Category Archives: WPTF News
He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don't know why he suddenly fe...
Mar 27, 2026 FILE - NASA astronaut Mike Fincke departs the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Control Building at the Kennedy Space Center for Space Launch Complex 39A before the NASA and SpaceX Launch Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station on July 31, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images)
House Republicans revolt against Senate bill that leaves out money for immigration enforcement
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are resisting a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, a re...
Mar 27, 2026 U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol building on March 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden accidentally shoots himself in leg at airport
A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, authorities said. Biden was not in th...
Mar 27, 2026 FILE - First lady Jill Biden leaves the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 07, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Washington's cherry blossoms hit peak bloom, sending a fleeting burst of pink across the capital
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press It's finally peak bloom for the airy pink cherry blossoms in Washington, a welcome sign of spring in a city of concrete and granite continuously weighed down by the nec...
Mar 26, 2026 Cherry blossoms bloom along the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Peak bloom, considered so at 70 percent of trees flowering, was forecast for today by the National Park Service. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
North Carolina's photo voter ID mandate can continue as a judge upholds the law
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge set aside arguments by civil rights groups that Re...
Mar 26, 2026 FILE - North Carolina State University students vote in the primaries at Pullen Community Center on March 15, 2016 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there's no pen or paper, either. Instead, students in Chris Schaffer's biome...
Mar 26, 2026 Rear viewpoint of elementary students raising their hands to answer the teacher's question in a class in the STEM classroom. (Getty Images)
Trump says he'll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Tr...
Mar 26, 2026 Travelers wait in line at Terminal E at George Bush International Airport on March 19, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Antranik Tavitian/Getty Images)
Will Wade leaves NC State for a second shot to coach LSU after Matt McMahon's firing
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer LSU fired fourth-year coach Matt McMahon on Thursday and rehired former Tigers coach Will Wade from N.C. State, where Wade was in only the first of a six-year contract...
Mar 26, 2026 Head coach Will Wade of the NC State Wolfpack watches play during the first half against the Auburn Tigers at Neville Arena on December 3, 2025 in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Stew Milne/Getty Images)
Stocks fall and oil prices rise as uncertainty about the war with Iran weighs on Wall Street
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Doubt is taking over again from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the war with Iran, and stocks are back to falling as oil prices rise Thursda...
Mar 26, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 25, 2026 in New York City. Stocks rose at the opening with reports of the U.S. giving Iran a plan to bring the conflict to an end that sent crude prices tumbling, with the Dow Jones leading the way opening with a gain of over 500 points. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events by new IOC policy
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) - Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which align...
Mar 26, 2026 MARCH 26: In this photo illustration, IOC President Kirsty Coventry is seen on a computer screen as she speaks at a live-streamed press briefing from Lausanne, Switzerland about the newly announced ban on transgender athletes in women's events on March 26, 2026 as viewed in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)