Category Archives: WPTF News
Tourism breaks records in NC: a look inside the numbers (AUDIO)
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF News) - Big spending by tourists in North Carolina last year, that from new numbers out from state officials. Travelers spent more than $37.2 billion on trips to and within the sta...
May 07, 2026
Canvas data breach: the latest, hackers now demand ransom, Wake provides guidance
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - That data breach reported by WPTF.com on Wednesday has now turned into a hacker group holding hundreds information of schools nationwide for ransom. A hacking group calling ...
May 06, 2026 The town of Apex Monday (March 30) notified individuals whose data may have been compromised in a ransomware attack (Getty Images file photo)
Hillsborough police seek robbery suspect
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WPTF) -- Hillsborough police are seeking a man who robbed a bank just after 9 a.m. Wednesday (May 6). An unidentified man walked into the First National Bank at 237 S. Churton St. ...
May 06, 2026 creisinger / Depositphotos.com
Recent rain eases fire danger, but drought concerns remain across North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (SFN) - Recent rainfall has brought some relief to North Carolina, but N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler says drought concerns remain - especially in the Piedmont. Troxler s...
May 06, 2026 Paul Hodgson takes produces boxes off his truck at Bluff View Farms on April 24, 2026 in West Jefferson, North Carolina. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
Closing Bell Report: oil prices sink and US stocks reach another record on hopes for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices are sinking Wednesday, and stock markets are bursting higher worldwide with hopes that the United States and Iran are nearing a deal to allow...
May 06, 2026 Options trader Matthew Hefter, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Some iPhone owners could get up to $95 payment after Apple agrees to settle case for $250 million
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) - Owners of some iPhones are in line to get cash payments of up to $95 from Apple after the company on Tuesday reached a $250 million settlement in a clas...
May 06, 2026 FILE - A man talks on his iPhone in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal, File)
US and Iran appear to move closer to ending their war as Trump threatens more bombing
By JOSHUA BOAK, E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Iran appeared to be moving closer Wednesday to an initial agreement to end the war, as U.S. ...
May 06, 2026 QESHM ISLAND, IRAN - APRIL 28: The Ateela 2 Oil Tanker boat navigates the sea on April 28, 2026 on Qeshm Island, Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Asghar Besharati/Getty Images)
CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer who raced yachts, owned huge chunks of the American West and transformed the news business by launc...
May 06, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 19: Turner Enterprises CEO Ted Turner address the Newsmaker Luncheon on renewable and alternative energy at the National Press Club April 19, 2011 in Washington, DC. Turner died Wednesday, May 6. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Big deal on Medicaid fraud: what we know about a major settlement
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - North Carolina and federal prosecuters have taken a big bite out of Medicaid fraud with a settlement announced Wednesday (May 6). In a press release, Attorney General Jeff J...
May 06, 2026 DmitriySk / Depositphotos.com
Up they go: gas prices 50% more in the US than before the Iran war
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The price of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed 31 cents in the past week, spiking to an average of $4.48 per gallon Tuesday, according to AAA, hi...
May 05, 2026 NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 28: Fuel prices are displayed at a Brooklyn gas station on April 28, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)