Category Archives: WPTF News
ACC's shift to new football scheduling model will have 12 of 17 teams playing 9 league games in 2026
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The Atlantic Coast Conference's transition to a nine-game football schedule will feature 12 of 17 football-playing members playing nine games next fall while the remain...
Dec 16, 2025 Duke players celebrate with the trophy after defeating Virginia in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
A photographer finds thousands of dinosaur footprints near Italian Winter Olympic venue
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) - A wildlife photographer stumbled upon one of the oldest and largest known collections of dinosaur footprints, dating back about 210 million years to the ...
Dec 16, 2025 Lombardy Region president Attilio Fontana attends a press conference in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, on a discovery of thousands of dinosaur tracks in Lombardy region. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Hegseth says he won't publicly release video of boat that killed survivors in the Caribbean
By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and BEN FINLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike tha...
Dec 16, 2025 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth walks to the auditorium to brief members of congress on military strikes near Venezuela at the Capitol, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, criticizes Bondi and opines on Trump in Vanity Fair
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump's understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handl...
Dec 16, 2025 FILE - White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles listens during a cabinet meeting at the White House, April 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
11 firefighters and 2 other people injured after North Carolina house fire and explosion
SALISBURY, N.C. (AP) - Eleven firefighters and two other people were injured in a house fire explosion in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, officials said. Salisbury Fire Chief Bob Parnell said f...
Dec 16, 2025 A fire engine races to the scene of an emergency.
NC State economist predicts record job growth in 2026
By WPTF Staff RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Economist Dr. Mike Walden says North Carolina is poised for record-breaking job growth and business development in 2026. Walden, a William Neal Reynolds distinguis...
Dec 16, 2025
Harrison Bertos scores in OT to help Washington beat N.C. State 3-2 and win first Men's College Cup
CARY, N.C. (AP) - Harrison Bertos scored 1:54 into overtime after Washington blew a two-goal lead in the second half, and the Huskies beat North Carolina State 3-2 to win the Men's College Cup at Firs...
Dec 16, 2025 Washington players celebrate after scoring a goal against North Carolina State in the NCAA College Cup National Championship soccer final in Cary, N.C., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)
FDA OKs libido-boosting pill for older women who have gone through menopause
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials have expanded approval of a much-debated drug aimed at boosting female libido, saying the once-a-day pill can now be taken b...
Dec 15, 2025 FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2015 file photo, Sprout Pharmaceuticals CEO Cindy Whitehead holds a bottle for the female sex-drive drug Addyi in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)
Panthers struggling to handle success, lose control of destiny in NFC South playoff race
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers are still learning how to handle success. While the Panthers have thrived in the underdog role this season with wins over Gr...
Dec 15, 2025 Carolina Panthers wide receiver Jalen Coker (18) runs in for a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
What to know about the search for the Brown University shooting suspect
By PATRICK WHITTLE and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Police released new video of a potential suspect and renewed their search Monday for the shooter who killed two Brown Un...
Dec 15, 2025 People hold candles during a vigil, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Providence, R.I., for the victims of Saturday's shooting on the campus of Brown University. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)