Category Archives: WPTF News
'Buck Rogers' star Gil Gerard dies at 82
Gil Gerard, who played television's hunky sci-fi hero William "Buck" Rogers soon after the Star Wars franchise took hold in the late 1970s, has died. He was 82. Gerard died Tuesday in hospice as a res...
Dec 17, 2025 American actress Connie Sellecca, wearing a black sequin evening gown with a sheer neckline panel, and her husband, American actor Gil Gerard, who wears a tuxedo and bow tie, attend the 37th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, 22nd September 1985. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
Veesaar's career night leads No. 12 North Carolina over ETSU, 77-58
By MITCHELL NORTHAM Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Henri Veesaar scored a career-high 26 points to power No. 12 North Carolina to a 77-58 victory over East Tennessee State on Tuesday night....
Dec 16, 2025 North Carolina center Henri Veesaar (13) dunks against East Tennessee State during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned oil tankers' into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country...
Dec 16, 2025 FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Investigators release video timeline of the Brown campus shooting suspect's movements
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Authorities on Tuesday released a new video timeline and a slightly clearer image of the man suspected in the Brown Uni...
Dec 16, 2025 This image taken from video provided by the FBI shows a person of interest in the investigation of the shooting that occurred at Brown University, in Providence, R.I., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (FBI via AP)
Boozer scores 26 as No. 3 Duke overcomes Lipscomb for Scheyer's 100th win
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Cameron Boozer scored 26 points and had 13 rebounds to help No. 3 Duke overcome a 10-point deficit and earn Jon Scheyer his 100th coaching victory wi...
Dec 16, 2025 Lipscomb's Mateo Esmeraldo (1) scores ahead of Duke's Cameron Boozer (12) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Durham, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
US Capitol unveils statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns, taking Robert E. Lee's spot
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a p...
Dec 16, 2025 A statue of Virginia civil rights activist Barbara Rose Johns, whose statue will replace one of Robert E. Lee as one of Virginia's two statues on display at the Capitol, is unveiled Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Wall Street drifts lower following mixed data on the economy
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market drifted through a mixed day of trading Tuesday after reports on the economy did little to clear uncertainty about where interest r...
Dec 16, 2025 Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
ACC's shift to new football scheduling model will have 12 of 17 teams playing 9 league games in 2026
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference's transition to a nine-game football schedule will feature 12 of 17 football-playing members playing nine games next fall while the remain...
Dec 16, 2025 Duke players celebrate with the trophy after defeating Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) - A wildlife photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the ...
Dec 16, 2025 Lombardy Region president Attilio Fontana attends a press conference in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, on a discovery of thousands of dinosaur tracks in Lombardy region. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat that killed survivors in the Caribbean
By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and BEN FINLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike tha...
Dec 16, 2025 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth walks to the auditorium to brief members of congress on military strikes near Venezuela at the Capitol, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)