Category Archives: WPTF News
First US bird flu death is announced in Louisiana
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported - a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. State health offici...
Jan 06, 2025
Last North Carolina legislative races get finalized, confirming GOP loss of veto-proof control
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina General Assembly elections were finalized Monday as officials issued certificates to the winners in three close legislative ra...
Jan 06, 2025
Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters. Trump vows to undo it
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by ...
Jan 06, 2025
Congress convenes to certify Trump's election win, but his Jan. 6 legacy hangs over the day
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATT BROWN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress convened Monday under heavy security and a snowstorm to certify President-elect Donald T...
Jan 06, 2025
Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
By BILL BARROW and ALEX SANZ Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after ...
Dec 29, 2024
A plane crashes and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A passenger plane skidded off a runway at a South Korean airport Sunday, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into fla...
Dec 29, 2024
UConn beats Carolina in Fenway Bowl, dominating Bill Belichick's next team in his old backyard
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) - UConn's victory in the Fenway Bowl showed North Carolina coach-in-waiting Bill Belichick how much work he has ahead of him. Joe Fagnano threw for 151 yard...
Dec 28, 2024
Dog Eat Dog: The cutthroat Midwest breeding ring behind North Carolina pet stores
Story by Brooke Elliott via UNC Media Hub Photos courtesy of Animal Rescue Corps Business is booming for North Carolina's pet shops. Stores across the state are running flash sales on puppies for the ...
Dec 28, 2024
A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing acc...
Dec 27, 2024
Azerbaijani and U.S. officials suggest plane that crashed may have been hit by weapons fire
Russian air defense systems may have brought down an Azerbaijani airliner this week, a U.S. official said Friday after an Azerbaijani minister also suggested the plane was hit by a weapon, citing expe...
Dec 27, 2024