Category Archives: WPTF News
Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt welcome their 'perfect angel girl'
Pete Davidson and Elsie Hewitt have announced the birth of their "perfect angel girl." They took to Instagram on Thursday to herald the Dec. 12 birth of Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, accompanied by se...
Dec 19, 2025 Pete Davidson attends "The Home" New York Premiere at Metrograph on July 22, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
Trump administration will appeal judge's order reversing federal funding cuts at Harvard
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration will appeal a federal judge's order reversing billions of dollars in funding cuts to Harvard University, extending a st...
Dec 19, 2025 FILE - People walk between buildings, Dec. 17, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Stocks rise on Wall Street and pull closer to weekly gains as AI stocks climb
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday and further trimmed losses from earlier in the week for several major indexes. The S&P...
Dec 19, 2025 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 11, 2025, in New York City. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at an all-time high on Thursday up nearly 650 points. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Turning Point USA's Erika Kirk backs Vice President JD Vance's potential 2028 presidential bid
By MATT BROWN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) - Erika Kirk, widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and the organization's new leader, endorsed a potential presidential bi...
Dec 19, 2025 Erika Kirk discusses the newly released book "Stop, In The Name of God: Why Honoring The Sabbath Will Transform Your Life" on "Hannity" at Fox News Channel Studios on December 08, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family among 7 killed in North Carolina plane crash
By ALLEN G. BREED and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A business jet crashed Thursday while trying to return to a North Carolina airport shortly after takeoff, killing all ...
Dec 18, 2025 First responders tend to the scene of a reported plane crash at a regional airport in Statesville, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a towering figure in North Carolina politics in the late 20th century who helped the Democratic Party...
Dec 18, 2025 FILE - North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt responds to reporters' questions at a hotel, in Durham, N.C., Jan. 20, 1999. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan, File)
Trump signs executive order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new...
Dec 18, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump displays an executive order with Howard Kessler (R) that Trump signed in the Oval Office of the White House on December 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the ceremony, Trump signed the order reclassifying marijuana as a schedule III drug. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Tennessee governor pardons country star Jelly Roll, who has sought redemption from criminal past
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee's governor pardoned country star Jelly Roll on Thursday for his criminal past in the state, acknowledging the Nashville native's ...
Dec 18, 2025 This photo provided by the Nashville-Davidson County Sheriff's Office shows country music star Jelly Roll, whose legal name is Jason DeFord, speaking to inmates at the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Annex in Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 25, 2025. (Reginald Scott/Nashville-Davidson County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Trump administration moves to cut off transgender care for children
By ALI SWENSON, MATTHEW PERRONE and DEVI SHASTRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to eff...
Dec 18, 2025 U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is joined by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and California farmer Blake Alexander (L) during the announcement of a $700 million pilot program to support regenerative agriculture at the Department of Agriculture on December 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump in White House speech says US economy is strengthening, despite weaker hiring and inflation
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump tried in a live speech Wednesday night from the White House to convince the American people that they are wrong to worry about th...
Dec 17, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Diplomatic Room of the White House on December 17, 2025 (Photo by Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images)