Category Archives: WPTF News
Hershey says it will shift back to classic recipe for all Reese's products after criticism
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Hershey said Wednesday it will use classic recipes for all Reese's products starting next year, a change that comes after the grandson of Reese's founder criticize...
Apr 01, 2026
A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matth...
Apr 01, 2026
It's Official: Gainey to Coach Wolfpack
By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer N.C. State moved quickly to hire one of its own to lead the Wolfpack men's basketball program. The school announced the hiring of Tennessee assistant coach and form...
Mar 31, 2026
NC Eggs roll their way to the White House
NASHVILLE, N.C. (NCN News) - Eggs from a North Carolina farm will have a starring role in this year's White House Easter Egg Roll. On Tuesday (March 30), U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins t...
Mar 31, 2026
Artemis II mission set to launch, N.C. State grad to be aboard
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - After weeks of fuel leaks and other issues, NASA faced a trouble-free countdown Tuesday on the eve of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century. Offici...
Mar 31, 2026
Cigar ashes tied to McDowell County wildfire
MARION, N.C. (NCN News) - Ashes from a cigar are to blame for a wildfire burning in McDowell County Tuesday (March 31). The North Carolina Forest Service reports that the cause of the Jumping Branch f...
Mar 31, 2026
The Dow surges more than 1,100 points as Wall Street soars to its best day since last spring
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks surged to their best day since last spring, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,125 points on Tuesday as doubt swung back to hope ...
Mar 31, 2026
Gas prices eclipse $4 a gallon in the US, the highest since 2022
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war pushes fuel prices higher wo...
Mar 31, 2026
Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Br...
Mar 31, 2026
Tiger Woods had hydrocodone pills in his pocket and bloodshot eyes at crash scene, authorities say
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods' eyes were bloodshot and glassy, his pupils dilated and he had hydrocodone pills in his pocket when interviewed at the scene of his ...
Mar 31, 2026