Category Archives: WPTF News
Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney's 'Aladdin' and 'Beauty and the Beast,' has died at 75
NEW YORK (AP) - Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer best known as the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney film duets "Beauty and the Beast" with Celine Dion and "A Whole N...
Jun 02, 2026 LOUISVILLE, KY - MAY 5: Peabo Bryson performs at the The 6th Annual Grand Gala at Muhammad Ali Center on May 5, 2007 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Jeff Gentner/Getty Images)
Blanche: Trump administration is scrapping $1.8B fund meant to compensate president's allies
By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is scrapping plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of the Republican presid...
Jun 02, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives at the U.S Capitol on May 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. Blanche was expected to meet with Republican members of Congress to address concerns related to the newly announced $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization fund" and attempts to finalize a reconciliation bill. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Suspect sought in Oxford Wal-Mart attempted robbery
OXFORD, N.C. (WPTF) -- Some tense moments at the Oxford Wal-Mart. Around 3 o clock Tuesday (June 2), officers were called to the store on Lewis Street on a robbery call involving a suspect using a cro...
Jun 02, 2026 Oxford Police are searching for a suspect, shown in this surverlience photo, in connection with an attempted robbery at a Wal-Mart (photo courtesy Oxford Police Department)
Wall Street adds to its records as the AI boom keeps growing
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market added to its records as winners of the artificial-intelligence boom keep driving higher. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% Tuesday, edging...
Jun 02, 2026 Options trader Justin Kanda works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, May 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Man charged with sexual exploitation of a minor
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WPTF) - The Orange County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest connected with sexual exploitation of a minor. The charges against Robert Westendorf, 42, of Carrboro on Monday (June ...
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New York sues over the Trump administration's deal to end offshore wind projects including one near NC
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press New York's attorney general sued the Trump administration Tuesday over one of its deals to end an offshore wind project. Under a deal made public in March, Frenc...
Jun 02, 2026 NEW SHOREHAM, RI - SEPTEMBER 22: The GE-Alstom Block Island Wind Farm stands 3 miles off of Block Island on September 22, 2016 New Shoreham, Rhode Island. The five 6-megawatt wind turbines are expected to produce more energy than Block Island needs. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Trump taps housing regulator Pulte to be acting director of national intelligence
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to be the acting director of national intelligence - elevating...
Jun 02, 2026 FILE - Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte walks outside the White House, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Israel kills 8 in Lebanon, a day after Trump said Israel and Hezbollah will de-escalate
BEIRUT (AP) - Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed eight people, including a father and his two children, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and the Iranian-bac...
Jun 02, 2026 A nurse looks through a shattered window of the Jabal Amel Hospital into a destroyed building that was hit Monday in an Israeli airstrike, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Wake County okays $2.28 billion budget with two cent tax hike
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Wake County's Board of Commissioners voted Monday (June 1) to approve$2.28 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2027 which includes a tax hike. he budget includes a 2-cent property ta...
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Pentagon bars journalists from its press office, saying it has become a 'classified space'
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) - In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the Defense Department has declared that its press office is now a classi...
Jun 01, 2026 ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 26: Aerial photo of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia on (Photo by Andy Dunaway/USAF via Getty Images)