Category Archives: WPTF News
From debate to dialogue: In a contentious era, ‘Ethics Bowl’ offers students a gentler alternative
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated PressCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A contrast:At the National Speech and Debate Tournament, two high school students take the stage. The first articulates the position he has be...
May 05, 2025
From debate to dialogue: In a contentious era, 'Ethics Bowl' offers students a gentler alternative
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A contrast: At the National Speech and Debate Tournament, two high school students take the stage. The first articulates the position he has ...
May 05, 2025
NPR stations targeted for cuts by Trump have provided lifelines to listeners during disasters
By JOHN RABY and JAMIE STENGLE Associated PressCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - After Hurricane Helene devastated Asheville, North Carolina, the sound coming from open car windows as residents gathered on a s...
May 03, 2025
Sovereignty reigns in 151st Kentucky Derby, outdueling favorite Journalism in the slop
By BETH HARRIS AP Racing WriterLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Sovereignty gave trainer Bill Mott a second Kentucky Derby victory. This time there was no doubt about it and no asterisk.The 3-year-old colt outd...
May 03, 2025
As Trump sets his sights on public broadcasting, a decades-old institution frets about the future
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media WriterThe nation’s public broadcasting system - decades-long home to Big Bird, Ken Burns documentaries and "All Things Considered” - faces the biggest crisis in it...
May 02, 2025
North Carolina auditor names elections board members after judges let law stand during appeal
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated PressRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina’s Republican state auditor made appointments to a new State Board of Elections on Thursday, the day after an appeals cour...
May 01, 2025
Trump national security adviser Waltz is out in a major staff shake-up after his Signal chat blunder
By ZEKE MILLER, AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - White House national security adviser Mike Waltz is leaving the administration just weeks after it was revea...
May 01, 2025
North Carolina auditor names elections board members after judges let law stand during appeal
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's Republican state auditor made appointments to a new State Board of Elections on Thursday, the day after an appeals court agr...
May 01, 2025
Trump national security adviser Waltz is out in a major staff shake-up after his Signal chat blunder
By ZEKE MILLER, AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - White House national security adviser Mike Waltz is leaving the administration just weeks after it was revealed he ad...
May 01, 2025
UNC’s Belichick defends Hudson as ‘doing her job’ after interjecting during CBS interview
By AARON BEARD AP Sports WriterNorth Carolina football coach Bill Belichick defended girlfriend Jordon Hudson for interjecting during a CBS interviewer’s questions about their relationship and s...
Apr 30, 2025