Category Archives: WPTF News
Duke University cut $299 million through buyouts, building closures in response to federal cuts
By SEYUN PARK/The Chronicle-Duke University The Chronicle-Duke University Following his inauguration in January, U.S. President Donald Trump brought along a new team of advisers and a playbook for hig...
Dec 29, 2025
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is 'stable' after 2 die in car accident in Nigeria
By OPE ADETAYO and STEVE DOUGLAS Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Anthony Joshua, the British boxer and former world heavyweight champion, is "stable" in hospital after a car crash that killed t...
Dec 29, 2025 Officials at the accident site on December 29, 2025 in Sagamu, Nigeria. Nigerian authorities have confirmed that British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua was injured in a car crash that killed two others on an expressway in Nigeria's Ogun State on Monday. Thirty-six-year-old Joshua, who has family ties to the region, was taken to hospital with minor injuries. (Photo by Temiloluwa Johnson/Getty Images)
Winter storm sweeps across US with snow, ice and severe weather
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JEFF MARTIN Associated Press A powerful winter storm was sweeping east from the Plains on Sunday, driven by what meteorologists describe as an intense cyclone that is taking aim...
Dec 28, 2025 Travelers pick up their luggage at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on December 23, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
Panthers could have wrapped up the NFC South title. Now they likely need a win in Week 18
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina guard Austin Corbett didn't realize just how big of an opportunity the Panthers had squandered until coach Dave Canales spoke to the team...
Dec 28, 2025 Bryce Young #9 of the Carolina Panthers runs for a fourth quarter touchdown against the Seattle Seahawks at Bank of America Stadium on December 28, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Seahawks close in on NFC's top seed with 27-10 win over Panthers
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Seattle Seahawks are doing everything they can to wrap up the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Even after winning 13 games - including six straight - th...
Dec 28, 2025 Nick Emmanwori #3 reacts after Julian Love #20 of the Seattle Seahawks intercepted a pass during the third quarter against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on December 28, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 'closer than ever' to peace after talks with Zelenskyy
By WILL WEISSERT, SEUNG MIN KIM and ELISE MORTON Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted Ukraine and Russia are "closer than ever before" to a peace deal as ...
Dec 28, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 28, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump invited Zelensky to his private club to work on the U.S.-proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, as the conflict approaches four years since the sudden full-scale invasion by Russia on February 24, 2022. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world's ...
Dec 28, 2025 A subway rider passes his Metrocard through a reader at Grand Central station March 25, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Panthers receiver Tetairoa McMillan active for Seahawks game despite being added to injury report
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan is active and expected to play Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks despite being added to the in...
Dec 28, 2025 Tetairoa McMillan #4 of the Carolina Panthers looks on after his team's 23-20 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Bank of America Stadium on December 21, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images)
Brigitte Bardot, 1960s sultry sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist dies at 91
By THOMAS ADAMSON and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) - Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant ani...
Dec 28, 2025 French actress Brigitte Bardot during the filming of 'Two Weeks in September' on the beach at Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland, September 1966. The Anglo-French drama, directed by Serge Bourguignon, starred Bardot as Cecile. (Photo by Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Russia strikes Ukraine's capital and kills at least 1 person a day before Zelenskyy-Trump meeting
By SAMYA KULLAB and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding...
Dec 27, 2025 Windows have been broken in an apartment inside a residential building badly damaged during Russian air strikes, on December 27, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia attacked Ukraine with hundreds of missiles and drones on Saturday, killing two people in Kyiv and surrounding areas, and injuring at least 46 others, according to authorities. President Zelensky will meet his US counterpart Donald Trump in Florida tomorrow to continue talks on ending Russia's war on Ukraine that is heading into its fourth year. (Photo by Elise Blanchard/Getty Images)