Category Archives: WPTF News
Seahawks close in on NFC's top seed with 27-10 win over Panthers
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Seattle Seahawks are doing everything they can to wrap up the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Even after winning 13 games - including six straight - th...
Dec 28, 2025 Nick Emmanwori #3 reacts after Julian Love #20 of the Seattle Seahawks intercepted a pass during the third quarter against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on December 28, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 'closer than ever' to peace after talks with Zelenskyy
By WILL WEISSERT, SEUNG MIN KIM and ELISE MORTON Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted Ukraine and Russia are "closer than ever before" to a peace deal as ...
Dec 28, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 28, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump invited Zelensky to his private club to work on the U.S.-proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, as the conflict approaches four years since the sudden full-scale invasion by Russia on February 24, 2022. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
New York subway ends its MetroCard era and switches fully to tap-and-go fares
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world's ...
Dec 28, 2025 A subway rider passes his Metrocard through a reader at Grand Central station March 25, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
Panthers receiver Tetairoa McMillan active for Seahawks game despite being added to injury report
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan is active and expected to play Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks despite being added to the in...
Dec 28, 2025 Tetairoa McMillan #4 of the Carolina Panthers looks on after his team's 23-20 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Bank of America Stadium on December 21, 2025 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images)
Brigitte Bardot, 1960s sultry sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist dies at 91
By THOMAS ADAMSON and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) - Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant ani...
Dec 28, 2025 French actress Brigitte Bardot during the filming of 'Two Weeks in September' on the beach at Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland, September 1966. The Anglo-French drama, directed by Serge Bourguignon, starred Bardot as Cecile. (Photo by Michael Montfort/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Russia strikes Ukraine's capital and kills at least 1 person a day before Zelenskyy-Trump meeting
By SAMYA KULLAB and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia attacked Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding...
Dec 27, 2025 Windows have been broken in an apartment inside a residential building badly damaged during Russian air strikes, on December 27, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia attacked Ukraine with hundreds of missiles and drones on Saturday, killing two people in Kyiv and surrounding areas, and injuring at least 46 others, according to authorities. President Zelensky will meet his US counterpart Donald Trump in Florida tomorrow to continue talks on ending Russia's war on Ukraine that is heading into its fourth year. (Photo by Elise Blanchard/Getty Images)
Winter storm snarls holiday travel across US Northeast, Great Lakes
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JULIE WALKER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) - More than a thousand flights were canceled or delayed across the Northeast and Great Lakes regions due to snow as thousands took to r...
Dec 27, 2025 People walk through the snow in Brooklyn after an overnight storm on December 27, 2025 in New York City. The New York City metro area received over 4 inches of snow, the first time the city had recorded over 4 inches since a winter storm in January 2022. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Long ECU touchdown negated by inadvertent whistle, but the Pirates win the Military Bowl anyway
By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - After the game was over and his team had won, East Carolina coach Blake Harrell could be magnanimous about an officiating gaffe that nearly turne...
Dec 27, 2025 Jordy Lowery #15 of the East Carolina Pirates celebrates after recovering a fumble in the third quarter against the Pittsburgh Panthers during the 2025 Go Bowling Military Bowl at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on December 27, 2025 in Annapolis, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
Man accused of 1996 Tupac Shakur killing seeks to suppress evidence
By JESSICA HILL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - The attorneys for the man accused of killing rap icon Tupac Shakur in 1996 are pushing to suppress evidence obtained in what they claim was an "unlawf...
Dec 27, 2025 FILE - Duane "Keffe D" Davis enters a courtroom in Clark County District Court for a trial readiness status check at the Regional Justice Center on June 17, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Davis was indicted on murder charges for his involvement in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. (Photo by Steve Marcus-Pool/Getty Images)
California's intense winter storms turned some roads into rivers of mud
By TY ONEIL and JAIMIE DING Associated Press WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Powerful winter storms brought the wettest Christmas season to Southern California in years, sending mud and debris sliding and h...
Dec 26, 2025 Los Angeles County workers load sandbags for a resident, near the Eaton Fire burn zone, in preparation for a strong atmospheric river storm arriving today to the region on December 23, 2025 in Altadena, California. A flood watch will be in effect for much of the region through Christmas Eve with evacuation warnings in place for residents near recent burn areas. Meteorologists are calling for five straight days of precipitation with highest rainfall totals predicted for Christmas Eve along with heavy snow in higher elevation mountain regions. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)