Category Archives: WPTF News
Caleb Foster steadies Duke in return as Blue Devils beat St. John's 80-75 and advance to Elite Eight
WASHINGTON (AP) - Caleb Foster returned from a broken foot and rescued Duke's national title hopes, helping the top-seeded Blue Devils rally from a 10-point second-half deficit to beat St. John's 80-7...
Mar 27, 2026 Caleb Foster #1 of the Duke Blue Devils reacts during the second half against the St. John's Red Storm in the Sweet Sixteen of the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Capital One Arena on March 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
Stocks fall and oil prices rise after Trump's latest delay in the Iran war fails to raise much hope
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are falling Friday as Wall Street stumbles toward the finish of a fifth straight losing week, which would be its longest such streak in near...
Mar 27, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on March 25, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don't know why he suddenly fe...
Mar 27, 2026 FILE - NASA astronaut Mike Fincke departs the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Control Building at the Kennedy Space Center for Space Launch Complex 39A before the NASA and SpaceX Launch Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station on July 31, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images)
House Republicans revolt against Senate bill that leaves out money for immigration enforcement
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are resisting a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, a re...
Mar 27, 2026 U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol building on March 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden accidentally shoots himself in leg at airport
A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, authorities said. Biden was not in th...
Mar 27, 2026 FILE - First lady Jill Biden leaves the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 07, 2024 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Washington's cherry blossoms hit peak bloom, sending a fleeting burst of pink across the capital
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press It's finally peak bloom for the airy pink cherry blossoms in Washington, a welcome sign of spring in a city of concrete and granite continuously weighed down by the nec...
Mar 26, 2026 Cherry blossoms bloom along the Tidal Basin near the Jefferson Memorial on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Peak bloom, considered so at 70 percent of trees flowering, was forecast for today by the National Park Service. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)
North Carolina's photo voter ID mandate can continue as a judge upholds the law
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge set aside arguments by civil rights groups that Re...
Mar 26, 2026 FILE - North Carolina State University students vote in the primaries at Pullen Community Center on March 15, 2016 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there's no pen or paper, either. Instead, students in Chris Schaffer's biome...
Mar 26, 2026 The state’s highest court has struck down an order related to the ongoing Leandro school funding lawsuit.
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Trump says he'll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Tr...
Mar 26, 2026 Travelers wait in line at Terminal E at George Bush International Airport on March 19, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Antranik Tavitian/Getty Images)
Will Wade leaves NC State for a second shot to coach LSU after Matt McMahon's firing
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer LSU fired fourth-year coach Matt McMahon on Thursday and rehired former Tigers coach Will Wade from N.C. State, where Wade was in only the first of a six-year contract...
Mar 26, 2026 Head coach Will Wade of the NC State Wolfpack watches play during the first half against the Auburn Tigers at Neville Arena on December 3, 2025 in Auburn, Alabama. (Photo by Stew Milne/Getty Images)