SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- When film star James Stewart went on location in 1948 at Stateville prison's notorious roundhouse while portraying a Chicago newspaper reporter whose work freed a wrongly convicted killer in “Call Northside 777,” the lockup had already bee... More »
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Young Dolph grew up riding his bike and playing basketball in a Memphis, Tennessee, neighborhood and later built a rap career that included ownership of an independent music label, Paper Route Empire.He became beloved locally for his charitab... More »
The Fête de l’Humanité, a blend of Burning Man, Woodstock and a political convention, attracts the masses with bands, lectures and food, but here K.F.C. is C.F.K.: Communist Fried Kitchen.Christine Marlier was angry when President Emmanuel Macron called a snap... More »
The far right and far left are poised to make significant gains in state voting on Sunday, possibly affecting the stability of the national government in Berlin.Voters are going to the polls on Sunday for state elections in Brandenburg, the eastern German stat... More »
With the last day of the week comes the last Wordle game of the week and Newsweek is here to make sure it goes smoothly.Here, you'll find hints, tips and eventually the answer to today's game—so scroll carefully if you want to try and do it on your own first.T... More »
As Sunday approaches, so too does another game of Connections.Since its The New York Times debut in June 2023, Connections has rapidly gained popularity as an online sensation. The game challenges players with a combination of techniques like homophones and wo... More »
Strands is a brand new daily puzzle from the New York Times. A trickier take on the classic word search, you’ll need a keen eye to solve this puzzle.
Like Wordle, Connections, and the Mini Crossword, Strands can be a bit difficult to solve some days. There’s n... More »
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Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night... More »
Vice President Kamala Harris has gone 63 days as the presumptive, and now, official Democratic nominee for president without holding an official press conference. Under pressure to sit down for a substantive interview after weeks of stonewalling, Harris finall... More »
The last time I met Evgenia Kara-Murza, it was a grim day in early March. The timing couldn’t have been worse. As we spoke, Alexei Navalny’s coffin was being lowered into the frozen ground in a Moscow cemetery. Meanwhile Evgenia’s husband, Vladimir Kara-Murza,... More »
Ursula von der Leyen was leaving nothing to chance. At a private meeting with members of the European parliament in Strasbourg last Tuesday, she chose not to reveal who would get what job in her incoming European Commission, due to take office at the end of th... More »