Category Archives: WPTF News
Live Nation employee mocks customers as 'so stupid' in internal messages released in court case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Incendiary internal messages in which a Live Nation employee mocks customers as "so stupid" and says the company is "robbing them blind, baby" have...
Mar 12, 2026 FILE - The Ticketmaster logo is seen along the sideline of the field before an NFL football game, Sept. 15, 2024, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
Iran's supreme leader resolves to keep fighting in his first public remarks
By JON GAMBRELL, GHAYA BEN MBAREK, SARAH EL DEEB and JULIE WATSON Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's secretive new leader issued his first public statements Thursday, resolving...
Mar 12, 2026 Smoke from a building in the center of the city which has been hit by the IDF after an evacuation order on March 12, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon. Israel has continued its aerial and ground assault in Lebanon after Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, launched missiles at Israel in what it said was retaliation for the joint U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. (Photo by Adri Salido/Getty Images)
US military refueling plane crashes in Iraq and rescue is underway
By BEN FINLEY and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An American military refueling plane taking part in the operation against Iran crashed in Iraq and rescue efforts were underway,...
Mar 12, 2026 FILE - US Air Force KC135 aircraft taxis to take off at the Kadena Air Base on February 25, 2010 in Kadena, Japan. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)
No. 1 Duke edges Florida State 80-79 in ACC Tournament after Seminoles' buzzer-beater rims out
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Isaiah Evans made seven 3-pointers and finished with a career-high 32 points, Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year Cameron Boozer added 23...
Mar 12, 2026 Duke forward Cameron Boozer (12) drives against Florida State forward Chauncey Wiggins during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Lee County Sheriff makes arrests in drug "trap house"
SANFORD, N.C. (WPTF) - Lee County authorities have made two arrests in connection with a "trap house," raid Wednesday (March 11) in Sanford. According to a social media post, Narcotic Agents with the ...
Mar 12, 2026
Clemson says Carter Welling's injury during the ACC Tournament is a torn ACL
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Clemson said forward Carter Welling suffered a torn knee ligament in the Tigers' opening game of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. The school announced Thursday that Wel...
Mar 12, 2026 AJ Dybantsa #3 of the BYU Cougars handles the ball as Carter Welling #22 of the Clemson Tigers defends at Madison Square Garden on December 09, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Evan Bernstein/Getty Images)
VP Vance speaking in Rocky Mount Friday
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (NCN News) -As the mid-term political cycle heats up and people are watching developments in the Mideast, Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to speak Friday (March 13) at Rocky Mou...
Mar 12, 2026
Oil jumps to $100 per barrel and stocks sink worldwide with no clear end in sight for the Iran war
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Worries about the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel and stocks sinking worldwide. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Th...
Mar 12, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 09, 2026 in New York City. The Dow was down over 700 points in morning trading as global markets continue to react to events in the Middle East. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Person County Sheriff: 700 firearms recovered
ROXBORO, N.C. (NCN News) - Authorities in Person County are investigating the theft of roughly 700 firearms from an estate According to a news release from the Sheriff's Department posted Thursday (Ma...
Mar 12, 2026 Authorities in Person County are investigating the theft of roughly 700 firearms from an estate. (photo courtesy Person County Sheriff's Dept.)
Armed man rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue and was fatally shot by security
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into the nation's largest Reform synagogue, in a Detroit suburb, and was fatally shot by security, The Associated Press has lear...
Mar 12, 2026 Law enforcement respond to a call at Temple Israel synagogue, Thursday, March 12, 2026 in West Bloomfield Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)