Category Archives: WPTF News
This summer isn't breaking heat records -- yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Wildfires are burning in North America and Europe. Deadly heat waves have parked over cities and the world's oceans are the hottest ever recorded for this time of ...
Aug 04, 2026
Panthers wide receiver Xavier Legette carted off the field with a stinger injury at training camp
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Carolina Panthers 2024 first-round draft pick Xavier Legette was carted off the field with a stinger injury Tuesday after landing awkwardly as he attempted to make a leaping cat...
Aug 04, 2026
College Football Playoff adds Appalachian State AD Doug Gillin to selection committee
IRVING, Texas (AP) - Appalachian State athletics director Doug Gillin has been appointed to the College Football Playoff selection committee. CFP executive director Rich Clark made the announcement Tu...
Aug 04, 2026
NCMA: museum director leaving for Middle East position
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - The director of the state's art museum is leaving in two weeks to lead the opening of a new art museum in the United Arab Emirates. North Carolina Museum of Art Director and...
Aug 04, 2026
BEFORE THE BELL: Oil prices gain and global shares are mostly higher after a rally on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) - Global shares were mostly higher Tuesday following a rally on Wall Street that was helped by easing oil prices. Regional investors were still weighing ...
Aug 04, 2026
UPDATE: Arson suspect arrested as Spokane battles devastating wildfires
By LINDSEY WASSON, ED WHITE and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A man from Spokane, Washington, was arrested and charged with setting one of the three devastating wildfires that ar...
Aug 03, 2026
RALEIGH BEACH: Second drowning in as many months.
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) -- The Wake County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a male found in the Neuse River. On Monday (August 3), just before 1 p.m. deputies responded to a report of perso...
Aug 03, 2026
CAM plans to sell downtown Raleigh location, looks at other options
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - Citing a desire to become "a nimbler, more sustainable institution," leaders at the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh have announced plans to sell their building on 409 West Ma...
Aug 03, 2026
Ethics panel recommends House censure Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards for conduct with two aides
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee recommended Monday that the House censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., after finding that he engaged in persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct ...
Aug 03, 2026
THE CLOSING BELL: US stocks rally near a record as falling oil prices ease Wall Street's worries about inflation
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks rallied to the edge of their all-time high after easing oil prices helped calm Wall Street's worries that inflation could get even worse. Th...
Aug 03, 2026