Category Archives: WPTF News
US college football in Canada next year, eh
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (NCN News) - College football is headed north of the border, with two ACC teams squaring off in Canada to start the 2027 season. The Atlantic Coast Conference, in collaboration with ES...
May 07, 2026 TORONTO, ON - MARCH 31: General view of BMO Field which will conform the playing area to U.S. standards for an ACC football game in 2027. (Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images)
Recent rains lead to lifting of the burn ban statewide
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - The burn ban is over, for now. After lifting the ban for most of the state's 100 counties last week, the N.C. Forest Service is lifting the ban in the remaining counties on ...
May 07, 2026
North Carolina AG: credit card companies need to do more to block teen vaping buys
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - North Carolina's attorney general says major credit card companies need to do more to prevent kids from buying vaping products. Jeff Jackson joined a bipartisan coalition of...
May 07, 2026 SAN RAFAEL, CA - JANUARY 28: Rhiannon Griffith-Bowman smokes an E-Cigarette at Digita Ciggz on January 28, 2015 in San Rafael, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Federal court rules against new global tariffs Trump imposed after loss at the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court ruled Thursday against the new global tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court. A split three-judge panel of the Court o...
May 07, 2026
Hornets give coach Charles Lee a contract extension after 25-win improvement
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Charlotte Hornets gave head coach Charles Lee a contract extension on Thursday following a season in which the team improved its win total by 25 games. Details of Lee's new ...
May 07, 2026 CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - APRIL 14: Head coach Charles Lee of the Charlotte Hornets looks on in the first half against the Miami Heat during their game at Spectrum Center on April 14, 2026 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)
US military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on 3 Navy ships in Strait of Hormuz
By ADAM SCHRECK, DAVID MCHUGH and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. military said it intercepted Iranian attacks Thursday on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hor...
May 07, 2026 QESHM ISLAND, IRAN - APRIL 28: The Ateela 2 Oil Tanker boat navigates the sea on April 28, 2026 on Qeshm Island, Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Asghar Besharati/Getty Images)
What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak (LOCAL AUDIO)
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An outbreak aboard a cruise ship of a rare rodent-borne illness called hantavirus has left three passengers dead and sickened others, b...
May 07, 2026 Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Comey seeks to cancel upcoming Greenville court appearance in Trump threat case
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday asked to cancel his upcoming court appearance in North Carolina, saying it was unnecessary because he alre...
May 07, 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)
More March Madness: tourney expands to 76 teams next year
March Madness tournaments will expand to 76 teams each starting next season By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The NCAA announced Thursday that it will expand its two March Madness tournaments by eight...
May 07, 2026 FILE - March Madness logo sis displayed at center court during the opening rounds of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
The closing bell: US stocks fall from their records as oil prices yo-yo
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market fell from its records after oil prices yo-yoed. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil settled at roughly $100 Thursday and con...
May 07, 2026 Specialist Anthony Matesic works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)