Category Archives: WPTF News

Reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers get second shot at closing out Hurricanes in Eastern final
By AARON BEARD AP Sports WriterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Florida Panthers missed on their first chance to eliminate the Carolina Hurricanes and return to the Stanley Cup Final for the third s...
Curtis Media May 28, 2025

Trump administration sues North Carolina over its voter registration records
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Trump administration accused North Carolina’s election board on Tuesday of violating federal law by failing to ensure voter registra...
Curtis Media May 27, 2025

S&P 500 rallies 2% as Wall Street’s roller-coaster ride whips back upward after Trump delays tariffs
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street's roller-coaster ride created by President Donald Trump's trade policies whipped back upward on Tuesday, this time becaus...
Curtis Media May 27, 2025

US consumer confidence rebounds after five straight months of declines amid tariff anxiety
By MATT OTT AP Business WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - Americans' views of the economy improved in May after five straight months of declines sent consumer confidence to its lowest level since the onset of t...
Curtis Media May 27, 2025

Hurricanes get another home-ice shot at Panthers with Game 5 in Eastern final
By AARON BEARD AP Sports WriterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - It’s one win in a series otherwise going resoundingly against them. The Carolina Hurricanes still face a long and improbable climb a...
Curtis Media May 27, 2025

Stars are out for the Memorial and US Women’s Open goes to Erin Hills
PGA TourTHE MEMORIALSite: Dublin, Ohio.Course: Muirfield Village GC. Yardage: 7,569. Par: 72.Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million.Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Chan...
Curtis Media May 27, 2025

NPR sues Trump administration over executive order to cut federal funding to public media
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media WriterNEW YORK (AP) - National Public Radio and three of its local stations sued President Donald Trump on Tuesday, arguing that his executive order cutting fun...
Curtis Media May 27, 2025

Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration asked federal agencies Tuesday to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million,...
Curtis Media May 27, 2025

‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch and conservative cultural icon Phil Robertson dies
WEST MONROE, La. (AP) - Phil Robertson, who turned his small duck calling interest in the sportsman’s paradise of northern Louisiana into a big business and conservative cultural phenomenon...
Curtis Media May 27, 2025

The scars from Hurricane Helene are healing slowly in this Appalachian tourist town
By ALLEN G. BREED AP National WriterCHIMNEY ROCK VILLAGE, N.C. (AP) - The brightly colored sign along the S-curve mountain road beckons visitors to the Gemstone Mine, the "#1 ATTRACTION IN CHIMNEY ROC...
Curtis Media May 27, 2025
