Category Archives: WPTF News
Judges allow North Carolina to use a map drawn in bid to give Republicans another US House seat
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal three-judge panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a s...
Nov 27, 2025
Some families are ‘adopting’ turkeys for Thanksgiving instead of eating them
By HALLIE GOLDEN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated PressERIE, Colo. (AP) - "Gus" the turkey has been spending Thanksgiving week much differently than millions of other unlucky gobblers across th...
Nov 26, 2025
Trump spares turkeys - but not his political opponents - at annual pardoning ceremony
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump didn’t bring much holiday cheer Tuesday when bestowing ceremonial pardons on two Thanksgiving turkeys, dispen...
Nov 26, 2025
Bryce Young passes for franchise-record 448 yards to lift Panthers to 30-27 win over Falcons in OT
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports WriterATLANTA (AP) - Bryce Young passed for a career-high and franchise-record 448 yards and Ryan Fitzgerald kicked a 28-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Carolina Pant...
Nov 16, 2025
Bryce Young passes for franchise-record 448 yards to lift Panthers to 30-27 win over Falcons in OT
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) - Bryce Young passed for a career-high and franchise-record 448 yards and Ryan Fitzgerald kicked a 28-yard field goal in overtime to lift the Carolina Pan...
Nov 16, 2025
Americana troubadour Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter, dies at 59
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Todd Snider, a singer whose thoughtfully freewheeling tunes and cosmic-stoner songwriting made him a beloved figure in American roots music, has died. He was 59.His record...
Nov 16, 2025
German Baumkuchen ‘tree cake’ survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and AYAKA MCGILL Associated PressNINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) - Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western i...
Nov 16, 2025
Pope Leo XIV celebrates cinema with Hollywood stars and urges inclusion of marginal voices
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV welcomed Spike Lee, Cate Blanchett, Greta Gerwig and dozens of other Hollywood luminaries to a special Vatican audience Saturday&nbs...
Nov 16, 2025
Americana troubadour Todd Snider, alt-country singer-songwriter, dies at 59
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Todd Snider, a singer whose thoughtfully freewheeling tunes and cosmic-stoner songwriting made him a beloved figure in American roots music, has died. He was 59. His record lab...
Nov 16, 2025
German Baumkuchen 'tree cake' survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and AYAKA MCGILL Associated Press NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) - Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on a small western ...
Nov 16, 2025