Category Archives: WPTF News
Lawsuit blames ChatGPT maker OpenAI for bot helping plan a mass shooting
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press The widow of a man killed in last year's mass shooting at Florida State University is suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI, blaming the company's artificial intelligence chatbot ...
May 11, 2026 The ChatGPT app by OpenAI is shown on March 03, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Knightdale man sentenced on child pornography charges
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF News) - A Knightdale man -referred to as an internet "spider" by prosecutors -- has been sentenced in connection with distributing child pornography. A federal judge sentenced Dani...
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Statewide "Move Over" Enforcement Campaign Underway Across North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) -- The N.C. Governor's Highway Safety Program and law enforcement agencies across the state are launching a statewide enforcement campaign to remind drivers about the importan...
May 11, 2026
One dead in Chapel Hill fire
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WPTF) -- One person is dead in a Monday morning (May 11) house fire in Chapel Hill. The Chapel Hill Fire Rescue is investigating the fire that began just before 7 a.m. at the corner...
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Democrats vow to fight $1 billion Senate security proposal for White House ballroom
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans returning to Washington on Monday are facing questions about a $1 billion Senate security proposal that could he...
May 11, 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)
Latest developments: 2 more passengers evacuated from cruise ship test positive for hantavirus
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Nations around the world on Monday repatriated passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and quarantined or isolat...
May 11, 2026 Health workers in protective gear evacuate patients from the MV Hondius cruise ship into an ambulance at a port in Praia, Cape Verde, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
The Carolina Hurricanes are rolling in the NHL playoffs. Next is another lengthy between-rounds rest
By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer The Carolina Hurricanes have secured their long-sought shot at breaking through a familiar roadblock in the Eastern Conference final. Now the Hurricanes - the only unde...
May 10, 2026 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - MAY 09: Jackson Blake #53 of the Carolina Hurricanes celebrates after scoring the game winning goal on Dan Vladar #80 of the Philadelphia Flyers during overtime in Game Four of the Second Round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Xfinity Mobile Arena on May 09, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Shane van Gisbergen remains NASCAR's road-course ace with Watkins Glen win from the pole
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) - With an impressive late-race charge, Shane van Gisbergen remained NASCAR's king of the road courses Sunday at Watkins Glen International. Starting from the pole position, the...
May 10, 2026 WATKINS GLEN, NEW YORK - MAY 10: Shane Van Gisbergen, driver of the #97 Superfile Chevrolet, poses with the winner sticker on his car in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on May 10, 2026 in Watkins Glen, New York. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
Shooting disrupts Mother's Day Lunch in Durham
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - Mother's Day lunch at a Durham restaurant was disrupted by gunfire. A late morning shooting Sunday (May 10) at a Durham restaurant has left one person critically hurt and another...
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Russia accuses Ukraine of violating US-brokered 3-day truce
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, with both sides claiming to have suffered casualties in drone and artillery strikes over...
May 10, 2026 KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 09: A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (formerly affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate) attends commemorations marking the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on May 09, 2026 in Kyiv, Ukraine. On May 8, U.S. President Donald Trump said a three-day ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia would begin on May 9, coinciding with Victory Day commemorations. (Photo by Diego Fedele/Getty Images)