Category Archives: WPTF News
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court on Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the ...
Jun 27, 2025
Interstate 40 in the Smoky Mountains reopens faster than expected after rock slide and flooding
HARTFORD, Tenn. (AP) - Crews on Friday reopened a section of Interstate 40 along its narrow corridor through the Great Smoky Mountains after flooding and a rock slide closed the major cross country hi...
Jun 27, 2025
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91
By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television's most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to ...
Jun 27, 2025
NFL suspends Justin Tucker for first 10 weeks of the season for violating personal conduct policy
NEW YORK (AP) - The NFL suspended former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker for the first 10 weeks of the season on Thursday for violating its personal conduct policy. The suspension takes effect o...
Jun 27, 2025
Fuquay-Varina Growers Market serves up free kids' meals and fresh solutions to food insecurity
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - This Saturday, the Fuquay-Varina Growers Market is stepping up to tackle food insecurity by becoming a Summer Meals site where kids can grab nutritious meals at no cost, thanks ...
Jun 26, 2025
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