Category Archives: WPTF News

New x-ray tech could make airport security faster-and smarter
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Tired of dumping your drink and holding up the line at TSA? A Duke University spinout, Quadridox, is working on new tech that could speed up airport security-and let you keep yo...
Curtis Media Jun 30, 2025

Aldrich Potgieter wins Rocket Classic on 5th playoff hole, outlasting Max Greyserman and Chris Kirk
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) - Aldrich Potgieter ended the protracted Rocket Classic, making an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole to outlast Max Greyserman for his first PGA...
Curtis Media Jun 29, 2025

Fans criticize Beyoncé for shirt calling Native Americans 'the enemies of peace'
By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press A T-shirt worn by Beyonc during a Juneteenth performance on her "Cowboy Carter" tour has sparked a discussion over how Americans frame their history and caused a ...
Curtis Media Jun 29, 2025

China's humanoid robots generate more soccer excitement than their human counterparts
BEIJING (AP) - While China's men's soccer team hasn't generated much excitement in recent years, humanoid robot teams have won over fans in Beijing based more on the AI technology involved than any at...
Curtis Media Jun 29, 2025

Senate Republicans advance Trump's tax and spending cuts bill after dramatic late-night vote
By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans voting in a dramatic late Saturday session narrowly cleared a key procedural step as they race...
Curtis Media Jun 28, 2025

Chief Justice Roberts warns against heated political words about judges
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts, speaking at a moment when threats against judges are on the rise, warned on Saturday that elected officials' heated words...
Curtis Media Jun 28, 2025

Home-state favorite Chase Elliott passes Brad Keselowski on final lap to win NASCAR Atlanta race
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - Home-state favorite Chase Elliott passed Brad Keselowski on the final lap and won the the crash-filled NASCAR Cup Series at Atlanta on Saturday nig...
Curtis Media Jun 28, 2025

Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the ...
Curtis Media Jun 27, 2025

Interstate 40 in the Smoky Mountains reopens faster than expected after rock slide and flooding
HARTFORD, Tenn. (AP) - Crews on Friday reopened a section of Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains after flooding and a rock slide closed the major cross country hi...
Curtis Media Jun 27, 2025

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91
By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to ...
Curtis Media Jun 27, 2025
