Category Archives: WPTF News
College graduates face toughest job market in more than a decade as hiring slows
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) - While completing a master's degree in data analysis, Palwasha Zahid moved from Dallas to a town near Silicon Valley. The location made ...
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, w...
Jun 26, 2025
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court allowed states to cut off Medicaid money to Planned Parenthood in a ruling handed down Thursday amid a wider R...
Jun 26, 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 WriterNEW 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 h...
Jun 25, 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 WriterNEW 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 degr...
Jun 25, 2025