Category Archives: WPTF News

RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - A bill in the legislature seeks to crack down on drunk driving - in an effort to make driving safer. At a Legislative Building press conference, Ellen Pitt with the Western Nort...

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) - An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, marking another jump in a long str...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - What is your child reading? Lawmakers in Raleigh are rolling out a bill that could affect what your student reads. At a Legislative Building press conference this week, State Re...

By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press Harvard University is the latest in a growing list of higher education institutions that had its federal funding targeted by the government in order to comply with ...

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MARCOS ALEMN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump ‘s top advisers and Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, said Monday that they ha...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) – Supporters of Democratic Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs held a rally near the Legislative Building to criticize the ongoing legal effort to overturn Riggs’ less...

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MARCOS ALEMN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump 's top advisers and Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, said Monday that they have no basis for the ...

By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are rising worldwide Monday after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs, for now at least, and as stress from within the U....

By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are rising worldwide Monday after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs, for now at least, and as stress from within the U....

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace WriterJeff Bezos' Blue Origin launched his fiancee Lauren Sanchez into space Monday with an all-female celebrity crew that included Katy Perry ...