Protests against federal immigration enforcement actions have cropped up around the U.S. since they initially sparked in Los Angeles. San Francisco issued a statement late Monday about ...

President Donald Trump’s unprecedented tariffs, particularly on China, and recent attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell caused alarm among some of his top advisers and America’s ...

The California Academy of Sciences said this brings the total number of dead whales found in the Bay Area in 2025 to fourteen, at least three of which were killed by vessel strikes.

Organizers have planned demonstrations in cities and towns across the country on the same day as President Trump’s parade in Washington to celebrate the Army.

Joe Don Baker died May 7 at 89. He played Sheriff Buford Pusser in 1973's 'Walking Tall,' toplined NBC's 'Eischied' and appeared in three James Bond films.

A laureate professor working on early diagnosis of ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, is one of several Harvard University researchers who have received stop-work orders after the Trump ...

In “Walking Tall,” directed by Phil Karlson, Mr. Baker starred in the real-life story of a sheriff who took on gambling, prostitution and bootlegging rings in McNairy County, Tennessee.

A version of this article appears in print on May 16, 2025, Section B, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Joe Don Baker, Actor Who Found Fame With ‘Walking Tall,’ Dies at 89.