Category Archives: WPTF News
The ACC Tournament arrives with the league poised to claim a hefty haul of March Madness bids again
EDITOR'S NOTE: WPTF will broadcast North Carolina's ACC Tournament quarterfinal game Thursday (3/12) at 9:30 p.m. Pregame coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. on WPTF and streaming at WPTF.com. By AARON BEARD...
Mar 09, 2026
Man who helped recruit players into a sprawling NCAA basketball point-shaving scheme pleads guilty
By MARC LEVY Associated Press One of the so-called fixers in a sprawling betting scheme to cash in on big bets on rigged NCAA basketball games pleaded guilty Monday, according to the federal prosecuto...
Mar 09, 2026
Duke marks its record 150th No. 1 ranking in the AP Top 25, Wisconsin, Louisville back in poll
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Duke was chosen No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll for a record 150th time on Monday. The Blue Devils received 56 of 61 first-place votes from a ...
Mar 09, 2026
State warns against trash burning
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - With spring on its way, environmental officials are warning that state law bans the open burning of trash, metal, plastic and all other man-made materials which provide a he...
Mar 09, 2026
Multiple gunshots fired near Rihanna's LA home and a woman is taken into custody
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles police took a woman into custody after she fired gunshots near the home of Grammy-Award winning performer Rihanna, according to police and news reports. No one was injur...
Mar 09, 2026
State audit: City manager in Rocky Mount's spending choices were "unaccountable" for years
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (NCN News) -- The former City Manager of Rocky Mount operated "unchecked" and went "unaccountable for years" resulting in millions of dollars overspent for the city creating signific...
Mar 09, 2026
Anthropic sues Trump administration seeking to undo 'supply chain risk' designation
By MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer Anthropic is suing the Trump administration, asking federal courts to reverse the Pentagon's decision designating the artificial intelligence company a " supply ch...
Mar 09, 2026
Justice Department and Live Nation reach settlement over illegal monopoly case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Department lawyers announced Monday that they'd reached a settlement in their antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent c...
Mar 09, 2026
'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - "Country" Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that...
Mar 08, 2026
Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father as supreme leader and Saudi sharpens warning
By JON GAMBRELL, SAM METZ, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, has been named as the Islamic Repub...
Mar 08, 2026