Category Archives: WPTF News
The US fights to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the UAE comes under attack in a test of Iran truce
By ADAM SCHRECK, BEN FINLEY and SAM METZ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. military said it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats targeting civilian ships as it m...
May 4, 2026 QESHM ISLAND, IRAN - APRIL 28: The Ateela 2 Oil Tanker boat navigates the sea on April 28, 2026 on Qeshm Island, Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Asghar Besharati/Getty Images)
Changes ahead for state museums, what to expect
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - It will soon be easier to know when a state-run museum near you will be open. The seven museums within the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources will a...
May 4, 2026 The Museum of the Albemarle is one of the state's seven regional history museums which will standardize hours starting in June (photo courtesy NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources)
Arrest made in early morning Raleigh pedestrian death, here's the details
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Raleigh police has made a felony arrest in connection with an early morning pedestrian death Monday (May 4). Just before 3:30 a.m., police responded to a motor vehicle crash inv...
May 4, 2026
Chase Elliott wins at Texas to join Tyler Reddick as multiple Cup Series winners this season
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Chase Elliott went low, got a push from his Hendrick Motorsports teammate and held on to become only the second NASCAR Cup driver with mult...
May 3, 2026 Chase Elliott celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
WakeMed, Atrium build case for combination after delayed commission vote (NEW AUDIO TUESDAY)
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) -.After county leaders delayed a key vote, representatives from WakeMed and Charlotte's Atrium Health met with reporters to lay out why the combination is the right choice for the...
May 3, 2026 WakeMed Cary Hospital in Cary, where services could be affected by a proposed partnership with Atrium Health (Provided by WakeMed)
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic kills 3 people
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at ...
May 3, 2026 VerSta / Depositphotos.com
Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in critical condition, his spokesman says
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Rudolph Giuliani, the ex-mayor of New York City and a former adviser to President Donald Trump, is in critical but stable con...
May 3, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Rudy Giuliani attends the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images)
1,500 beagles will get new lives, warm laps after release from research facility
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility that was the site of recent protests seemed to know right a...
May 3, 2026 File photo of beagles Ksuksann / Depositphotos.com
Agent hit by buckshot from the gun of man charged in correspondents' dinner attack, prosecutor says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities have determined that buckshot from the gun of the man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in an attempt to kill President Dona...
May 3, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and Acting Assistant Director for the Criminal Investigative Division at the FBI Darren Cox listen at a press conference at the Department of Justice on April 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. The officials took questions from the press and gave updates about the case against Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Murder-suicide under investigation in Wake County town
MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WPTF) - Police in Morrisville are investigating what is thought to be a murder-suicide Saturday (May 2). The Police Department were dispatched to a call of shots fired on Saturday, ...
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