Category Archives: WPTF News
A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matth...
Apr 01, 2026 An antique typewriter (Getty Images)
It's Official: Gainey to Coach Wolfpack
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer N.C. State moved quickly to hire one of its own to lead the Wolfpack men's basketball program. The school announced the hiring of Tennessee assistant coach and form...
Mar 31, 2026 FILE - Mr. and Miss Wuf, the North Carolina State Wolfpack mascots, perforn during their game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at PNC Arena on January 14, 2015 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
NC Eggs roll their way to the White House
NASHVILLE, N.C. (NCN News) - Eggs from a North Carolina farm will have a starring role in this year's White House Easter Egg Roll. On Tuesday (March 30), U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins t...
Mar 31, 2026 FILE - Children and their parents participate in the White House Egg Roll on the South Lawn on April 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Artemis II mission set to launch, N.C. State grad to be aboard
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After weeks of fuel leaks and other issues, NASA faced a trouble-free countdown Tuesday on the eve of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century. Offici...
Mar 31, 2026 N.C. State graduate Christina Koch is on the crew of the NASA Artemis II mission. (WPTF file photo)
Cigar ashes tied to McDowell County wildfire
MARION, N.C. (NCN News) - Ashes from a cigar are to blame for a wildfire burning in McDowell County Tuesday (March 31). The North Carolina Forest Service reports that the cause of the Jumping Branch f...
Mar 31, 2026
The Dow surges more than 1,100 points as Wall Street soars to its best day since last spring
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks surged to their best day since last spring, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,125 points on Tuesday as doubt swung back to hope ...
Mar 31, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 30, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war pushes fuel prices higher wo...
Mar 31, 2026 A customer pumps gas at an Exxon gas station near the U.S. Capitol Building on March 31, 2026 in Washington, DC. The national average of one gallon of gas has risen to roughly $4.02 amid the ongoing war with Iran. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Br...
Mar 31, 2026 FILE - A view of the National Public Radio (NPR) headquarters on North Capitol Street on February 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Tiger Woods had hydrocodone pills in his pocket and bloodshot eyes at crash scene, authorities say
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods' eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils dilated and he had hydrocodone pills in his pocket when interviewed at the scene of his ...
Mar 31, 2026 Tiger Woods is driven from the Martin County Jail after being arrested for driving under the influence after a car crash on March 27, 2026 in Stuart, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Arrest made in February Durham shooting
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - There's some new developments in a February Durham shooting case. The Durham County Sheriff's Office Tuesday (March 31) announced an arrest in connection with the incident which ...
Mar 31, 2026