Category Archives: WPTF News
More March Madness: tourney expands to 76 teams next year
March Madness tournaments will expand to 76 teams each starting next season By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The NCAA announced Thursday that it will expand its two March Madness tournaments by eight...
Associated Press May 07, 2026
The closing bell: US stocks fall from their records as oil prices yo-yo
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market fell from its records after oil prices yo-yoed. The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil settled at roughly $100 Thursday and con...
Associated Press May 07, 2026
Tourism breaks records in NC: a look inside the numbers (AUDIO)
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF News) - Big spending by tourists in North Carolina last year, that from new numbers out from state officials. Travelers spent more than $37.2 billion on trips to and within the sta...
Bruce Ferrell May 07, 2026
Canvas data breach: the latest, hackers now demand ransom, Wake provides guidance
RALEIGH, N.C. (NCN News) - That data breach reported by WPTF.com on Wednesday has now turned into a hacker group holding hundreds information of schools nationwide for ransom. A hacking group calling ...
Bruce Ferrell May 06, 2026
Hillsborough police seek robbery suspect
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WPTF) -- Hillsborough police are seeking a man who robbed a bank just after 9 a.m. Wednesday (May 6). An unidentified man walked into the First National Bank at 237 S. Churton St. ...
Bruce Ferrell May 06, 2026
Recent rain eases fire danger, but drought concerns remain across North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. (SFN) - Recent rainfall has brought some relief to North Carolina, but N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler says drought concerns remain - especially in the Piedmont. Troxler s...
Josh Ellis May 06, 2026
Closing Bell Report: oil prices sink and US stocks reach another record on hopes for a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices are sinking Wednesday, and stock markets are bursting higher worldwide with hopes that the United States and Iran are nearing a deal to allow...
Associated Press May 06, 2026
Some iPhone owners could get up to $95 payment after Apple agrees to settle case for $250 million
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) - Owners of some iPhones are in line to get cash payments of up to $95 from Apple after the company on Tuesday reached a $250 million settlement in a clas...
Associated Press May 06, 2026
US and Iran appear to move closer to ending their war as Trump threatens more bombing
By JOSHUA BOAK, E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Iran appeared to be moving closer Wednesday to an initial agreement to end the war, as U.S. ...
Associated Press May 06, 2026
CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer who raced yachts, owned huge chunks of the American West and transformed the news business by launc...
Associated Press May 06, 2026