to New England intensified Friday, generating storm-force winds and creating massive wav...
Sep 25, 2026 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 25: People watch surfers take advantage of large waves along Rockaway Beach as a Nor'easter heads into the New York area on September 25, 2026, in New York City. Much of the Northeast is preparing for the storm, which is expected to bring heavy rain and high winds over the weekend. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Tasia Fortune's hanging was 'staged' after her death in a drug dispute, Mississippi police say
By ED WHITE and SOPHIE BATES Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Tasia Fortune was apparently killed in a drug dispute before her body was hung in a tree in a "staged" lynching behind an abandoned ...
Sep 25, 2026 Christy Spivey poses with a portrait of her late daughter, Tasia Fortune, on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Marion, Ky. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Panthers WRs Jalen Coker and Xavier Legette return to practice, LB Devin Lloyd out against Browns
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers wide receivers Jalen Coker and Xavier Legette returned to practice on a limited basis Friday and are listed as questionable for ...
Sep 25, 2026 ATLANTA, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 20: Jalen Coker #18 of the Carolina Panthers is pushed out of bounds by Jessie Bates III #3 of the Atlanta Falcons during the first quarter of the game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on September 20, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Butch Dill/Getty Images)
The Carolina Hurricanes have signed goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov to a 2-year extension through 2028-29
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes have signed goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov to a two-year extension running through the 2028-29 season with an average annual value of $3.95 million. The reigni...
Sep 25, 2026 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 14: Pyotr Kochetkov #52 of the Carolina Hurricanes lifts the Stanley Cup Trophy after winning in Game Six of the 2026 Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 at T-Mobile Arena on June 14, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
THE CLOSING BELL: A reprieve from rising oil prices helps US stocks finish the week higher
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A cooldown in oil prices on Friday helped release some of the pressure that's built up on Wall Street, and U.S. stocks closed out their first winning we...
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Deaths of students at the University of Mississippi cast spotlight on kratom
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press A drug task force in Mississippi is urging people to avoid kratom after authorities found packages of the substance while investigating the deaths of two Universit...
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Famed radio and TV priest Fulton Sheen is beatified in St. Louis, putting him a step from sainthood
By PETER SMITH Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) - As tens of thousands of Catholic worshippers stood Thursday in a football stadium-turned-temporary cathedral, all eyes focused on a teenage boy walking...
Sep 24, 2026 Interview, 28 May 1952. Bishop Fulton J Sheen.. (Photo by Los Angeles Examiner/USC Libraries/Corbis via Getty Images)
Trump administration turns to Supreme Court as third-country deportations are thrown into question
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A ruling to halt deportations of people to countries other than their own threw a core immigration policy of the Trump administration into ques...
Sep 24, 2026
Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died
By GENE JOHNSON and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in P...
Sep 24, 2026 BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Law enforcement officers move during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)