Category Archives: WPTF News
More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm
By EMILIE MEGNIEN, JEFFREY COLLINS and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) - Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began a trek that threatened to brin...
Jan 23, 2026
No. 22 North Carolina is trying to fix mistakes as the ACC schedule gets tougher
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina had built momentum with a strong start to the season before an abrupt four-game downturn, one notably marked by a complete i...
Jan 23, 2026 North Carolina guard Seth Trimble (7) shoots against Ohio State during the second half of an NCAA basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Wall Street drifts as Intel tumbles and gold's price rises to another record
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market drifted through mixed trading Friday, as a zigzag week punctuated by loud threats and pullbacks finished with a quiet and tentativ...
Jan 23, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 21, 2026 in New York City. Stocks rose at opening after having its worst session since October for all three major averages with the Dow Jones losing almost 900 points, the S&P 500 dropping 2.06% and Nasdaq losing 2.39% after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on multiple European countries as part of a push for U.S. control of Greenland. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Duke QB Darian Mensah files motion asking judge to reconsider block on enrolling elsewhere
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Duke quarterback Darian Mensah is trying to speed up the legal case that currently has him blocked from heading to another school. An attorney for Mensah filed an emerg...
Jan 23, 2026 Darian Mensah #10 of the Duke Blue Devils passes the ball during the second half of the 2025 ACC Football Championship against the Virginia Cavaliers at Bank of America Stadium on December 06, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images)
Millions of Americans prepare for potentially catastrophic ice storm. Here's what the numbers show
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) - Millions of Americans from New Mexico to the Carolinas are bracing for a potentially catastrophic ice storm that could crush trees and power lines ...
Jan 23, 2026 A customer shops at Walmart on January 22, 2026 in Little Rock, Arkansas. A massive winter storm is expected to bring frigid temperatures, ice, and snow to millions of Americans across the nation. (Photo by Will Newton/Getty Images)
Rhode Island may ditch Mr. Potato Head license plates after Hasbro's move to Boston
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - It's been no small potatoes that Rhode Islanders have been able to choose the image of Mr. Potato Head as a specialty license plate for dec...
Jan 22, 2026 Hasbro world headquarters in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Kenneth C. Zirkel)
Teen pleads guilty to North Carolina mass shooting that killed 5
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An 18-year-old pleaded guilty Wednesday to murder and other charges for a mass shooting in North Carolina, acknowledging that he carried out ...
Jan 21, 2026
UNC's 'Carolina North' campus expansion is going forward amid question on future of basketball arena
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer North Carolina is going forward with long-discussed plans to develop an off-campus expansion for academic, research, residential and mixed-use retail projects. It's...
Jan 21, 2026 FILE - University of North Carolina Chancellor Lee Roberts speaks during an NCAA college football press conference introducing Bill Belichick as UNC's new head football coach, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024, at North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown, file)
Former Uvalde officer acquitted in trial over police response to Robb Elementary attack
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - A former Uvalde schools police officer was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he failed in his duties to confront the...
Jan 21, 2026
Wilson, Veesaar lead way as No. 22 North Carolina rolls past Notre Dame 91-69 in ACC play
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Caleb Wilson had 22 points while frontcourt mate Henri Veesaar added a double-double to help No. 22 North Carolina beat Notre Dame 91-69 on...
Jan 21, 2026 FILE - Head coach Hubert Davis of the North Carolina Tar Heels talks with Seth Trimble #7 during the second half of the game against the Kansas Jayhawks at Dean E. Smith Center on November 07, 2025 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)