Category Archives: WPTF News
Senate confirms McMahon to lead Education Department as Trump pushes to shut it down
By ANNIE MA AP Education WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation's education chief, a role that places her atop a de...
Mar 03, 2025
Senate confirms McMahon to lead Education Department as Trump pushes to shut it down
By ANNIE MA AP Education WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Monday to confirm former wrestling executive Linda McMahon as the nation's education chief, a role that places her atop a de...
Mar 03, 2025
Trump hits ‘pause’ on US aid to Ukraine after Oval dustup, pressuring Zelenskyy on Russia talks
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday directed a "pause" to U.S. assistance to Ukraine after a disastrous Oval Office meeting as he seeks ...
Mar 03, 2025
Trump says 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports will start Tuesday, with ‘no room’ for delay
By ZEKE MILLER, JOSH BOAK and ROB GILLIES Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday that 25% taxes on imports from Mexico and Canada would start Tuesday, sparking ...
Mar 03, 2025
Oscar winners — and losers — laugh, drink and dance together at after-parties
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment WriterBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Were it not for the absence of an Oscar in his hands, you wouldn’t have known Timothe Chalamet lost best ...
Mar 03, 2025
FedEx cargo plane makes emergency landing following bird strike and engine fire
By PATRICK WHITTLE and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated PressA FedEx cargo plane made an emergency landing at a busy New Jersey airport on Saturday after a bird strike caused an engine fire that could be se...
Mar 01, 2025
Lubin leads UNC’s balanced scoring in 92-73 win over Miami for Tar Heels’ 5th straight victory
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Ven-Allen Lubin scored 19 points, Jae'Lyn Withers had 11 points and 10 rebounds and North Carolina beat Miami 92-73 on Saturday for its fifth straight victory, the Tar Heels&#...
Mar 01, 2025
Zelenskyy leaves White House without signing minerals deal after Oval Office blowup
By WILL WEISSERT, ZEKE MILLER and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for being "disrespectful" Friday in an extraord...
Feb 28, 2025
To her, Hurricane Helene debris isn't trash. It is full of memories - and she's returning them
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press SWANNANOA, N.C. (AP) - The tops of dried, bent cornstalks crunch underfoot. Jill Holtz's gaze is fixed on the ground ahead. She wanders into the nearby woods and we...
Feb 28, 2025
A stretch of a North Carolina highway that collapsed during Helene is about to reopen
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A stretch of Interstate 40 through the western North Carolina mountains is reopening to traffic this weekend, months after Hurricane Helene's historic flooding collapsed porti...
Feb 28, 2025