Category Archives: WPTF News
Trump, Vance and Obama are making closing stretch appeals to midterm voters in pivotal states
President Donald Trump's campaign to keep Republicans in control of Congress in the Nov. 3 midterms is returning to Ohio for the third time in a month on Wednesday, while former President Barack Obama...
Oct 28, 2026 President Donald Trump dances at a campaign rally at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Fraud conviction secured in Onslow County
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) -- Attorney General Jeff Jackson this week secured a conviction in a felony tax fraud case out of Onslow County that will return more than $500,000 to the state of North Carol...
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NC Children's Hospital receives major gift
APEX, N.C. (WPTF) -- The planned joint Duke-UNC Children's hospital in Apex is getting a big boost from a major foundation. North Carolina Children's (NC Children's) is receiving a $100 million grant ...
Oct 28, 2026
BEFORE THE BELL: Tech sector rally continues with Fed expected to leave benchmark interest rate alone
By ELAINE LAI Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) - Tech stocks have surged this week ahead of Wednesday's meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve with markets anticipating no change to the benchmark U.S. int...
Oct 28, 2026 A person walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Aho's late goal helps Kochetkov improve to 8-0-0 as Hurricanes beat Bruins 2-1
By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Sebastian Aho's third-period goal gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins in a matchup of early leaders in the Eastern Confere...
Oct 28, 2026 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 27: The Carolina Hurricanes celebrate their 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins at Lenovo Center on October 27, 2026 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Exit polls show a rebuke of Netanyahu but no clear winner in Israel's election
By TIA GOLDENBERG and CARA ANNA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli voters delivered a sharp rebuke Tuesday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in national elections, exit polls indicated, with...
Oct 27, 2026 TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 27: A man casts his vote at a polling station in the Bnei Brak neighbourhood on October 27, 2026 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Voters are heading to the polls in Israel to elect 120 members of the Knesset, which will determine the make-up of the government that succeeds incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition. The legislative elections are the first to be held since the Hamas-led attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
New HPU poll looks at time changes
HIGH POINT, N.C. (NCN News) - There's more talk about time - with everyone turning their timepieces back one hour early Sunday Morning. In a recent High Point University Poll, 40% of adults in North C...
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North Carolina AG among those suing Dollar General over pricing policies
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - North Carolina's Attorney General Jeff Jackson is taking retailer Dollar General to court. Jackson said the issue centers over pricing policies. Jeff Jackson is suing the co...
Oct 27, 2026 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 28: A sign for a Dollar General store is seen on May 28, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
THE CLOSING BELL: Broadcom and other AI stocks lift Wall Street closer to its record
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry led Wall Street higher on Tuesday, as their yo-yo moves swing back upward. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and ...
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Trump returning to Texas for a high-stakes push to keep the state in Republican hands
By STEVEN SLOAN and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - President Donald Trump will be joined by one of his potential successors on Tuesday as he tries to keep Texas, which hasn't elect...
Oct 27, 2026 President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)