Lead: The 2026 NCAA Tournament bracket guide lays out an initial, data-driven bracket and the strategy behind it, updated Monday morning with a final version due Thursday. The author recaps last year’s bracket — which included correctly picking Florida as champion and finished in the 78th percentile — and explains a hybrid method that blends … Read more
Lead: OPPO’s Find N6, presented on the company’s global product page, positions itself as a next-generation foldable that emphasizes a flatter hinge, stronger materials and upgraded imaging and battery systems. The device combines a new 2nd-generation titanium flexion hinge and Auto‑Smoothing Flex Glass with a Snapdragon® 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, a 200MP Hasselblad main … Read more
Lead: At the Oscars ceremony, singer and actor Teyana Taylor was involved in a tense exchange with a member of the contracted security team after the Best Picture winner “One Battle After Another” was announced. Video from the event shows Taylor confronting the guard for placing his hands on her as she attempted to return … Read more
Lead March 17, 2026 — Actor Chase Stokes visited tattoo artist Winterstone’s studio on March 17 and received a new back tattoo reading ‘they will judge us by our fruit’, a phrase the artist says was inspired by scripture. Winterstone told reporters the piece was chosen as a reminder to ‘move forward’ and that Stokes … Read more
Lead: Israeli forces said they carried out strikes in Tehran overnight that killed two senior Iranian officials — Ali Larijani, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the Basij paramilitary force. The Israeli military then reported a wider wave of attacks across Tehran on Tuesday morning. At the same time, … Read more
Lead Republican senators are preparing to take up legislation as soon as Tuesday that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship and identification rules on voters nationwide. Promoted by President Donald Trump and his allies as a fix for alleged fraud, the package—branded the SAVE America Act—would require documentary proof when registering and photo ID at the … Read more
Lead On Tuesday, March 16, 2026, U.S. stock futures were largely flat as investors digested a renewed oil rally and fresh developments in the Iran conflict. S&P 500 futures rose about 0.2%, Nasdaq 100 futures climbed roughly 0.1% and Dow futures added about 130 points (≈0.3%), while Brent crude moved above $100 per barrel. The … Read more
Lead Ali Larijani, 67, has been identified by Israel’s defense minister as likely killed in an overnight strike, a claim Tehran has not confirmed as of March 17, 2026. Larijani had emerged as Iran’s de facto national security chief after the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli campaign that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior … Read more
Lead: Team USA and Venezuela meet in the World Baseball Classic final on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at 8 p.m. ET in Miami, capping a tournament that has paired two star-laden rosters on the field and two nations with strained ties off it. Venezuela reached the championship after a semifinal win over Italy on Monday, … Read more
At an annual visit on March 17, 2026 a patient reported a single high blood pressure reading and asked whether home monitoring is useful. Dr. Mara Gordon, a family physician in Camden, N.J., explains that one elevated office measurement is rarely enough to label someone hypertensive and that home readings can help confirm a diagnosis. … Read more
Lead Afghan officials say a Pakistani airstrike struck a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul on the night of March 16–17, 2026, killing at least 400 people and injuring about 250, in the deadliest incident of a three-month cross-border conflict. Afghan emergency teams recovered bodies from smoking rubble as officials described the site as a Taliban-run … Read more
Lead Israel reported on 17 March 2026 that overnight airstrikes in Tehran killed Iran’s national security chief, Ali Larijani, and a senior Basij commander. The Israeli government said the strikes were aimed at top regime figures; Iran has not issued an official confirmation. If confirmed, Larijani would be the most senior Iranian casualty since the … Read more
Lead On a sunny Sunday in New York this month, Ryan Murphy’s Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette dominated streets, screens and feeds as viewers revisited a stylized 1990s romance. The limited series has drawn 40 million viewing hours, making it FX’s most-watched limited show on Hulu/Disney+ to date, while social posts … Read more
On March 16, 2026, global markets shifted as fresh tensions in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher and equity futures moved into negative territory. S&P 500 futures fell about 0.2% after attacks on energy infrastructure around the Persian Gulf, while Brent crude climbed toward $103 a barrel. The shock also coincided with U.S. diesel … Read more
Lead: Israel’s defense minister said Tuesday that Ali Larijani, a senior Iranian security official, and Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani, head of the Basij militia, were “eliminated last night” in overnight strikes across Iran. The announcement came as Tehran fired fresh missiles and drones at Gulf Arab neighbors and Israel, prompting the UAE to briefly close … Read more
