Category Archives: WPTF News
North Carolina lawmakers close in on another injection of Helene relief funds
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina state Senate Republicans advanced a disaster recovery measure Tuesday to direct $533 million in additional spending to meet st...
Mar 04, 2025
Zelenskyy calls Oval Office spat with Trump 'regrettable,' says he's ready to work for Ukraine peace
By SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that the Oval Office blowup with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump last week w...
Mar 04, 2025
Zelenskyy leaves White House without signing minerals deal after Oval Office blowup
By WILL WEISSERT, ZEKE MILLER and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for being "disrespectful" Friday in an extraord...
Feb 28, 2025
To her, Hurricane Helene debris isn't trash. It is full of memories - and she's returning them
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - The tops of dried, bent cornstalks crunch underfoot. Jill Holtz's gaze is fixed on the ground ahead. She wanders into the nearby woods and we...
Feb 28, 2025
A stretch of a North Carolina highway that collapsed during Helene is about to reopen
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene's historic flooding collapsed porti...
Feb 28, 2025
Actor Gene Hackman, prolific Oscar winner, found dead at home at 95 years old
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the industry's most respected and honor...
Feb 27, 2025
Trump administration says it's cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration said Wednesday it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development's foreig...
Feb 26, 2025
Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan unveiled
By JOSH FUNK and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices for eggs could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offer...
Feb 26, 2025
Rare video captures super pod of 2,000 dolphins breaching and playing off California coast
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A California boat captain has captured rare video of a super pod of more than 2,000 dolphins breaching off the coast of Monterey Bay, including the m...
Feb 25, 2025
Tar Heels' Davis gets 2-year extension through 2030, hires agent Jim Tanner as GM
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer North Carolina coach Hubert Davis has two more years on his deal and a new general manager to help the blueblood men's basketball program deal with the changing lan...
Feb 25, 2025