TNS: Chuck Norris, black belt and action star known for ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ dies at 86
By Tribune News Service (TNS) / March 20, 2026Norris died Thursday morning in Kauai, Hawaii, his family confirmed Friday morning on social media.
Norris died Thursday morning in Kauai, Hawaii, his family confirmed Friday morning on social media.
President Trump opened his State of the Union address on Tuesday night with a forceful defense of his administration’s record, casting his first year back in office as a period of renewed economic growth and reinvigorated police forces that have made America the “hottest country anywhere in the world.”
The U.S. government stumbled into a partial shutdown Saturday while waiting for the House to approve a funding deal President Donald Trump worked out with Democrats following a national uproar over Border Patrol agents’ killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis .
Lawmakers in 2024 let lapse the authority for states to reimburse food stamp recipients who lost their benefits to fraud. Several lawmakers want to reverse course.
The suspected shooter who murdered two Brown University students on Saturday and an MIT physics professor on Monday has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility.
Reiner was found dead Sunday with his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, at the home they shared in Brentwood.
Police have detained a person of interest, a man in his 20s, in connection with a shooting that killed two students and injured nine others at Brown University Saturday.
Multiple people were shot at Brown University in Rhode Island on Saturday night, according to the Providence Police Department.
The New York Times is suing the Pentagon over restrictions imposed on journalists, who are now forbidden from seeking news and information from government sources that have not been authorized to provide it.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks alongside a screen displaying information for US citizens seeking assistance in the Middle East, during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2026. President Donald Trump will attend a ceremony marking the return of American troops killed during the war on Iran, Leavitt said Wednesday. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 24: U.S. President Donald Trump, with Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) looking on, delivers his State of the Union address during a Joint Session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on February 24, 2026, in Washington, DC. Trump delivered his address days after the Supreme Court struck down the administration's tariff strategy and amid a U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf threatening Iran. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: Crews work to clear snow on Pennsylvania Ave. near the U.S. Capitol on January 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. Residents in Washington, DC are growing fustrated as many roads and sidewalks remain covered in snow and public schools remain closed for a third day after the Nation's capital was hit by winter storm Fern. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
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Police are on the scene at a storage facility off Route 28 in Salem, New Hampshire, related to the Brown University shooting. (Todd Prussman/Boston Herald)
Police are on the scene at a storage facility off Route 28 in Salem, New Hampshire, related to the Brown University shooting. (Todd Prussman/Boston Herald)
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 25: Rob Reiner speaks onstage at the screening of "The American President" during the 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for TCM)
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND - DECEMBER 14: People pause outside of the engineering and physics building at Brown University, the site of a mass shooting yesterday that left at least two people dead and nine others injured, on December 14, 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island. A suspect in the shooting was detained overnight at a hotel in a nearby community following a manhunt across the prestigious university and the greater Providence area. The shooting took place around 4 p.m. on Saturday as students were preparing for exams and the holiday break. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND - DECEMBER 14: People pause outside of the engineering and physics building at Brown University, the site of a mass shooting yesterday that left at least two people dead and nine others injured, on December 14, 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island. A suspect in the shooting was detained overnight at a hotel in a nearby community following a manhunt across the prestigious university and the greater Providence area. The shooting took place around 4 p.m. on Saturday as students were preparing for exams and the holiday break. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 26: Members of law enforcement, including the U.S. Secret Service and the Washington Metropolitan Police Department, respond to a shooting near the White House on November 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot and killed blocks from the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)