Category Archives: WPTF News
Raleigh Rescue Mission breaks ground on $25M campus to fight homelessness
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - With homelessness up 19% across North Carolina in just a year, Raleigh Rescue Mission is responding to the crisis with "The Garden"-a $25 million sanctuary-in-the-making for wom...
Jun 26, 2025
Record-breaking holiday travel expected in NC this Fourth of July
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Carolina roads and runways are about to get crowded-motor club AAA says a record-breaking 2.3 million North Carolinians are expected to travel this Fourth of July, which is arou...
Jun 26, 2025
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider Republican...
Jun 26, 2025
Cooper Flagg the new Maine man for the Mavericks as the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Cooper Flagg is the new Maine man in Dallas. The Mavericks took the Duke forward with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Wednesday night, hoping they...
Jun 25, 2025
One more sizzling hot day for the eastern US before temperatures plunge 30 degrees
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) - A record-smashing heat wave broiled the U.S. East for another day Wednesday, even as thermometers were forecast to soon plunge by as many as 30 deg...
Jun 25, 2025
US stocks hang near their record as Wall Street takes a breath following two big days
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks hung near their all-time high on Wednesday as financial markets caught a breath following two big days bolstered by hopes that the Israel-Ir...
Jun 25, 2025
Sean 'Diddy' Combs confirms he won't testify and praises the trial judge for an 'excellent job'
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Sean "Diddy" Combs told the judge at his sex trafficking trial that he's doing an "excellent job" as he confirmed Tuesday that...
Jun 25, 2025
Judge orders NASCAR teams to turn over financial data to stock car series, limits details
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a dozen NASCAR teams to provide 11 years of financial data to the stock car series as part of an ongoin...
Jun 25, 2025
Mick Ralphs, founding member of Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, dies at 81
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer Mick Ralphs, a guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of the classic British rock bands Bad Company and Mott the Hoople, has died. A statement poste...
Jun 23, 2025
Trump announces a ceasefire in Iran-Israel war; Iran to halt its fire if Israel stops its strikes
By DAVID RISING, JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a "complete and total ceas...
Jun 23, 2025