Category Archives: WPTF News
A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections
By MORIAH BALINGIT AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - An advocacy group hoping to expand support for child and elder care plans to spend $50 million to back Democrats in congressional races, tying ...
Mar 17, 2026 FILE - Children draw in one of the classrooms at the Children's Promise Centers child care center in Albuquerque, N.M., April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
Senate leader Phil Berger asks for recount in race against Sam Page
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - State Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger is asking for a recount in a razor-thin losing margin to Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page in the District 26. Republican Primary...
Mar 17, 2026 FILE - North Carolina President Pro Tempore Phil Berger, R- Guliford, Rockingham, speaks after he was re-elected to the position at the Legislative Building, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)
Amazon offers 1-hour and 3-hour deliveries for US customers willing to pay an extra charge
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon said Tuesday that it has started offering faster U.S. deliveries of selected products for a fee, including pantry staples, clothing, over...
Mar 17, 2026 FILE - An Amazon truck makes deliveries in Wheeling, Ill., May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump's Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification fo...
Mar 17, 2026 FILE - Joe Kent, Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center, speaks during a congressional debate at KATU studios Oct. 7, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Siemens announces Carolinas investments
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - German owned Siemens is investing more than $165 million in both Carolinas, including in Wake County, to support America's rapidly accelerating AI and data center markets. The n...
Mar 17, 2026 Futuristic designed data center interior. (3d render)
Judge blocks US government from slimming down vaccine recommendations
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely viol...
Mar 16, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 04: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on President Trump's 2026 health care agenda. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as island struggles with deepening energy crisis
HAVANA (AP) - Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. The Mi...
Mar 16, 2026 A man finishes putting fuel in his car's tank, located in the back of the car, during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Monday, March 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Falling oil prices send Wall Street to its best day since the Iran war began
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A drop in oil prices on Monday helped send the U.S. stock market to its best day since the war in Iran began. The S&P 500 climbed 1% for its biggest...
Mar 16, 2026 People walk outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in lower Manhattan on March 13, 2026 in New York City. The Dow was up over 100 points in morning trading as events in Iran continue to upend global markets. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Financial services company marks major Charlotte expansion
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (NCN News) - State and local leaders took part in the official ribbon cutting for financial giant Citigroup offices in the Ballantyne community in south Charlotte Monday (March 16). Th...
Mar 16, 2026 Aerial drone shot of Charlotte North Carolina center cityscape during a sunny spring day.
Storms cancel more US flights as TSA remains under pressure from partial government shutdown
By RIO YAMAT and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Thousands of flights across the U.S. were canceled or delayed Monday as powerful storms swept across the eastern half of the country and a partial gov...
Mar 16, 2026 Only a few TSA check points are open as travelers wait in long lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 16, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. The disruption is due to the continuing government shutdown and inclement weather that hit the east coast this morning causing many flights to be canceled or delayed. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)