Category Archives: WPTF News
Grants announced to boost rural health in NC
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - Boosting rural health services is the goal behind $10 million dollars in grants announced by state health officials Monday (June 8). The North Carolina Department of Health ...
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Before the Bell: Oil prices surge as Iran conflict flares, while global stocks skid on selling of tech shares
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Global shares sank on Monday after Wall Street ended last week with its worst day since October, while oil prices jumped more than $4 as fighting flare...
Jun 08, 2026 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 04: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on June 04, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Broadway revivals and 'Liberation' win big at the Tony Awards, hosted by Pink
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - "Schmigadoon!," an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks big, brassy Broadway shows, won the best new musical Tony Award on a night...
Jun 08, 2026 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 07: Dylan Mulvaney, Megan Thee Stallion, P!NK, Neil Patrick Harris and Shoshana Bean perform onstage during The 79th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 07, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)
Years of pent-up emotions came flooding out of Alexander Zverev when he finally won the French Open
PARIS (AP) - It all came rushing back to Alexander Zverev when he was lying on his back on the French Open's center court, his hands covering his face, and sobbing on Sunday as he realized that he had...
Jun 07, 2026 PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 07: Alexander Zverev of Germany celebrates winning Championship point against Flavio Cobolli of Italy in the Men’s Singles final match on Day Fifteen of the 2026 French Open at Roland Garros on June 07, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Carolina trails Vegas in the Stanley Cup Final and has a big decision to make for Game 4
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer A sequence of events in a Stanley Cup Final that has gotten crazier by the minute has put the Carolina Hurricanes at a crossroads. They blew a two-goal lead and lost ...
Jun 07, 2026 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 06: Jordan Martinook #48 of the Carolina Hurricanes checks Jack Eichel #9 of the Vegas Golden Knights in Game Three of the 2026 NHL Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena on June 06, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Denny Hamlin goes back to front again to win NASCAR race at Michigan, tie Kyle Busch on win list
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) - Denny Hamlin went from the rear to first again Sunday, winning at Michigan International Speedway to earn his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series victory. Just like last week's...
Jun 07, 2026 BROOKLYN, MICHIGAN - JUNE 07: Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 National Debt Relief Toyota, waves an 18 - 8 flag in honor of the late Kyle Busch after winning the NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway on June 07, 2026 in Brooklyn, Michigan. (Photo by Brett Farmer/Getty Images)
Maverick Republican Sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon, who resigned after sexual harassment scandal, dies
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Former Sen. Bob Packwood, a moderate Oregon Republican whose reputation as a champion of abortion and women's rights was spoiled at the end of his career by allegations of sexual...
Jun 07, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 10: Former Sen. Bob Packwood (L) (R-OR) and former Sen. Bill Bradley (R) (D-NJ) testify before the Senate Finance Committee February 10, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on lessons learned from the Tax Reform Act of 1986 during the hearing.
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Trump dismisses idea that Iran betrays his 'no new wars' campaign message
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) - President Donald Trump is dismissing the idea that launching the war with Iran this year betrayed his refrain of "No new wars" that he ma...
Jun 07, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to members of his Cabinet speak during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump meets with his Cabinet days after saying a peace deal with Iran was “largely negotiated” amid expectations around the re-opening the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Israel strikes Beirut's southern suburbs days after US-supported ceasefire deal
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, HASSAN AMMAR, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press MREIJEH, Lebanon (AP) - Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs without warning on Sunday, days after a ceasefire agree...
Jun 07, 2026 NORTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL - JUNE 2: A view of the Beaufort castle high on the hilltop over the border between Israel and Lebanon, as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on June 2, 2026 in northern Israel. Lebanese media reported a series of strikes in southern Lebanon this morning, the day after US President Donald Trump proclaimed a limited ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Trump, who worries that Israel's actions in Lebanon are derailing his ceasefire negotiations with Iran, wrote that the Israeli prime minister would halt "a major raid of Beirut" and Hezbollah "would stop shooting at Israel and its soldiers." The IDF also announced this morning that it intercepted two missiles fired from Lebanon. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
From unfilled gas tanks to fewer frills, retailers see US consumers rethink their spending
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. consumers haven't stopped spending money since the Iran war drove up fuel prices, but many shoppers are reassessing what they buy and where, ...
Jun 07, 2026 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 28: Fuel prices are displayed at a Brooklyn gas station on April 28, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)