Category Archives: WPTF News
Otter Pups get chance to splash in the big pool
KURE BEACH, N.C. (NCN News) - A special rite of passage is taking place Wednesday (March 11) for three otters at the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher. Nyx, Baloo and Bodhi will have an opportunity to take t...
Mar 10, 2026 Baloo, in the front, Bodhi on the left and Nyx on the right have reached major milestones to now make the move to the public habitat at the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher (Photo Courtesy of the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher)
NC First Lady hosts prisoner rehabilitation tour
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. (NCN News) -- North Carolina's first lady hosted several fellow first ladies on a tour of a driver's license restoration clinic and rehabilitative programs offered at a western No...
Mar 10, 2026 North Carolina First Lady Anna Stein (official portrait)
US stocks slip as Wall Street waits for the next signal on how long war with Iran may last
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market held steadier Tuesday as Wall Street waited for the next signal on when the war with Iran may end. The S&P 500 dipped 0.2%, a ...
Mar 10, 2026 People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the financial district on March 09, 2026, in New York City. The Dow was down over 700 points in morning trading as global markets continue to react to events in the Middle East. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Duke's Cameron Boozer, Jon Scheyer headline AP all-ACC honors for 2025-26 season
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke star freshman Cameron Boozer is The Associated Press player of the year for the Atlantic Coast Conference, while the top-ranked Blue Devils' Jon Scheyer is lea...
Mar 10, 2026 Head Coach Jon Scheyer of the Duke Blue Devils speaks with Cayden Boozer #2 during the second half of the basketball game against the Syracuse Orange at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 16, 2026 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images)
'Ship of Gold' treasure hunter released from prison, but 500 gold coins remain unaccounted for
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press A former deep-sea treasure hunter who made one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries in American history and spent the past decade in prison after refusing to disclose ...
Mar 10, 2026 FILE - California Gold Marketing Group's Dwight Manley examines a gold coin, recovered from the S.S. Central America steamship that went down in a hurricane in 1857, in a laboratory, Jan. 23, 2018, in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Two NC cities rank high for seasonal allergies
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NCN News) - As it will soon be time for lots of a yellow dust and sneezing, two North Carolina cities rank among the top 20 "most challenging" cities for seasonal allergies. The Alle...
Mar 10, 2026 Winston-Salem, North Carolina skyline from above (Getty Images)
Young kids missed the pandemic's school disruptions. Their reading scores are still behind
By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today's youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in their early school...
Mar 10, 2026 FILE - Books sit on shelves in an elementary school library in suburban Atlanta, on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hakim Wright Sr., File)
No. 1 Duke loses Caleb Foster to broken foot, won't have big man Patrick Ngongba II for ACC tourney
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Top-ranked Duke has lost starting point guard Caleb Foster to a broken right foot that will keep him out for an extended period, while starting big man Patrick Ngon...
Mar 10, 2026 Caleb Foster #1 of the Duke Blue Devils during the game against Kansas Jayhawks in the 2025 State Farm Champions Classic at Madison Square Garden on November 18, 2025 in New York City. The Blue Devils won 78-66. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
Governor, legislative leaders form education blue ribbon commission
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - As partisan debates continue over teacher pay and other school funding issues, Democratic Governor Josh Stein, Republican Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger, and GOP Speak...
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Trump says Iran war could be over soon, but oil disruption would trigger harsher US strikes
By JON GAMBRELL, WILL WEISSERT and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the war against Iran could be short-lived, but he left op...
Mar 09, 2026 People gather in a rally to support Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)