Category Archives: WPTF News
Longtime North Carolina House member Sarah Stevens plans to run for state Supreme Court
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. (AP) - A veteran North Carolina Republican legislator announced Wednesday that she will run next year for the state Supreme Court, seeking the seat currently held by Democratic Associ...
Apr 30, 2025
North Carolina court says stripping governor of election board appointments can go ahead for now
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina appeals court ruled Wednesday that a law stripping the governor's authority to appoint State Board of Elections members can ...
Apr 30, 2025
Roberts might hold key Supreme Court vote over first publicly funded religious charter school
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts appears to hold the key vote over whether the Supreme Court will allow the nation's first publicly funded religious charte...
Apr 30, 2025
Remembering lives lost: Workers Memorial Day ceremony held in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - More than 100 North Carolinians who died last year while on the job were honored Monday during Workers Memorial Day events in Raleigh. Workers Memorial Day is observed annually ...
Apr 28, 2025
A shooting at a small North Carolina college leaves 1 dead, 6 wounded
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - A shooting at a small college in eastern North Carolina left one person dead and six others wounded and prompted a campus lockdown early Sunday, the university said. The sh...
Apr 27, 2025
Devils struggle on power play again, penalty-kill gives up 4th goal in Game 4 loss to Hurricanes
By VIN A. CHERWOO AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey Devils had the top special teams units in the NHL this season. Things haven't worked out so well in the playoffs, and they are now...
Apr 27, 2025
A massive explosion at an Iranian port linked to missile fuel shipment kills 18, injures some 800
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press MUSCAT, Oman (AP) - A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile...
Apr 26, 2025
New psychiatry residency program aims to strengthen mental health care in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A new initiative is working to broaden mental health services in Eastern North Carolina, focusing on rural areas and military families. But with a nationwide shortage of healthc...
Apr 25, 2025
Judges blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs
By HOLLY RAMER and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday blocked Trump administration directives that threatened to cut federal funding for public schools wi...
Apr 24, 2025
Trump science cuts target bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more
By MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer Ashley Dayer's dream of winning a National Science Foundation grant to pursue discoveries in bird conservation started when she was an early-career professor with ...
Apr 24, 2025