Category Archives: WPTF News
Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount's $81 billion takeover of the Hollywood giant
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders' stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Holl...
Apr 23, 2026
Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's acting attorney general on Thursday signed an order reclassifying state-licensed medical marijuana ...
Apr 23, 2026
Drug maker to build manufacturing campus in Durham
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - Durham will be home to a new $1.4 billion, 185-acre pharmaceutical manufacturing campus that will bring hundreds of short-term and long-term jobs. Local and state leaders announc...
Apr 22, 2026
Former Benson Cop faces rape, kidnapping charges
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) -- A former Benson police officer is now facing rape and kidnapping charges. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation made the arrest after an investigation requested ...
Apr 22, 2026
Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stalls
By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on ...
Apr 22, 2026
Smithfield announces plans for new Tobs home
SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WPTF) -- The Johnston County town of Smithfield is taking another step toward bringing collegiate summer baseball to town next year. In a release, town leaders said that 58 acres loc...
Apr 22, 2026
Legislature approves Medicaid funding, adds measures to fight abuse and fraud
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) -- Only two days into the Short Session, the General Assembly voted for a deal to provide up to $319 million more in funding for Medicaid to finish out the fiscal year that en...
Apr 22, 2026
US stocks rally to records, but Brent oil also tops $100 on worries about the Iran war
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market rallied to more records Wednesday after GE Vernova, Boston Scientific and other big companies joined the parade reporting fatter p...
Apr 22, 2026
US stocks rally to records, but Brent oil also tops $100 on worries about the Iran war
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market rallied to more records Wednesday after GE Vernova, Boston Scientific and other big companies joined the parade reporting fatter p...
Apr 22, 2026
Dave Mason, co-founder of Traffic known for 'We Just Disagree' and 'Feelin' Alright,' dies at 79
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Dave Mason - the co-founder of the psychedelic British band Traffic, songwriter behind classic rock hits "Feelin' Alright" and "Hole in My Shoe," and R...
Apr 22, 2026