Category Archives: WPTF News
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)
Bus driver in fatal Virginia crash had previous speeding charges
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press A bus driver with a history of speeding accusations was indicted on additional charges Monday in a chain-reaction crash in Virginia that killed five people and injured ...
Jun 01, 2026 This photo, provided by the Virginia State Police, shows the scene of a fatal accident involving a passenger bus on Interstate 95 in near Quantico, Va., on Friday, May 29, 2026. (Virginia State Police via AP)
Tensions linger between Republicans and White House over the 'anti-weaponization' fund
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A standoff between the White House and the Senate remains unresolved after Republican senators defiantly left town 10 days ago without passing...
Jun 01, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 01: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) heads to the Senate Chamber at the beginning of the work week at the U.S. Capitol on June 01, 2026 in Washington, DC. Thune and Senate Republicans are navigating President Donald Trump's "anti-weaponization" fund and its impact on the possibility of passing a reconciliation bill this week. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
The Closing Bell: Oil prices rise, but not by enough to keep Wall Street from more records
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices rose following the latest fighting to threaten the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, but Wall Street isn't very worried, and U.S. stocks rose to more reco...
Jun 01, 2026 Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 20, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Woman drowns in Cary
CARY, N.C. (WPTF) --Cary police are investigating a Monday afternoon drowning (June 1). Around 1:30 p.m., Cary Police, along with the Cary Fire Department and Wake County EMS, responded to the 8000 bl...
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Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting
BEIRUT (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with th...
Jun 01, 2026 WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: (L-R) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attend a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)