Category Archives: WPTF News
Boozer, No. 1 overall seed Duke get rolling after halftime to beat TCU 81-58 and reach Sweet 16
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) - Duke got two tests to open its run as the No. 1 overall seed in March Madness. The Blue Devils responded both times, the latter coming when ...
Mar 21, 2026 Maliq Brown #6 of the Duke Blue Devils dunks the ball against Xavier Edmonds #24 of the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs during the first half in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on March 21, 2026 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
New RDU airport budget includes parking rate increases
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WPTF) - Leaders at Raleigh-Durham International Airport have approved a new budget that means it will cost more for you to park there. Depending on the lot, prices will increase bet...
Mar 21, 2026 Terminal one at Raleigh-Durham International Airport was evacuated for about 90 minutes Monday Morning, March 30 due to an unspecified threat. (file photo courtesy RDU)
CBS News shutters its storied radio news service after nearly a century, ending an era
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) - CBS News said Friday it is shutting down its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation as part of a round of layoffs, blaming a shi...
Mar 20, 2026 circa 1965: News commentator Allan Jackson sits on the roof of a custom-made CBS Radio broadcasting van, wearing headphones and holding a microphone, while covering an outdoor event. People lean over the terrace of an apartment building in the background, looking off-camera. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
March Madness crosses paths with family time for High Point coaches with mom off to work
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Family matters at High Point, enough that coach Chelsea Banbury has no problem with assistant Katie Clayman missing the Panthers' last prac...
Mar 20, 2026 High Point head coach Flynn Clayman, left, hands his son, Quinn, to his wife Katie Clayman, assistant coach for the High Point women's basketball team, right, during practice prior to the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
High Point looking for an encore after pulling off one March Madness upset
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Now that No. 12 seed High Point busted brackets with a first-round NCAA Tournament victory over fifth-seeded Wisconsin, the Panthers -- along...
Mar 20, 2026 Chase Johnston #99 of the High Point Panthers celebrates his three-point basket against the Wisconsin Badgers during the second half in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Moda Center on March 19, 2026 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Soobum Im/Getty Images)
High oil prices knock down stocks and erase Wall Street's hopes for a cut to interest rates
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Another climb for oil prices shook stock markets on Friday, as hopes collapsed for a possible cut to interest rates this year by the Federal Reserve. Th...
Mar 20, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 19, 2026 in New York City. Global stocks were down again in morning trading, with oil over $100 a barrel amid ongoing turmoil in the markets from the war in Iran. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Trump issues executive order requiring CFP to avoid broadcasting conflicts with Army-Navy game
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday barring College Football Playoff and other postseason games from airing during the annual Army-Navy matchup in December. Trump...
Mar 20, 2026 U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Landon Robinson (L) of the Navy Midshipmen during a ceremony awarding the Commander-in-Chief Trophy to the Navy Midshipmen football team in the East Room of the White House March 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. The Commander-in-Chief Trophy is awarded each year to the winner of the Army-Navy football game. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Durham County government building renamed for Bell
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - A longtime Durham government leader is being recognized. The Durham Board of County Commissioners held a ceremony Friday (March 20) officially renaming the Administration II Buil...
Mar 20, 2026 Durham, North Carolina, USA downtown skyline at twilight.
Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies at 86
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in "Walker, Texas Ranger" and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy...
Mar 20, 2026 Chuck Norris points a gun in a scene from the film 'Hero And The Terror', 1988. (Photo by Cannon/Getty Images)
Iran is defiant nearly 3 weeks into the war, hitting oil facilities around the Gulf
By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran defiantly insisted Friday that it would deny its enemies their security and that it was still building missile...
Mar 20, 2026 Authorities secure an Iranian missile fragment, wrapped in foil, that damaged a building on March 20, 2026 in Rehovot, Israel. Iran has continued firing waves of drones and missiles at Israel after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran early on February 28th. (Photo by Erik Marmor/Getty Images)