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There’s a very funny scene in Ron Howard’s frothy 1984 interspecies rom-com, Splash, in which Daryl Hannah, playing a mermaid in Manhattan who swaps her tail for legs, skips out to buy suitable land attire. Given that she emerged from the sea naked, she throws together an outfit from the Tom Hanks character’s closet. The “fish out of water” turns up on a Bloomingdale’s womenswear floor in a men’s black suit, white shirt, black leather derbies and what looks like a school tie. The ensemble instantly brings a horrified saleslady scurrying over: “Oh my God, darling, darling, darling! That outfit…

British heavyweight David Allen’s fairytale headline show ended in a unanimous points defeat to Russian Arslanbek Makhmudov at a raucous Sheffield Arena.Judges scored the fight 115-111, 117-109 and 116-10 in favour of Makhmudov.Allen, 33, had previously fought at the venue five times, but this was his first time as a headliner and a 9,000-strong crowd came out to support their South Yorkshire hero, who quit boxing five years ago and planned a quiet life.He returned to the sport with titles on his mind, and for big nights like this.”I’ve never, ever seen anything like it,” Allen said after the fight.…

Diane Keaton appears at the Ralph Lauren Spring 2023 Fashion Experience in Pasadena, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2022. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of “Annie Hall,” “The Godfather” films and “Father of the Bride,” whose quirky, vibrant manner and depth made her one of the most singular actors of a generation, has died. She was 79. Her death was confirmed to NPR by Dori Rath, a producer of Keaton’s films. No other details were immediately available. The unexpected news was met with shock around the world. “She was hilarious, a complete original,…

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a fun one for me, as I’m from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and the yellow category is all about us. The purple category is one of those “find related words inside of other words” groupings that the New York Times loves to throw at us. If you’re struggling but still want to solve the puzzle, read on for hints and the answers.Connections: Sports Edition is…

“Mortal Kombat II” hasn’t yet made it to theaters, but fans can expect that “Mortal Kombat III” is also in the works, it was announced at New York Comic Con on Saturday. Joined on stage by “Mortal Kombat” cast and crew Adeline Rudolph, Karl Urban, Martyn Ford, Simon McQuoid and Tati Gabrielle, Jeremy Slater announced the third installment and his return to the martial arts fantasy film as its screenwriter. “Our friends at New Line and Warner Bros. are so happy and excited with this movie,” Slater said. “They are so convinced that there is a giant fanbase waiting for…

Oct 11, 2025, 04:25 PM ETTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Mason Heintschel threw for 321 yards and connected with Desmond Reid on a pair of touchdown passes as Pittsburgh handed No. 25 Florida State its third straight conference loss on Saturday.A true freshman, Heintschel completed 21 of 29 passes and had a pair of second-quarter interceptions in the 34-31 win. He has surpassed 300 passing yards in both of his starts, building off a rout of Boston College last week with a road upset of the Seminoles.”He’s a football player and he didn’t lose any faith,” Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi said. “That’s…

To cat owners, a litter box is a nuisance. But to scientists, it’s a trove of information. A team of researchers at Nestlé Purina PetCare decided to investigate litter boxes as records of behavior: the pre-squat scratch, the whirl, the precise geometry of the bury.The scientists built a painstaking dictionary of these gestures—a full “ethogram,” or catalog, of species-specific behaviors—and then identified the distinct moves in feline bathroom habits: grooming, digging, sniffing litter. “We landed on 39 different behaviors that cats do in a litter box, with the understanding that depending on their satisfaction with the litter box, the environment…

What stops you from going to the gym?For me, it’s that I can’t be bothered. The gym is too far away, and the effort to get there is just too much. In short, I don’t go because I’m lazy.But what would happen if you remove the friction? What would happen if you literally moved into a gym? If you lived at the gym? As in: you slept at the gym, socialised at the gym and ate all your meals there? Would it change anything? Would you become a gym person?After a couple of months travelling where I didn’t hold back…

Palestinians are returning to their homes after refusing to leave Gaza during Israel’s war.Tens of thousands of Palestinians are streaming back to their land in northern Gaza – a right of return included in the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.Multiple attempts to remove the population have failed.Many Palestinians say they have avoided another Nakba, or catastrophe – the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 – and defeated Israel’s forced displacement policy.But the land they are returning to is unrecognisable.Is Gaza uninhabitable? Or can it be rebuilt under the interim authority that next governs the strip?And does the ceasefire allow…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 10: Brittany Brown of the United States celebrates after winning the 200m as former American tennis player Serena Williams looks on during ATHLOS NYC25 on October 10, 2025 at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Athlos/Getty Images)Getty ImagesBrittany Brown’s final meet of 2025 went about as perfect as possible. The 30-year-old track and field professional not only secured the best race of her season in the final race of the year at the Athlos NYC meet on Friday at Icahn Stadium, but she added $120,000 to her bankroll,…