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Lead: The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in April on the Trump administration’s move to terminate temporary protections for migrants from Haiti and Syria, after lower courts blocked immediate cancellations. The court left in place the ability of roughly 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians to live and work legally in the United … Read more
Lead: The opening week of 2026 NFL free agency — which saw more than $3.4 billion in contracts distributed, per NFL Research — produced a significant reshuffle in the power order. On Mar. 16, 2026, notable moves including Mike Evans to San Francisco, Kenneth Walker III to Kansas City and the voided Maxx Crosby trade, … Read more
Lead: Cuban officials reported an islandwide blackout on Monday that left the nation of about 11 million people without power as its long‑troubled electrical system failed again. The Ministry of Energy and Mines said the grid experienced a “complete disconnection” and that investigators were looking into the cause, while noting no immediate failures in units … Read more
Lead Two center-right figures have combined forces to contest the second round of Paris’s mayoral election after the first-round vote on March 15, 2026. Socialist candidate Emmanuel Grégoire led the field with 38% of the vote, while former culture minister Rachida Dati won 25.5% and Pierre-Yves Bournazel took 11.3%. The new pact between Dati and … Read more
Lead: At NVIDIA’s GTC 2026 keynote, CEO Jensen Huang introduced DLSS 5, an AI-driven upscaling system the company says will arrive this fall and produce “photoreal” lighting and materials in real time. The demo ran on a dual-RTX 5090 setup and showcased enhanced detail in games including Resident Evil: Requiem, Hogwarts Legacy and Starfield. NVIDIA … Read more
Lead On March 16, 2026, EU foreign ministers in Brussels told U.S. leaders they will not send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, rejecting President Donald Trump’s appeal for European help after Iran partly closed the vital waterway. Ministers discussed widening the mandate of the EU naval mission Aspides to patrol the strait but … Read more
MIAMI — Aaron Nola will start Monday night’s World Baseball Classic semifinal for Italy against Venezuela at LoanDepot Park, Italy manager Francisco Cervelli announced Monday, March 16, 2026. Cervelli said he arrived at the choice Sunday and revealed it the next day, preferring Nola over Michael Lorenzen. Nola, a 32-year-old right-hander, comes off a strong … Read more
Lead: Production on the Hulu reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has been paused after reports of a domestic incident involving lead cast member Taylor Frankie Paul and her former partner, Dakota Mortensen. Multiple entertainment outlets reported the halt to filming for season five, citing production insiders and law-enforcement contact. Draper City Police … Read more
On March 16, 2026, a federal judge temporarily halted several major changes that U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed through to alter the nation’s childhood vaccine guidance. The ruling, issued by U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy, found the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s January overhaul of the childhood … Read more
Lead: Severe thunderstorms swept across the Washington, D.C. area Monday, bringing torrential rain, damaging gusts and radar-indicated rotations that prompted tornado watches and localized flooding. The National Weather Service placed the entire D.C. region under a tornado watch through 7 p.m. as additional strong winds and bands of heavy rain moved in during the afternoon … Read more
Lead: A U.S. district court in Massachusetts on Monday temporarily halted a series of vaccine-policy changes put in place by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., reversing decisions made by his appointees to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and preventing the panel from meeting as planned. Judge Brian Murphy found the administration had … Read more
Lead: On Monday, March 16, 2026, roughly 3,800 workers at JBS’s Greeley, Colorado beef plant walked off the job, marking the meatpacking sector’s first strike in four decades. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 says the walkout was prompted by stalled contract talks over wages, safety equipment and health benefits; the union … Read more
Lead: The 2026 NCAA men’s tournament projections from Silver Bulletin place Arizona as the pre-tournament favorite after simulations run on the updated COOPER–Pomeroy blend. The model now runs 100,000 simulations per scenario and accounts for injuries, travel, and in-tournament performance; daily probability updates will follow game results. Key contenders include Duke and Michigan, both carrying … Read more
Lead: On March 16, 2026, Sean Penn missed the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles to travel to Ukraine and meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Penn nonetheless won his third Oscar, taking the Best Supporting Actor prize for his role as Colonel Lockjaw in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Zelenskyy posted a photo of … Read more
Lead The Vanity Fair Oscars after-party at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on March 16, 2026, shifted the night’s tone from formal glamour to a bolder, more sexualized fashion vocabulary. After the Dolby Theatre ceremonies, many attendees traded corseted gowns and tailored suits for sheer panels, peek-a-boo details and trompe l’oeil embellishment. … Read more
