Category Archives: WPTF News
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
Fate of Strait of Hormuz challenges talks as Trump and Iran's supreme leader trade threats
By JON GAMBRELL, MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran and Oman's foreign ministers met on Saturday to discuss the Strait of Hormuz that lies bet...
Associated Press Jul 11, 2026
A lost AirPod, AI fakes and the secret garden: How fans experienced Taylor Swift's private wedding
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press With a trash-grabbing claw and plastic bag in hand, Justin Gignac dressed up in his wedding tuxedo and waded through the Swifties, some of whom had spent hours stan...
Associated Press Jul 11, 2026
Russian attacks kill 2 and wound 12 as Ukrainian forces target oil tankers
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Ukraine, killing two people and wounding 12, officials said Saturday, as Ukrainian forces damaged more than two dozens Russian tankers...
Associated Press Jul 11, 2026
New York Times reporters are subpoenaed after Air Force One reporting, newspaper says
By ASHRAF KHALIL and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has subpoenaed several New York Times journalists after their report on security concerns involving the n...
Associated Press Jul 11, 2026
Former ECU professor sentenced for possession of child sex content
WASHINGTON (NCN News) -- A former ECU professor was sentenced to 3 and half years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for the possession of child sexual abuse material. According to...
Bruce Ferrell Jul 10, 2026
Graham Platner withdraws from Maine Senate race, kicking off Democrats' quest for nominee
By MEG KINNARD and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Graham Platner on Friday submitted his paperwork to formally withdraw from Maine's U.S. Senate race, officially ending an ups...
Bruce Ferrell Jul 10, 2026