| Chuck Norris Punched This Article Into the Sun: How an Action Hero Became a Meme
- Norris, best known as the butt-kicking star of action films, became an unwitting if good-natured pioneer of the internet meme.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:11:54 +0000
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| Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional
- A federal judge tossed parts of the Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets, saying they violated the First Amendment, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:09:22 +0000
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| Inside the Arrest That Led to Banksy’s Possible Unmasking Decades Later
- In 2000, Banksy was a largely unknown street artist hanging around downtown Manhattan when the police nabbed him for trying to deface a billboard.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:59:08 +0000
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| Fresno Took 30 Years to Name Cesar Chavez Blvd. Undoing It Took a Day.
- The reckoning for the labor leader’s sex abuse was swift in Fresno, Calif., the heart of the Central Valley region where the farmworker movement was born. Towns across the nation face similar debates.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:48:22 +0000
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| Evacuations Ordered on Oahu as Heavy Rain Brings Flash Flooding
- A dam on the northern part of the island was close to failing, emergency officials said.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:44:47 +0000
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| Chuck Norris, Action Star of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ Dies at 86
- He channeled his martial arts skills into heroic roles in films like “The Delta Force” and “Missing in Action” and in the long-running TV series “Walker, Texas Ranger.”
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:05:12 +0000
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| Elon Musk Is Responsible for Some Twitter Investor Losses, Jury Finds
- Investors had sued Mr. Musk, claiming the billionaire tried to drive down the share price of the social media company, now called X, to renegotiate his $44 billion offer.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:56:41 +0000
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| U.S. Steps Up Attacks to Clear the Strait of Hormuz
- Also, Chuck Norris dies at 86. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:55:02 +0000
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| Hegseth Invokes Divine Purpose to Justify Military Might
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imbued U.S. military actions with a Christian moral underpinning that suggests they are divinely sanctioned.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:49:24 +0000
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| The Future of the Democratic Party Is Emerging
- On a new generation of leaders on the left.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:44:37 +0000
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| Justice Dept. Seeks to Drop Charges Against Officers in Breonna Taylor’s Death
- The civil rights charges against the two Louisville, Ky., police officers stemmed from their involvement in drafting the no-knock search warrant that led to the fatal shooting.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:55:19 +0000
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| Aid Ship Departs for Cuba as Island Grapples With a Fuel Blockade
- The “Nuestra América” humanitarian convoy plans to deliver more than 20 tons of critical supplies to Cuba. Some Cuban exiles view it with suspicion.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:19:59 +0000
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| A.I. Is Writing Fiction. Publishers Are Unprepared.
- Book publishing has few safeguards in place to prevent the unwitting publication of a novel heavily generated by artificial intelligence.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:16:23 +0000
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| NYC Marks First Ramadan Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani
- Many New Yorkers said Ramadan felt especially poignant this year under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who used his own observance of the holiday to model the diversity of Muslim life in the city.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:02:37 +0000
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| Cuba Power Outages and Flight Cancellations: What Travelers Need to Know in 2026
- The island is dependent on tourism, but a lack of fuel and extensive power outages are forcing many travelers to cancel. Here’s what visitors might face.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:55:31 +0000
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| Calvin Tomkins, Who Profiled Giants of Modern Art, Dies at 100
- On the staff of The New Yorker for more than 60 years, he wrote about Duchamp, Rauschenberg and many others. His books include “Living Well Is the Best Revenge.”
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:42:44 +0000
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| Mullin Said to Have Credited the King of Jordan for a Helicopter Rescue
- The homeland security nominee brought up a mysterious trip in mid-2016 at a confirmation hearing. He visited Jordan that August, congressional records show.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:32:14 +0000
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| Denmark Was Ready to Blow Up Airfields to Stop a U.S. Invasion of Greenland
- The Danes brought blood supplies, explosives and live ammunition to Greenland as part of contingency plans in case President Trump acted on his threats to seize the island.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:09:17 +0000
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| Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
- Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:52:06 +0000
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| Polymarket Says It Deals in Truth, but Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods
- A review of the betting market’s social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:06:09 +0000
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