Category Archives: WPTF News
A cargo ship hits a tanker and they catch fire off England, with one crew member missing
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) - A cargo ship hit a tanker carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England on Monday, setting both vessels ablaze and sending fuel pouring int...
Mar 10, 2025
EPA froze 'green bank' funds worth billions, climate group suit says
By MATTHEW DALY and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A nonprofit that was awarded nearly $7 billion by the Biden administration to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects ...
Mar 10, 2025
Elon Musk claims X being targeted in 'massive cyberattack' as service goes down
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a "m...
Mar 10, 2025
NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four run
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball WriterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - N.C. State fired men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, an abrupt end to an eight-year tenure coming less than a year after the Wo...
Mar 09, 2025
NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four run
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball WriterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - N.C. State fired men’s basketball coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, an abrupt end to an eight-year tenure coming less than a year after the Wo...
Mar 09, 2025
NC State fires coach Kevin Keatts a year after improbable ACC title and Final Four run
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - N.C. State fired men's basketball coach Kevin Keatts on Sunday, an abrupt end to an eight-year tenure coming less than a year after the Wolfpac...
Mar 09, 2025
Knueppel, Flagg help No. 2 Duke pull away late to beat rival UNC 82-69
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Freshman Kon Knueppel scored 17 points to help No. 2 Duke beat rival North Carolina 82-69 on Saturday night and clinch the outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season ti...
Mar 08, 2025
House GOP campaign chairman says voters will 'reward us' for the Trump-Musk DOGE cuts
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Almost two months into President Donald Trump's second term, the chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predict...
Mar 08, 2025
Knueppel, Flagg help No. 2 Duke pull away late to beat rival UNC 82-69
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Freshman Kon Knueppel scored 17 points to help No. 2 Duke beat rival North Carolina 82-69 on Saturday night and clinch the outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season ti...
Mar 08, 2025
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner i...
Mar 07, 2025