Category Archives: WPTF News

Suspected stowaway is found dead in plane's landing gear at a North Carolina airport
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Airplane maintenance workers at a North Carolina airport found the body of a suspected stowaway in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines flight that had recently ...
Curtis Media Sep 29, 2025

Tropical Storm Imelda forms near Bahamas and is expected to become a hurricane in coming days
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated PressMIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Imelda formed Sunday and is expected to become a hurricane on a forecast track curving away from the U.S. East Coast early this week. The ...
Curtis Media Sep 28, 2025

Elliott steals Kansas Speedway race in wild overtime finish, secures spot in 3rd round of playoffs
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing WriterKANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) - Chase Elliott somehow stole Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway, where he drove from eighth to the checkered flag during a two-lap overt...
Curtis Media Sep 28, 2025

Trump to meet Monday with top four congressional leaders as government shutdown risk looms
By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump plans to meet with the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Monday, one day before ...
Curtis Media Sep 27, 2025

Europe takes a record lead into Ryder Cup’s Sunday singles
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf WriterFARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Team Europe already had demolished and disheartened the Americans in another Ryder Cup romp on Saturday, and it wasn’t finished....
Curtis Media Sep 27, 2025

Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated PressMIAMI (AP) - Crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early Sunday bef...
Curtis Media Sep 27, 2025

Tropical weather in the Atlantic is slamming the Caribbean and may strike Southeast US next
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) - Crews spent Saturday making preparations for an unnamed weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda late Saturday or early Sunday be...
Curtis Media Sep 27, 2025

Trump snubs Biden with autopen photo on new Presidential Walk of Fame
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has added a Presidential Walk of Fame to the exterior of the White House, featuring portraits of each of the pr...
Curtis Media Sep 26, 2025

Bryson DeChambeau put a charge into the Ryder Cup crowd. Europe has snuffed it out
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf WriterFARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - Bryson DeChambeau brought panache to the Ryder Cup. Europe delivered the points.Bethpage Black hardly lived up to its rowdy reputation in&n...
Curtis Media Sep 26, 2025

Hurricane Helene hit the reset button on one town’s goal of becoming an outdoor tourism mecca
By ALLEN G. BREED and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated PressOLD FORT, N.C. (AP) - Morning mist is still burning off the surrounding mountains when they appear: Small groups of helmeted riders on one-wheel...
Curtis Media Sep 26, 2025
