Sam Ezersky has been the editor of the digital Spelling Bee since its launch in 2018. In today’s newsletter, he answers questions, including from readers. Could you describe your Bee creation process? — Mary Stella, Florida Keys, Fla. I always start with the pangram (a word that contains all the…
In a pair of horrific scenes Saturday that compounded the tragedy of a recent fatal fire in eastern Pennsylvania, a man plowed his car into a fund-raising event for families affected by that fire, killing one and injuring 17, then drove off and fatally beat a woman before the police…
WASHINGTON — American spy agencies have concluded in a new intelligence assessment that Al Qaeda has not reconstituted its presence in Afghanistan since the U.S. withdrawal last August and that only a handful of longtime Qaeda members remain in the country. The terror group does not have the ability to…
SAN FRANCISCO — Nancy Pelosi has made two very different, almost irreconcilable statements about her political future. In 2018, she pledged that 2022 would be her last year as House Democratic leader, acceding to a term limit to quell an uprising and secure a second stint as speaker. In January,…
The Punt God is among us. Bills rookie punter Matt Araiza lived up to his nickname by unleashing an 82-yard kick Saturday against the Colts during Buffalo’s first preseason game. The kick, which occurred in the waning seconds of the second quarter, went from near Buffalo’s 10-yard line to bouncing…
Russia and Ukraine exchanged blame for the shelling around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Saturday amid growing fears of a nuclear catastrophe. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly blamed the Russians, who seized the nuclear compound at Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine in March. They accuse Russian forces of storing heavy weaponry inside…
The vintage, one-of-a-kind jewels jacked from a Brink’s armored truck in California were supposed to be worth a paltry $8.7 million — not the whopping $150 million the gem owners claimed after the theft. Brink’s contends multiple jewel companies undervalued the gems ripped off last month on its watch during…
Martha Stewart is squashing a rather silly rumor that she and Pete Davidson may have sparked up a romance following his split from Kim Kardashian. “Pete Davidson is like the son I never had,” Stewart, 81, gushed to The Daily Mail when asked if she could be his next lover….
Just some kids from Long Island. Massapequa Coast Little League has clinched its first-ever Little League World Series berth. Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source
PHILADELPHIA — All that was ever going to matter for the Jets this season was the quarterback. Zach Wilson was all that mattered. Everything revolved around his progress. In his second season after a rough rookie year, Wilson was the linchpin to anything the Jets were hoping to accomplish in…
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