Category Archives: WPTF News
Oil giant Chevron is expected to announce it will expand operations in Venezuela, US official says
By AAMER MADHANI and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Oil giant Chevron is planning to expand its operations in Venezuela, a U.S. official said Tuesday, just days after President Dona...
Sep 01, 2026 PUERTO CABELLO, VENEZUELA - DECEMBER 18: Drivers pass by 'El Palito' refinery at dusk during a walk around the refinery outskirts on December 18, 2025 in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. President Trump stated on December 17th that Venezuela took away oil rights from the US. Trump's administration has sanctioned Venezuelan oil with blockades, while many US Navy units are deployed off the coast of Venezuela under the premise of combating the drug cartels. (Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)
CENSURED: Rep. Chuck Edwards cited for conduct toward former female staffers
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Tuesday to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., following a House Ethics Committee investigation that concluded he engaged in persist...
Sep 01, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 01: Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) talks to reporters as he arrives for a House Republican conference in the basement of the U.S. Capitol on September 01, 2026 in Washington, DC. The House voted to censure Edwards, who the House Ethics Committee said engaged in “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers.” (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Bessent pitches US-backed financial literacy competition to world's largest economies
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Driven in part by his own experience with poverty as a child, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is pitching a financial literacy campaign to le...
Sep 01, 2026 ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 1: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to the media before joining a plenary session on sovereign debt as world leaders in finance join with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for the 2026 G20 Financial meetings on September 1, 2026 in Asheville, North Carolina. Finance leaders from the Group of 20 major economies continue talks as the Trump administration seeks to escalate economic pressure on Iran. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)
Lindsay Clancy jury goes home after a fourth day without a verdict and signals an impasse
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial ended a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict Tuesday after earlier saying they couldn't agree wheth...
Sep 01, 2026 Lindsay Clancy looks to her lawyer Kevin Reddington as the jury keeps deliberating at her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)
Tropical Storm Edouard arrives on the Texas and Louisiana coasts after gaining strength in the Gulf
By JAMIE STENGLE and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) - Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall Tuesday afternoon along the Texas-Louisiana border after picking up a late burst of ...
Sep 01, 2026 This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Edouard over the Gulf of Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (NOAA via AP)
THE CLOSING BELL: Stocks slip on Wall Street under pressure from higher oil prices and rising bond yields
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed broadly lower Tuesday as another round of U.S. military strikes on Iran sent oil prices higher, stoking worries about stubbornly hi...
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Two recognized by WakeED Partnership
RALEIGH, N.C (WPTF) -- A high school senior and a middle school counselor are being recognized by the WakeEd Partnership. The partnership announced the recipients of its 2026 Emerging Star and Star Am...
Sep 01, 2026
Teen dies after amoeba exposure
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A North Carolina teen with a case of a rare brain-eating amoeba died Monday (August 31). State health officials reported a case of rare illness caused by Naegleria fowleri, an a...
Sep 01, 2026 A photomicrograph of brain tissue at 630X magnification after fluorescent antibody (FA) staining during an immunofluorescent test for Naegleria fowleri in a case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), 1980. Image courtesy CDC. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
Father facing charges in child's shooting
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A father faces charges after two small children got access to a semi-automatic pistol and one got shot in the arm Saturday (August 29), according to police. On Saturday, at appr...
Sep 01, 2026
Postal Service work to comply with Trump's executive order is rushed, sloppy, whistleblower contends
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press The U.S. Postal Service is poised to launch a hastily built, error-riddled computer system that could jeopardize the process of mail voting relied upon by one-thi...
Sep 01, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 20: An United States Postal Service (USPS) vehicle parks at an office on July 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)