Category Archives: WPTF News
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Shooter dead, two hurt at Old Dominion University
NORFOLK, VA. (AP) -- A gunman is dead and two people are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday morning, the Virginia school said. ODU said a gunman opened fire in its business s...
Mar 12, 2026