Category Archives: WPTF News
Hurricanes to open the NHL season against the Panthers, raise their Stanley Cup banner on Sept. 29
NEW YORK (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes will raise their second Stanley Cup championship banner on Sept. 29 before hosting the Florida Panthers to kick off the NHL season. The opener pits the most rec...
Bruce Ferrell Jul 15, 2026
Inflation cools more than expected in June as gas costs fall, underlying prices ease
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. inflation cooled last month as the cost of gas, clothes, and used cars fell, providing some relief to consumers, while underlying price pressu...
Associated Press Jul 14, 2026
E. Jean Carroll is paid $5.6 million in Trump sex abuse and defamation case
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The writer E. Jean Carroll has collected over $5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against President Donald Tr...
Bruce Ferrell Jul 14, 2026
Trump will speak on elections in primetime address, could revisit prior claims
By COLLIN BINKLEY and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he cou...
Associated Press Jul 14, 2026
Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings
By PATRICK WHITTLE, JACK BROOK, REBECCA SANTANA and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) - Trump administration officials told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to suspen...
Associated Press Jul 14, 2026
DURHAM: Man charged with assault
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - A Durham man has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon following a shooting on Burgundy Road Tuesday (July 14). According to the Durham County Sheriff's Office, just bef...
Bruce Ferrell Jul 14, 2026
Supreme Court justices detail security risks and weigh in on ethics in rare congressional testimony
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In rare congressional testimony, Supreme Court justices shared chilling stories Tuesday about the threats they increasingly face in public life...
Bruce Ferrell Jul 14, 2026
THE CLOSING BELL: US stocks rise after data shows slowing inflation, even as IBM plunges
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks rose Tuesday after a report showed U.S. inflation was not as bad last month as economists expected. That was even though oil prices continued to climb on worries that the United...
Bruce Ferrell Jul 14, 2026
NC UPDATE: Hundreds in state sickened by food borne illness
RALEIGH. N.C. (NCN News) -- State health monitors have reported 307 cases of cyclosporiasis and 13 hospitalizations have been reported in North Carolina since May 1. North Carolina has experienced a c...
Bruce Ferrell Jul 14, 2026
Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, chosen to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as her late brother's temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate after his unexpected death over the weekend. South ...
Associated Press Jul 13, 2026