Category Archives: WPTF News
Trump brushes off war crime concerns as he repeats threat to Iran's infrastructure
By The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he's "not at all" concerned about committing possible war crimes as he again threatened to destroy Iran's bridges and power plants if Te...
Apr 06, 2026 President Donald Trump departs after speaking with reporters during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
N.C. Central hires new law school dean with Duke ties
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - A top official at an Ohio law school and Duke Law School Graduate has been tabbed to lead North Carolina Central University' Law School. Joseph Karl Grant has been named Dean of ...
Apr 06, 2026
2024 Miss North Carolina dies from cancer
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - 2024 Miss North Carolina Carrie Everett has died after battling stomach cancer. Everett competed in the 2024 Miss North Carolina competition as Miss Johnston County and was a do...
Apr 06, 2026 2024 Miss North Carolina Carrie Everett has died after battling stomach cancer. (photo courtesy Miss North Carolina organization)
Iran rejects latest ceasefire proposal as Trump deadline approaches
By JON GAMBRELL, SAMY MAGDY, BASSEM MROUE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran state media says Tehran has rejected the latest ceasefire proposal and instead wants permanent end...
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Russian attacks kill 4 as Ukraine drones target oil infrastructure
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and VOLODYMR YURCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian drone attack on Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa killed two women and a toddler, authorities said Monday, ...
Apr 06, 2026
Artemis II astronauts race to set a new distance record from Earth and behold the moon's far side
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer HOUSTON (AP) - With the moon looming ever larger, the Artemis II astronauts raced to set a new distance record Monday from Earth on a lunar fly-around promising magn...
Apr 06, 2026 NASA Artemis Moonshot
Senators beat the Hurricanes 6-3 to move into the second wild-card spot in the East
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - Brady Tkachuk scored twice and the Ottawa Senators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Sunday night to move into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. Ottawa move...
Apr 05, 2026 Brady Tkachuk scored twice and the Ottawa Senators beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 on Sunday night to move into the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.
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Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran
By COLLEEN BARRY and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflic...
Apr 05, 2026 Pope Leo XIV marks his first Easter in the papacy.
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It's-a-hit: 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' box office blasts off with $372.5 million globally
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Mixed reviews didn't dissuade mass audiences from buying tickets to the "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie," which scored the biggest opening of the year for a Hollywood movi...
Apr 05, 2026 Cast and crew pose for a photo as Universal Pictures, Nintendo and Illumination present the premiere of "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" at Minamiza Theater on March 28, 2026 in Kyoto, Japan. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images for Universal Pictures, Nintendo and Illumination)
US aviator rescued as Trump vows strikes on Iran's infrastructure if Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened
By MATTHEW LEE, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, SAM METZ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday made new, expletive-laden threats to escalate strikes on Iran and i...
Apr 05, 2026 In this image provided by Sepahnews, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's official website, wreckage is shown at what Iran's state TV claimed was the site of a downed American transport plane and two helicopters involved in a rescue operation, in Isfahan province, Iran, April, 2026. (Sepahnews via AP)