The Washington Times AI News Desk

Portland women’s sports bar clash draws police after ‘XX-XY’ shirt dispute

Two crowds faced off outside a Portland bar dedicated to women's sports, prompting a police response, after the venue had ejected a group of patrons days earlier for wearing shirts from a brand that advocates organizing women's sports on the basis of sex rather than gender identity.

September 18, 2026

Bills fans pay steep price for beer, food at Highmark Stadium opener

Buffalo Bills fans got their first regular-season look at the team's new $2.1 billion Highmark Stadium on Thursday night, and they got a look at just how much a beer and a bucket of popcorn now costs. A 16-ounce Labatt beer paired with one of the stadium's new souvenir beer horns ran $30 apiece.

September 18, 2026

AI actress Tilly Norwood glitches mid-interview, speaks Chinese

Tilly Norwood, the AI-generated performer that Hollywood unions and A-list actors have spent the past year condemning, hit a very public snag: Mid-sentence during a live interview with Piers Morgan, she stopped speaking English and spoke Cantonese.

September 18, 2026

Meryl Streep confirmed as voice of lion Aslan in Netflix’s ‘Narnia’ film

MERYL STREEP will voice Aslan, the messianic lion of C.S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia," in Greta Gerwig's long-gestating Netflix adaptation "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew."

September 18, 2026

Most Republicans are staying quiet on Trump’s Iran war — and polls show why

Most Republican candidates are avoiding or defying President Trump's pitch for the Iran war as polls show nearly two-thirds of likely voters oppose the conflict. As crude oil tops $100 a barrel and gas prices surge, down-ballot Republicans are keeping their distance or voting to curb executive war powers to safeguard their midterm prospects.

September 18, 2026

Florida woman charged with felony over alleged sex act with dog

A Punta Gorda, Florida, woman is facing a second-degree felony charge after Charlotte County investigators said home surveillance video appeared to show her engaging in sexual activity with the family dog, an allegation she has denied.

September 18, 2026

Kim Kardashian’s esophagitis diagnosis stirs fears of father’s cancer

Kim Kardashian revealed in a trailer for the eighth season of "The Kardashians" that she has been diagnosed with esophagitis, a health scare that reopened old wounds tied to her father's death from esophageal cancer more than two decades ago.

September 18, 2026

13-year-old Long Island prodigy set for NYU master’s program

BOY GENIUS: A 13-year-old from Long Island is on track to begin a graduate program at New York University next fall, a milestone most Americans don't reach until their early 30s.

September 18, 2026

New Jersey man’s pizza comeback after 25-day Sweetgreen diet leaves him feeling sick, he says

A Hoboken, NJ, man who ate nothing but Sweetgreen for 25 straight days said his celebratory return to normal food didn't go as planned, leaving him nauseated after just one slice of pizza.

September 18, 2026

Sophie Cunningham: The WNBA world is overreacting to Sydney Sweeney’s Novig ad

SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM on Sydney Sweeney gambling ad: "Why are girls mad? That is literally what she does. Why is anyone mad? It is a gambling ad: men, sports, naked women. Of course, that's going to draw attention."

September 18, 2026

‘Reacher’ star Alan Ritchson says studios pressured him to curb political remarks

"Reacher" star ALAN RITCHSON says Hollywood execs told him to curb political talk: "You know how many phone calls I get from studios like, 'Would you shut the f--- up, please? Stop talking in public.'"

September 18, 2026

Duncan Sheik, singer-songwriter and ‘Spring Awakening’ composer, dies at 56

Duncan Sheik, the singer-songwriter behind the 1996 hit "Barely Breathing" who later found his creative home on Broadway as the Tony Award-winning composer of "Spring Awakening," died Thursday in Manhattan.

September 18, 2026

5 questions about the hunt for a serial killer targeting women in South Africa

A ninth woman's body has been found east of Johannesburg as police hunt for whoever is behind a string of killings that has gripped South Africa in fear.

September 18, 2026

Why public service loan forgiveness denies most people who apply

From a 99% rejection rate to $90 billion in forgiven debt: how paperwork mistakes derailed Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and what borrowers need to know to qualify now.

September 18, 2026

Ms. Rachel pledges to match Macklemore’s $1 million Gaza donation

Children's entertainer Rachel Accurso, better known to millions of young viewers as MS. RACHEL, said Thursday she will match rapper Macklemore's $1M pledge to organizations aiding Palestinians. "I invite every wealthy white celebrity to match it and speak out against the genocide in Gaza," she said.

September 17, 2026

Trump plans hunting orders ahead of White House dinner

Trump is welcoming more than 100 hunters, anglers and outdoor-industry leaders to a Rose Garden dinner at the White House on Thursday night, ahead of a planned signing of two executive orders expanding hunting and fishing access and rolling back several Biden-era restrictions.

September 17, 2026

Barbra Streisand slams Trump’s ‘unchecked ego’ in Kennedy Center dispute

BARBRA STREISAND accuses Trump of turning the Kennedy Center into "the subject of such a bitter struggle over one man's name and unchecked ego."

September 17, 2026

Maryland-based pharmacy settles False Claims Act allegations for $5.3 million

Remedi SeniorCare Holding Corp., headquartered in Towson, Maryland, has agreed to pay more than $5.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for prescription drugs dispensed without valid prescriptions, the Justice Department announced.

September 17, 2026

Chelsea Handler denies firing ex-opener over Palestine comments

Comedian Chelsea Handler is disputing allegations from a former opening act, Salma Hindy, who says she lost work on Handler's tour after raising concerns about Handler's associates' comments on the Israel-Hamas war. Hindy said she was moved to come forward after rapper Macklemore was dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour following his own pro-Palestinian remarks onstage.

September 17, 2026

Russian national gets 6 years for fraud tied to fake voter registrations

A Russian citizen living in Miami Beach was sentenced to six years in federal prison for organizing an identity-theft and financial-fraud scheme that included efforts to submit more than 100 fraudulent voter-registration applications, the Justice Department said.

September 17, 2026