Category Archives: WPTF News
Secret Service agent assigned to Jill Biden accidentally shoots himself in leg at airport
A U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect former first lady Jill Biden accidentally shot himself in the leg at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, authorities said. Biden was not in th...
Mar 27, 2026
Washington's cherry blossoms hit peak bloom, sending a fleeting burst of pink across the capital
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press It's finally peak bloom for the airy pink cherry blossoms in Washington, a welcome sign of spring in a city of concrete and granite continuously weighed down by the nec...
Mar 26, 2026
North Carolina's photo voter ID mandate can continue as a judge upholds the law
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge set aside arguments by civil rights groups that Re...
Mar 26, 2026
Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there's no pen or paper, either. Instead, students in Chris Schaffer's biome...
Mar 26, 2026
Trump says he'll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Tr...
Mar 26, 2026
Will Wade leaves NC State for a second shot to coach LSU after Matt McMahon's firing
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer LSU fired fourth-year coach Matt McMahon on Thursday and rehired former Tigers coach Will Wade from N.C. State, where Wade was in only the first of a six-year contract...
Mar 26, 2026
Stocks fall and oil prices rise as uncertainty about the war with Iran weighs on Wall Street
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Doubt is taking over again from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the war with Iran, and stocks are back to falling as oil prices rise Thursda...
Mar 26, 2026
Transgender women athletes banned from female Olympic events by new IOC policy
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) - Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which align...
Mar 26, 2026
Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial
By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms respo...
Mar 25, 2026
Raleigh police identify nightclub shooting victim, search for suspects
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Police have released the name of a shooting victim from a Sunday morning (March 22) incident on New Bern Avenue. 33 year old Jorge Dorantes-Carranz was one of two people who was...
Mar 25, 2026