Category Archives: WPTF News
Michigan muscles its way to program's 2nd national title, beating stubborn UConn 69-63
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - This title for Michigan's newest Fab Five will look better in the trophy case than a time capsule. Hard to be too picky - this new-age group of ballers in maize and blue showed the...
Apr 7, 2026 Elliot Cadeau #3 celebrates as Aday Mara #15 of the Michigan Wolverines looks on during the first half of a game against the UConn Huskies in the National Championship of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 06, 2026 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Artemis II breaks Apollo 13's distance record with daring moon flyby that included a solar eclipse
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer HOUSTON (AP) - After traveling deeper into space than any other humans, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their moonship toward home Monday night, wrapping up a luna...
Apr 6, 2026 In this handout image provided by NASA, NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon on April 4, 2026. NASA's Artemis II mission was a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the Orion spacecraft. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)
US stocks drift higher ahead of Trump's deadline to bomb Iranian power plants
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market drifted higher in tentative trading ahead of a deadline President Donald Trump has set to bomb Iranian power plants. The S&P 5...
Apr 6, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 19, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Malone expected to get UNC hoops job
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WPTF) - A number of news outlets are reporting that UNC is expected to hire former Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone to replace Hubert Davis as head basketball coach. ESPN was first ...
Apr 6, 2026 Former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone has been named the next UNC head basketball coach. (file photo/Getty Images)
Trump brushes off war crime concerns as he repeats threat to Iran's infrastructure
By The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he's "not at all" concerned about committing possible war crimes as he again threatened to destroy Iran's bridges and power plants if Te...
Apr 6, 2026 President Donald Trump departs after speaking with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
N.C. Central hires new law school dean with Duke ties
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - A top official at an Ohio law school and Duke Law School Graduate has been tabbed to lead North Carolina Central University' Law School. Joseph Karl Grant has been named Dean of ...
Apr 6, 2026
2024 Miss North Carolina dies from cancer
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - 2024 Miss North Carolina Carrie Everett has died after battling stomach cancer. Everett competed in the 2024 Miss North Carolina competition as Miss Johnston County and was a do...
Apr 6, 2026 2024 Miss North Carolina Carrie Everett has died after battling stomach cancer. (photo courtesy Miss North Carolina organization)
Iran rejects latest ceasefire proposal as Trump deadline approaches
By JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY, BASSEM MROUE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran state media says Tehran has rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and instead wants permanent end...
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Russian attacks kill 4 as Ukraine drones target oil infrastructure
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and VOLODYMR YURCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian drone attack on Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa killed two women and a toddler, authorities said Monday, ...
Apr 6, 2026
Artemis II astronauts race to set a new distance record from Earth and behold the moon's far side
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer HOUSTON (AP) - With the moon looming ever larger, the Artemis II astronauts raced to set a new distance record Monday from Earth on a lunar fly-around promising magn...
Apr 6, 2026 NASA Artemis Moonshot