Category Archives: WPTF News
Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis is now being issued a body-worn camera, Noem says
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Every Homeland Security officer on the ground in Minneapolis, including those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will be immediately issued...
Feb 02, 2026
Stocks, gold and silver steady following wild swings overnight
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday following sharp swings that shook financial markets overnight, including tumbles for Asian stocks. Gold and silver prices san...
Feb 02, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 28, 2026 in New York City. Stocks were down slightly in morning trading. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
School closures in the Southeast stretch into 2nd week after latest winter storm
By MAKIYA SEMINERA AP Education Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - School systems across the Southeast are dealing with weather-related school closures for the second week in a row, leading some to try remot...
Feb 02, 2026 Tennessee National Guard Specialist Taylor Osteen, left, holds a chainsaw as he takes a break from cutting trees from a road Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Collar cams offer a bear's eye view into the lives of grizzlies on Alaska's desolate North Slope
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The life of one of the most remote grizzly bear populations in the world is being documented by the animals themselves, with collar cameras t...
Feb 02, 2026
Southern US enters a second week of biting cold and prolonged outages
By GARY D. ROBERTSON, TRAVIS LOLLER and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Four homes blasted by icy winds on an eroding North Carolina island collapsed into the ocean and Florida farmer...
Feb 02, 2026 Heavy snow falls on State St. January 31, 2026 in West Columbia, South Carolina. Forecasts show much of the Carolinas blanketed with snow with and unseasonably cold temperatures behind the winter storm. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
17 former NC State athletes join lawsuit alleging abuse by ex-head trainer, bringing total to 31
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Write RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Seventeen additional former N.C. State male athletes have joined a state lawsuit alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment b...
Feb 02, 2026 FILE - Flags fly at the Reynolds Coliseum at North Carolina State University, Feb. 19, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Kara Durrette, File)
Takeaways from the AP's reporting on PFAS contamination of private drinking water wells
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press STELLA, Wis. (AP) - The roughly 40 million Americans who get their water from private wells are particularly vulnerable to harmful forever chem...
Feb 02, 2026 A sign warns that nearby water contains PFAS chemicals in Stella, Wis., on Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)
Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of wintry weather
By MARK SCOLFORO, TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather Monday, a forecast sure to disappoint ma...
Feb 02, 2026 Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 140th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
A crisis emerges across the US as 'forever chemicals' quietly contaminate drinking water wells
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press STELLA, Wis. (AP) - Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking pr...
Feb 02, 2026 The Chemours Company, Fayetteville Works in White Oak, N.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
More frigid temperatures expected in much of US after a weekend of heavy snow
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Forecasters warned that dangerous extra-cold conditions will persist into Monday morning for a huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into Ne...
Feb 02, 2026 As temperatures dipped below freezing, sprinklers spray water over frost sensitive plants covering them with ice to insulate them from the cold at DeWar Nurseries Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Apopka, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)