Category Archives: WPTF News
17 former NC State athletes join lawsuit alleging abuse by ex-head trainer, bringing total to 31
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Write RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Seventeen additional former N.C. State male athletes have joined a state lawsuit alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment b...
Feb 02, 2026 FILE - Flags fly at the Reynolds Coliseum at North Carolina State University, Feb. 19, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Kara Durrette, File)
Takeaways from the AP's reporting on PFAS contamination of private drinking water wells
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press STELLA, Wis. (AP) - The roughly 40 million Americans who get their water from private wells are particularly vulnerable to harmful forever chem...
Feb 02, 2026 A sign warns that nearby water contains PFAS chemicals in Stella, Wis., on Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)
Punxsutawney Phil is said to have seen his shadow, forecasting 6 more weeks of wintry weather
By MARK SCOLFORO, TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of wintry weather Monday, a forecast sure to disappoint ma...
Feb 02, 2026 Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 140th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
A crisis emerges across the US as 'forever chemicals' quietly contaminate drinking water wells
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press STELLA, Wis. (AP) - Kristen Hanneman made a small decision in 2022 that would upend life for her entire town. State scientists were checking pr...
Feb 02, 2026 The Chemours Company, Fayetteville Works in White Oak, N.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
More frigid temperatures expected in much of US after a weekend of heavy snow
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Forecasters warned that dangerous extra-cold conditions will persist into Monday morning for a huge swath of the U.S. from the Gulf Coast into Ne...
Feb 02, 2026 As temperatures dipped below freezing, sprinklers spray water over frost sensitive plants covering them with ice to insulate them from the cold at DeWar Nurseries Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Apopka, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Johnson says no quick House vote to end partial shutdown and blames Democrats for their ICE demands
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday it will be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, all but ensuring ...
Feb 01, 2026 Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds a news conference following a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on January 13, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Republicans spoke on I.C.E. operations in Minnesota, affordability and upcoming government funding legislation. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Snow hits the Carolinas as low temps compound power outage woes elsewhere from last weekend's ice
By TRN NGUYN Associated Press Blizzardlike conditions stemming from a " bomb cyclone " hammered parts of the Carolinas on Saturday and ushered in frigid temperatures to much of the East Coast, and ten...
Feb 01, 2026 Alex Taylor, 23, and his dog Daisy, make their way down a snowy hill in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Erik Verduzco)
Trump says feds won't intervene during protests in Democratic-led cities unless asked to do so
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests occurring...
Feb 01, 2026 LAPD officers attempt to clear protestors during 'National Shutdown" anti-ICE protests on January 30, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Across the country, thousands participated in similar protests as the nation continues to react to events in Minneapolis, where two people were killed in confrontations with ICE and other government immigration agents. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
No REAL ID yet? You can still fly, but it may cost $45 without another form of accepted ID
By RIO YAMAT AP Airlines and Travel Writer That little star on your U.S. driver's license is about to save you $45. Beginning Sunday, air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID or another acceptable ...
Feb 01, 2026 FILE - Travelers walk past a Real ID sign posted inside terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
How bomb cyclones form and create dangerous conditions
By ISABELLA O'MALLEY Associated Press When turbulent weather with whipping winds and heavy snow is in the forecast, meteorologists sometimes warn that a storm could "bomb out" or become a bomb cyclone...
Feb 01, 2026 Austin Bradbury uses a chainsaw to remove a tree above a road Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)