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Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is a weird one. But once I caught the theme, the words were short and easy to unscramble. If you need hints and answers, read on.I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So…

Ross Harris is honoring his cousin Liam Payne with a new song. On Sunday, the musician released “Bones,” a track he wrote in tribute to Payne about the difficulties of dealing with grief. “I’ve been back and forth about releasing this song a dozen times. It’s the most personal thing I’ve ever written – which made the idea of releasing it absolutely terrifying,” Harris wrote on Instagram. “After my cousin passed on October 16th, writing this song (with the extremely talented Jordan Round) gave me an outlet for my grief.” He added: “Eventually, I knew I had to get it…

Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka faced off in the U.S. Open, a place they have a history with, together. In 2019, Osaka invited a teary Gauff to do a postgame interview with her.

There are a lot of odd airport jobs. The “bird guys” keep birds at bay, lavatory crews empty the loos, and finally, there are people who get paid to wrap luggage in plastic. The first two jobs make sense—it’s important to keep the runways clear and the planes clean— but most travelers aren’t sure about the third. That said, luggage-wrapping stations have been a mainstay at major U.S. international airports since the early 90s. They’re even more common abroad; one Miami-based company, Secure Wrap, has more than 500 employees wrapping luggage at airports across 17 different countries.  Why do passengers…

new video loaded: Mexico’s Cartels Are Using Military WeaponsBy Paulina Villegas, Leila Medina, Melanie Bencosme and David Jouppi•September 1, 2025Recent attacks on villages in Mexico’s western state of Michoacán reveal the cartels’ growing paramilitary-style power, using drones, I.E.D.s and other weapons of war. Paulina Villegas examines the aftermath of these assaults.Recent episodes in Behind the ReportingShow more videos from Behind the Reporting

MaryLou CostaTechnology ReporterAviantThe Foodora service from Aviant has been working with a burger chainMeal delivery is a luxury city dwellers take for granted – but more options are opening up for non-urban residents.Boasting nearly 700,000 islands collectively, Sweden, Norway and Finland are home to the most islands in the world, their coastlines dotted by archipelagos that have shaped their history and culture.While a number of the islands are accessible by ferry and bridge to residents of the region’s cities, there’s one thing locals are often missing: hot food delivery to their door, a service their city cousins probably take for…

Lithium has become the default choice for battery-powered systems, but its limitations — from volatile supply chains to short lifespans — are becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. Offgrid Energy Labs, a deep-tech startup based in India, wants to make lithium less central, especially when it comes to battery storage. The seven-year-old startup, incubated at IIT Kanpur, has developed a proprietary zinc-bromine-based battery system as an alternative to lithium-ion technology. Called ZincGel, it delivers 80–90% of the energy efficiency of conventional lithium batteries, but at a significantly lower levelized cost of storage, the startup said. As power demand grows worldwide, countries…

Graham Greene, an actor best known for his role as “Kicking Bird” in 1989’s Dances With Wolves, died Sept. 1 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, of natural causes, according to his agent. He was 73. “It is with deep sadness we announce the peaceful passing of award-winning, legendary Canadian actor Graham Greene,” the actor’s agent-manager in Canada, Gerry Jordan, wrote in a statement to Entertainment Weekly on Monday. Graham Greene in ‘Dances with Wolves’. Ben Glass/Columbia Greene graduated from the Center for Indigenous Theatre Program in 1972 and made his screen debut in 1983’s Running Brave. The actor went on to…

When building your 2025 fantasy football roster, there are several things to consider. Players will be playing for new clubs in 2025, and one of them is Sam Darnold. He joined the Seattle Seahawks after putting up a career year with the Minnesota Vikings and was QB8. Darnold will have Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cooper Kupp as his two top WRs, making him an appealing target for the 2025 Fantasy football season.Darnold is forecasted as a QB2 for the 2025 Fantasy football season and could play his way into being a QB1. He could be a good fit on your 2025…

QUICK FACTSName: Haniwa DancersWhat it is: Clay tubes topped with clay sculpturesWhere it is from: JapanWhen it was made: Sixth centuryDuring the Kofun period (300 to 710) of Japanese history, people buried the dead in large mounds with many grave goods. Scattered around the mounds were objects called “haniwa” — clay cylinders topped with clay figures, used in offerings for the dead.These two haniwa, known as the “Dancing People” or “Haniwa Terracotta Dancers,” are in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum. They were discovered in 1930 during the excavation of an ancient cemetery in Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo,…