Category Archives: WPTF News
An Alaska Mother's Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press PALMER, Alaska (AP) - It is one of Alaska's favorite Mother's Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age. All moms get ...
May 10, 2025
Svechnikov, Andersen lead Hurricanes past Capitals 4-0 in Game 3 of 2nd-round playoff series
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Andrei Svechnikov pounced on a loose faceoff puck for his sixth postseason goal while Frederik Andersen had 21 saves as the Carolina Hurricanes bea...
May 10, 2025
Hurricanes return home for Game 3 matchup with Capitals after splitting two road games
By AARON BEARD AP Sports WriterMORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes dominated play for one road game then spent significant stretches of the next controlling the flow of action. It was a t...
May 09, 2025
Hurricanes return home for Game 3 matchup with Capitals after splitting two road games
By AARON BEARD AP Sports WriterMORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes dominated play for one road game then spent significant stretches of the next controlling the flow of action. It was a t...
May 09, 2025
Hurricanes return home for Game 3 matchup with Capitals after splitting two road games
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes dominated play for one road game then spent significant stretches of the next controlling the flow of action. It was a ...
May 09, 2025
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal darling, dies at 85
By MARK SHERMAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20...
May 09, 2025
Leo XIV’s brother recalls feeling of ‘disbelief’ over his sibling becoming pope
By OBED LAMY and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated PressNEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) - When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television...
May 09, 2025
Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a Republican who became a liberal darling, dies at 85
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 2...
May 09, 2025
Leo XIV's brother recalls feeling of 'disbelief' over his sibling becoming pope
By OBED LAMY and HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) - When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his televisio...
May 09, 2025
Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) - Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267...
May 08, 2025