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NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks pulled back from their record heights on a shaky Wall Street. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Thursday to halt its weekslong rally. The Dow Jones Industr...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Florida county sheriff's office says they arrested a former law enforcement officer whom federal authorities say planned a mass shooting targeting Black p...
The investigation continues into a Wednesday night (April 22) as a suspect is being sought in connection with shooting near Zebulon that left one person dead and several injur...
NEW YORK (AP) - An $81 billion Warner-Paramount mega merger has received shareholders' stamp of approval, propelling a deal that could vastly reshape Hollywood and the wider m...
WASHINGTON (AP) - A cannabis industry group calls President Donald Trump's reclassification of state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug "the most signifi...
DURHAM, N.C. (WPTF) - Durham will be home to a new $1.4 billion, 185-acre pharmaceutical manufacturing campus that will bring hundreds of short-term and long-term jobs. Local ...
A former Benson police officer is now facing rape and kidnapping charges.
Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day after U...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WPTF) - I can vividly recall the first time I ever laid eyes on a "Fringe Tree" (Chionanthus virginicus), also known as "Grandfather's Beard.&quo...

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