Category Archives: WPTF News
Durham April crime crackdown: what the numbers show and who faces charges
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) -Durham police have announced more than two dozen arrests from a late April crackdown called "Operation Spring Seizure" The Durham Police Department's Organized Crime Division cond...
May 10, 2026
Driver faces charges after fatal Raleigh accident kills two
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - We now have more details on a fatal late night crash Saturday (May 9) on South New Hope Road in Raleigh near Rogers Lane. According to Raleigh police, the preliminary investigat...
May 10, 2026
New developments: Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as 'unacceptable'
By JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the Iran war via Pakistani mediators on Sunday, but U.S. Pr...
May 10, 2026 TEHRAN, IRAN - APRIL 23: A police officer stands holding a flag in Valiasr Square beneath a mural of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on April 23, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. . (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Plane carrying Spanish passengers from hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship leaves for Madrid
By IAIN SULLIVAN and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) - The first plane carrying passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship left Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday for...
May 10, 2026 Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
The brooms are out: Canes eliminate Flyers, move on in Stanley Cup Playoffs
By AARON BRACY - Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Jackson Blake scored 5:28 into overtime for his second of the game, Logan Stankoven also scored in regulation and the Carolina Hurricanes finished...
May 9, 2026 Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind'Amour, center top, protests a call during the third period of Game 2 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series against the Philadelphia Flyers in Raleigh, N.C., Monday, May 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
A faint meow in the rubble of a Mississippi tornado leads to a stunning rescue (VIDEO)
By R.J. RICO Associated Press As storm chaser Ashton Lemley picked his way through a tornado-ravaged Mississippi trailer park, he heard the unmistakable meow of a kitten pierce the predawn darkness. T...
May 9, 2026 An American flag is seen as people walk among debris at Gene's Mobile Home Supply, a trailer park in Bogue Chitto, Miss., Thursday, May, 7, 2026, after a tornado cut across the state. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Iran ceasefire appears to hold and Bahrain detains dozens over suspected Revolutionary Guard links
By ADAM SCHRECK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding a day after the United States struck two Iranian oil tankers, while Bahrai...
May 9, 2026 A cleric speaks on his cellphone holding an Iranian flags for a pro-government campaign in downtown Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Experts wonder 'Where is the CDC?' as a hantavirus outbreak unfolds on a cruise ship
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) - No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No televised news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a...
May 9, 2026 TENERIFE, SPAIN - MAY 09: A member of the Guardia Civil finishes erecting a tent at an expected reception point for passengers from the MV Hondius at the Granadilla Port on May 09, 2026 in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain. The cruise ship MV Hondius, which had three passengers die from Hantavirus last month and eight more reported cases, is expected to arrive on Sunday May 10 in Tenerife, where the remaining passengers will be repatriated to their respective countries. At a press conference this week, representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized the outbreak of this rare virus did not constitute a pandemic, but it has stirred anxieties in the Canary Islands and elsewhere. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Bobby Cox, manager of the Atlanta Braves' teams that ruled the National League, dies at 84
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) - Bobby Cox, the folksy manager of the Atlanta Braves whose teams ruled the National League during the 1990s and gave the city its first major title as we...
May 9, 2026 ATLANTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 01: Former manager of the Atlanta Braves, Bobby Cox, walks onto the field to give the command to "play ball" prior to the game between the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs on April 01, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Deputies investigate Zebulon stabbing
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) -- Wake County deputies are investigating an early morning stabbing Saturday (May 9) According to a release, around 12:30am, deputies responded to a report of a stabbing in the 84...
May 9, 2026 (Photo courtesy Wake County Sheriff's Department)