Category Archives: WPTF News
Artemis II astronauts praise their moonship's performance, especially the heat shield
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance gave high marks Thursday to their moonship, especially the heat shield, for its performance during reentry. In the...
Apr 16, 2026 The Artemis II crew, from left, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman come to the center stage at the end of a crew return event Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Ellington Field in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)
Amid ongoing drought, Raleigh starting water restrictions
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Raleigh waters users, get ready for the first phase of restrictions due to the ongoing drought and related conditions. The restrictions which take effect Monday (April 20) inclu...
Apr 16, 2026 (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Justin Fairfax killed his estranged wife and himself 2 weeks before a court deadline to move out
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) - Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax was facing a court-ordered deadline to move out of his family's home before polic...
Apr 16, 2026 Fairfax County coroners remove a body from the home of former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, in Annandale, Va., Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Wall Street holds near its record high even as oil prices climb
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market is holding near its record high Thursday as Wall Street waits for more clues about what will happen in the Iran war before making ...
Apr 16, 2026 Stock market numbers are displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
U.S. Navy to add jobs at Kinston Transpark
KINSTON, N.C. (NCN News) - The U.S. Navy is coming to Kinston's Global Trans Park, in a deal that could lead to 400 jobs. The TransPark and the Navy have signed a 10-year agreement that will bring mor...
Apr 16, 2026 FILE - A U.S. Navy F-35C performs during the Pacific Airshow on October 01, 2021 in Huntington Beach, California. (Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)
ChatGPT maker OpenAI shifts its focus to business users amid Anthropic pressure
By MATT O'BRIEN AP Technology Writer The same ChatGPT chatbot that gave OpenAI's chief financial officer Sarah Friar a tilapia recipe for a recent Sunday night dinner at home is also now doing her mos...
Apr 16, 2026 FILE - The OpenAI logo is displayed on a cell phone with an image on a computer monitor generated by ChatGPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
What to know about the first-round matchups in the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer As playoff races were raging down the stretch, Commissioner Gary Bettman pointed out that the NHL in years past has had first-round matchups decided on the final day ...
Apr 16, 2026 Carolina Hurricanes' Jordan Martinook (48) battles for the puck with Ottawa Senators' Nick Jensen (3) during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Karl DeBlaker)
Pakistani delegation meets in Tehran hoping for more US-Iran talks before ceasefire ends
By SAMY MAGDY, SAM METZ, MUNIR AHMED and MIKE CORDER Associated Press CAIRO (AP) - Pakistan's army chief met Wednesday in Tehran with Iran's foreign minister in the latest diplomatic move to ease tens...
Apr 15, 2026 In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, right, meets with Pakistan's Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)
Justice Jackson chides Supreme Court conservatives over pro-Trump emergency orders
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme CourtJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered a sustained attack on her conservative colleagues' use of emergency orders to benefit the Tr...
Apr 15, 2026
Two face weapons, drug, child endangerment charges in Lee County
SANFORD, N.C. (WPTF) - Two people are now facing drugs and weapons charges after being caught with three children in a car. According to a social media post, on Tuesday (April 14), Lee County Sheriff'...
Apr 15, 2026