Category Archives: WPTF News
Joe Biden interviews with memoir ghostwriter reveal him discussing sensitive information
By BILL BARROW Associated Press Newly released audio tapes, disclosed by a conservative activist group, appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming...
Jul 28, 2026
A 7.1 magnitude quake hits Japan's southern Kyushu island and dozens are injured or missing
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) - A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Japan 's southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday, leaving dozens of people injured or missing after part of a shoppin...
Jul 28, 2026 Bgnuh / Depositphotos.com
Lee County man facing drug and weapons charges
SANFORD, N.C. (WPTF) - One person is in custody in connection with a drug and weapons investigation by the Lee County Sheriff's office. According to a post on social media, on July 21, 2026, agents wi...
Jul 28, 2026 45 weapons and 17 pounds of marijuana were seized by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. (photo courtesy Lee County Sheriff’s Office)
Americans' confidence in US economy fell this month as Iran conflict sent gas prices back up
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans' confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting. The Conferenc...
Jul 28, 2026 Shutterstock
BEFORE THE BELL: Wall Street mixed early as chip sell-off continues
By CHAN HO-HIM and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writers Wall Street is mixed in early trading Tuesday with chipmakers getting hit again after a huge sell-off in South Korea. South Korea's Kospi index...
Jul 28, 2026 SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 05: Currency dealers work in front of an electronic screen showing South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters on March 05, 2026 in Seoul, South Korea.
(Photo by Han Myung-Gu/Getty Images)
US looks to boost anti-China spending worldwide by hundreds of millions, documents say
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Write WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China's growing influe...
Jul 28, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025 in Busan, South Korea. Trump is meeting Xi for the first time since taking office for his second term, following months of growing tension between both countries. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
NASCAR drivers head into week-long break before Iowa race pondering playoff chase
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Denny Hamlin had another bittersweet moment at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. Sure, one of his 23XI Racing drivers, Corey Heim, reached vi...
Jul 28, 2026 NASCAR Cup Series driver, Denny Hamlin speaks to the media during NASCAR Champions week at JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on November 04, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Comey says seashells post was political speech - not a threat - as he presses to dismiss charges
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Former FBI Director James Comey urged a judge on Monday to throw out federal charges against him, arguing that a photo of sea...
Jul 27, 2026 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 19: Author James Comey, former FBI Director, speaks at the Barnes & Noble Upper West Side on May 19, 2025 in New York City. Comey sat with Esposito to discuss his career and new book "FDR DRIVE," the third of a series of fictional crime novels featuring attorney Nora Carleton. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Savannah Guthrie makes an emotional plea to her mother's kidnappers
By The Associated Press "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie says in a new video that her family is living an unending nightmare nearly six months after her mother's disappearance and pleads with her ki...
Jul 27, 2026 FILE - Savannah Guthrie attends Project Healthy Mind's World Mental Health Day Gala at Spring Studios on October 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images)
Attorney General Jeff Jackson Sues FEMA Over Counterterrorism Funding
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - North Carolina's attorney general is among those suing the federal government over the threat of withholding emergency management funds over unrelated issues. Attorney Gener...
Jul 27, 2026