Category Archives: WPTF News
Panthers release veteran Jadeveon Clowney after selecting two edge rushers in the NFL draft
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have released veteran Jadeveon Clowney after selecting two edge rushers in the NFL draft.Clowney, the No. 1 pick in the 2014 draft, had 5 1/2 sacks last se...
May 08, 2025
Panthers release veteran Jadeveon Clowney after selecting two edge rushers in the NFL draft
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have released veteran Jadeveon Clowney after selecting two edge rushers in the NFL draft.Clowney, the No. 1 pick in the 2014 draft, had 5 1/2 sacks last se...
May 08, 2025
Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontif...
May 08, 2025
North Carolina lawmakers focus on guns, immigration and parental rights ahead of a key deadline
By MAKIYA SEMINERA and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Gun access, parental rights and the response to illegal immigration were front and center this week in North Carolina as ...
May 08, 2025
Trump says he’ll pull the nomination of Ed Martin, who defended Jan. 6 rioters, for DC US Attorney
By SEUNG MIN KIM and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would pull the nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. to be the top fed...
May 08, 2025
More than 100 vultures die in a mass poisoning in South Africa’s flagship national park
By GERALD IMRAY Associated PressCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - At least 123 vultures died in South Africa’s flagship national park after eating the carcass of an elephant that was poisoned by po...
May 08, 2025
Panthers release veteran Jadeveon Clowney after selecting two edge rushers in the NFL draft
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Panthers have released veteran Jadeveon Clowney after selecting two edge rushers in the NFL draft. Clowney, the No. 1 pick in the 2014 draft, had 5 1/2 sacks last s...
May 08, 2025
Trump says he'll pull the nomination of Ed Martin, who defended Jan. 6 rioters, for DC US Attorney
By SEUNG MIN KIM and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would pull the nomination of conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. to be the top fe...
May 08, 2025
More than 100 vultures die in a mass poisoning in South Africa's flagship national park
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - At least 123 vultures died in South Africa's flagship national park after eating the carcass of an elephant that was poisoned by poacher...
May 08, 2025
The election director in North Carolina, a key swing state, is ousted after a Republican power play
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina elections board ousted its widely respected executive director Wednesday in a partisan move that will put Republicans in co...
May 07, 2025