Category Archives: WPTF News
Decision looming for Trump administration on first PFAS drinking water limits
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated PressIn pain so bad he couldn't stand, Chris Meek was rushed to the hospital with a life-threatening ruptured gallbladder. When he emerged from surgery, he learned he had...
Apr 29, 2025
Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects
By JACK BROOK Associated Press/Report for AmericaNEW ORLEANS (AP) - The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believ...
Apr 28, 2025
Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects
By JACK BROOK Associated Press/Report for AmericaNEW ORLEANS (AP) - The textile mills that once served as the backbone of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, have long been shuttered, and officials believ...
Apr 28, 2025
How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health WriterST. LOUIS (AP) - As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow's laboratory desk.On an Apri...
Apr 28, 2025
How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health WriterST. LOUIS (AP) - As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow's laboratory desk.On an Apri...
Apr 28, 2025
Remembering lives lost: Workers Memorial Day ceremony held in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) – More than 100 North Carolinians who died last year while on the job were honored Monday during Workers Memorial Day events in Raleigh. Workers Memorial Day is observed ann...
Apr 28, 2025
Remembering lives lost: Workers Memorial Day ceremony held in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) – More than 100 North Carolinians who died last year while on the job were honored Monday during Workers Memorial Day events in Raleigh. Workers Memorial Day is observed ann...
Apr 28, 2025
Remembering lives lost: Workers Memorial Day ceremony held in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - More than 100 North Carolinians who died last year while on the job were honored Monday during Workers Memorial Day events in Raleigh. Workers Memorial Day is observed annually ...
Apr 28, 2025
A shooting at a small North Carolina college leaves 1 dead, 6 wounded
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - A shooting at a small college in eastern North Carolina left one person dead and six others wounded and prompted a campus lockdown early Sunday, the university said.The sho...
Apr 27, 2025
A shooting at a small North Carolina college leaves 1 dead, 6 wounded
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) - A shooting at a small college in eastern North Carolina left one person dead and six others wounded and prompted a campus lockdown early Sunday, the university said.The sho...
Apr 27, 2025