Category Archives: WPTF News
Belichick on Patriots: 'I'm not welcomed in their facility, so they aren't welcomed in ours'
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Bill Belichick won six Super Bowls during nearly a quarter of a century coaching the New England Patriots, but it's clear that relationship has de...
Sep 07, 2025
Trump executive order aims to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, SEUNG MIN KIM and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Donald Trump sent a sharply different message...
Sep 05, 2025
Duke University pilot project examining pros and cons of using artificial intelligence in college
LUCAS LIN and ANANYA PINNAMENENI/The Chronicle The ChronicleDURHAM, N.C. (AP) - As generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have become increasingly prevalent in academic settings, facult...
Sep 05, 2025
US hiring stalls with employers reluctant to expand in an economy grown increasingly erratic
By PAUL WISEMAN, ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CORA LEWIS AP Business WritersWASHINGTON (AP) - The American job market, a pillar of U.S. economic strength since the pandemic, is crumbling under the weig...
Sep 05, 2025
Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at a North Carolina lunch counter, dies at 83
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Joseph McNeil, one of four North Carolina college students whose occupation of a racially segregated Woolworth's lunch counter 65 years ago he...
Sep 04, 2025
A Democrat governor, a Republican legislature: How Josh Stein is navigating North Carolina politics
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressFLETCHER, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein has taken an unusual approach with Republican political opponents in his first eight months leading a highly c...
Sep 04, 2025
Kennedy tries to defend COVID-19 vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing
By MATT BROWN and MIKE STOBBE Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing on...
Sep 04, 2025
Panthers and Jaguars expect improvements from revamped defenses in season opener
By MARK LONG AP Pro Football WriterJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Although much of the focus remains on quarterbacks and former No. 1 overall draft picks Bryce Young and Trevor Lawrence, the Carolina Panth...
Sep 04, 2025
Kennedy tries to defend COVID-19 vaccine stance in raucous Senate hearing
By MATT BROWN and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., facing pointed bipartisan questioning at a rancorous three-hour Senate committee hearing o...
Sep 04, 2025
Panthers and Jaguars expect improvements from revamped defenses in season opener
By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Although much of the focus remains on quarterbacks and former No. 1 overall draft picks Bryce Young and Trevor Lawrence, the Carolina Pant...
Sep 04, 2025