Category Archives: WPTF News
THE CLOSING BELL: US stocks rise after data shows slowing inflation, even as IBM plunges
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks rose Tuesday after a report showed U.S. inflation was not as bad last month as economists expected. That was even though oil prices continued to climb on worries that the United...
Bruce Ferrell Jul 14, 2026
NC UPDATE: Hundreds in state sickened by food borne illness
RALEIGH. N.C. (NCN News) -- State health monitors have reported 307 cases of cyclosporiasis and 13 hospitalizations have been reported in North Carolina since May 1. North Carolina has experienced a c...
Bruce Ferrell Jul 14, 2026
Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, chosen to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as her late brother's temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate after his unexpected death over the weekend. South ...
Associated Press Jul 13, 2026
ACC turns to Gary Patterson as supervisor of football officials
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The Atlantic Coast Conference has hired Gary Patterson as supervisor of football officials. The league announced the hiring Monday after Al Riveron announced last week he is ste...
Associated Press Jul 13, 2026
Trump says US will blockade Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and charge ships for safe passage
By JON GAMBRELL and JOSH BOAK Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States is "reinstating" a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Ho...
Associated Press Jul 13, 2026
Sam Neill, New Zealand actor who starred in 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78
By MARK KENNEDY and CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Sam Neill, the smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose prolific career moved from art films to blockbuster...
Associated Press Jul 13, 2026
AT THE MOVIES: Disney's live-action 'Moana' crashes to shore with an underwhelming splash at the box office
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Walt Disney Company's live action "Moana" may be the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office, but it did not make a big splash in its first weekend in theaters. The m...
Associated Press Jul 12, 2026
McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition af...
Associated Press Jul 12, 2026
US strikes Iran over latest ship attack and Tehran responds by hitting Arab states
By JON GAMBRELL and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United States attacked Iran early Sunday over an Iranian strike on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz th...
Associated Press Jul 12, 2026
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, dies after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says
By SEUNG MIN KIM, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advoc...
Associated Press Jul 12, 2026