Category Archives: WPTF News
Wonder no more: WKRP is back in Cincy with a boost from Raleigh
CINCINNATI (AP) - WKRP isn't dead - as of Monday, it's living on the air in Cincinnati. The call letters from the fictional radio station featured in a CBS sitcom were adopted by a trio of real "adult...
May 04, 2026 A view of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio at sunrise, September, 2005. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)
Wall Street falls from its records and oil prices jump after fighting flares in the Middle East
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market fell from its record heights Monday, while oil prices jumped following escalations in the Middle East that may undermine the cease...
May 04, 2026 Options trader Matthew Hefter, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Detention officers fired, face excessive force charges
LILLINGTON, N.C. (WPTF) - Three Harnett County detention officers are off the job and facing charges in connection with using excessive force. At the request of the Harnett County Sheriff's Office and...
May 04, 2026 Three Harnett County jailers are off the job and face excessive force charges.
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The US fights to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the UAE comes under attack in a test of Iran truce
By ADAM SCHRECK, BEN FINLEY and SAM METZ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. military said it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats targeting civilian ships as it m...
May 04, 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)
Changes ahead for state museums, what to expect
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - It will soon be easier to know when a state-run museum near you will be open. The seven museums within the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources will a...
May 04, 2026 The Museum of the Albemarle is one of the state's seven regional history museums which will standardize hours starting in June (photo courtesy NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources)
Arrest made in early morning Raleigh pedestrian death, here's the details
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Raleigh police has made a felony arrest in connection with an early morning pedestrian death Monday (May 4). Just before 3:30 a.m., police responded to a motor vehicle crash inv...
May 04, 2026
Chase Elliott wins at Texas to join Tyler Reddick as multiple Cup Series winners this season
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Chase Elliott went low, got a push from his Hendrick Motorsports teammate and held on to become only the second NASCAR Cup driver with mult...
May 03, 2026 Chase Elliott celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
WakeMed, Atrium build case for combination after delayed commission vote (NEW AUDIO TUESDAY)
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) -.After county leaders delayed a key vote, representatives from WakeMed and Charlotte's Atrium Health met with reporters to lay out why the combination is the right choice for the...
May 03, 2026 WakeMed Cary Hospital in Cary, where services could be affected by a proposed partnership with Atrium Health (Provided by WakeMed)
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in the Atlantic kills 3 people
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, and sickened at ...
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Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in critical condition, his spokesman says
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Rudolph Giuliani, the ex-mayor of New York City and a former adviser to President Donald Trump, is in critical but stable con...
May 03, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Rudy Giuliani attends the Inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images)