Category Archives: WPTF News
Durham Police continue search for shooting suspect
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - Durham police are providing more details as they search for a shooting suspect. On Tuesday, Feb. 17, a man was shot at the intersection of Globe Rd. and Page Rd. Witnesses report...
Feb 26, 2026
Instagram says it will notify parents if teens 'repeatedly' search for terms related to suicide
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Instagram said Thursday it will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The alerts will o...
Feb 26, 2026 In this photo illustration, the Facebook and Instagram apps are seen on the screen of an iPhone on October 04, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Social media applications Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are experiencing a global outage that started before 9 a.m. (P.S.T.) on Monday morning. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Judge rejects request to block Trump White House from building its $400 million ballroom project
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected a preservationist group's request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 ...
Feb 26, 2026 The White House, including the West Wing and construction of the new ballroom, is seen from the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
A children's hospital is renamed for Dolly Parton and hopes to transform pediatric care in Tennessee
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Dolly Parton's name might inspire full-throated sing-a-longs to her working woman's anthem "9 to 5," or evoke memories of thrilling days spent at her ...
Feb 26, 2026 Dolly Parton speaks onstage at Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs In Symphony World Premiere at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on March 20, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)
UNC Board of Governors approves first in-state tuition increase in nearly a decade
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has approved a systemwide in-state tuition hike for the first time in nine years. Resident undergraduate tuition will rise by...
Feb 26, 2026 Students walk in front of the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina on May 1, 2024 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The University of North Carolina was the first public university to accept and graduate students in the United States. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
FBI fires agents who worked on Trump classified document investigation, AP sources say
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI has fired additional agents who worked on an investigation into President Donald Trump, this time terminating employe...
Feb 26, 2026 Attorney General Pam Bondi, accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche (L) and FBI Director Kash Patel (R), speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Justice Department announced a fifteen-million-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of Ryan James Wedding, the leader of an international criminal drug organization who smuggled large quantities of cocaine through Colombia and Mexico for distribution in the United States and Canada. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Fire at an Ohio farm complex kills about 6,000 hogs and smoke is visible for miles
LONDON, Ohio (AP) - A fire at an Ohio hog farm complex has killed about 6,000 of the animals, an official said. A large column of smoke could be seen in the distance on Wednesday from Fine Oak Farms i...
Feb 26, 2026
Phil Collins, Lauryn Hill, INXS, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross and Shakira get Rock Hall nominations
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Phil Collins, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, INXS, Iron Maiden, Luther Vandross and Shakira are some the 2026 nominees for induction into the Rock &...
Feb 25, 2026 Guitarists Adrian Smith, Dave Murray, Steve Harris and Janick Gers of Iron Maiden performs at Ozzfest 2005 at the Hyundai Pavilion on August 20, 2005 in San Bernandino, California. (Photo by Karl Walter/Getty Images)
Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would "temporarily halt" some Medicaid funding to the ...
Feb 25, 2026
AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they're hoping to join it
By MATT O'BRIEN and RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Suno CEO Mikey Shulman pulls up a chair to the recording studio desk where a research scientist at his artificial intelligen...
Feb 25, 2026 Mikey Shulman, one of the founders of AI music generator startup Suno, right, and research scientist Christian Steinmetz, collaborate on creating a song, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)