Category Archives: WPTF News

North Carolina Gov. Stein signs stopgap budget bill and vetoes opt-in bill helping school choice
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed into law on Wednesday a stopgap spending measure while lawmakers remain in a state budget impa...
Curtis Media Aug 06, 2025

North Carolina Gov. Stein signs stopgap budget bill and vetoes opt-in bill helping school choice
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signed into law on Wednesday a stopgap spending measure while lawmakers remain in a state budget impa...
Curtis Media Aug 06, 2025

New study sheds light on ChatGPT’s alarming interactions with teens
By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology WritersChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaki...
Curtis Media Aug 06, 2025

Panthers CB Jaycee Horn not seriously injured in car accident, is day to day with thumb injury
By STEVE REED AP Sports WriterCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn escaped serious injury on Wednesday morning after being involved in a car accident on his way to the team&...
Curtis Media Aug 06, 2025

Trump, Cook to announce Apple is investing another $100 billion in the U.S.
By JOSH BOAK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to join President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to announce a commitment by the tech company to i...
Curtis Media Aug 06, 2025

North Carolina residents can now seek state aid after Tropical Storm Chantal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Individuals in central North Carolina counties whose homes and belongings were damaged by massive rains last month from Tropical Storm Chantal can now seek state-funded ...
Curtis Media Aug 06, 2025

Funeral held for Dr. Greg Brannon, North Carolina tea party favorite and ex-Senate candidate
CARY, N.C. (AP) - A funeral was held over the weekend for Dr. Greg Brannon, a physician in North Carolina and past favorite of political conservatives who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate and Ho...
Curtis Media Aug 06, 2025

Rookie QB Shedeur Sanders to play in Browns preseason opener against Panthers
By STEVE REED AP Sports WriterCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Rookie Shedeur Sanders will play for the Cleveland Browns in their preseason opener Friday night against the Carolina Panthers with Tyler Huntley, ...
Curtis Media Aug 06, 2025

Trump envoy Witkoff meets Putin ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace deadline, the Kremlin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, days before the White House's deadline for Russia t...
Curtis Media Aug 06, 2025

Rookie QB Shedeur Sanders to play in Browns preseason opener against Panthers
By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Rookie Shedeur Sanders will play for the Cleveland Browns in their preseason opener Friday night against the Carolina Panthers with Tyler Huntley,...
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