WARNING: THERE ARE STRANDS SPOILERS AHEAD! DO NOT READ FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT THE NOVEMBER 15, 2 024 STRANDS ANSWER SPOILED FOR YOU. Ready? OK! Have you been playing Strands, the super fun game from the New York Times, the makers of Connections and other brain-teasers like Wordle in which you have to do

The first 100 days of Donald Trump's second term as president will feature "aggressive" policies not seen in nearly a century since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, Steve Bannon, Trump's former senior adviser, told Newsweek in an interview. Bannon, who was released from prison one week before Trump's election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris

When one considers Donald Trump's Cabinet selections announced thus far, there are a few themes that emerge. One discernible theme, which has been the subject of constant teeth-gnashing all week, is the unorthodox or perhaps outright surprising nature of some of the picks. Tulsi Gabbard, tapped as our next director of national intelligence, is not

Paraguay, a relatively large South American country roughly the same size as the U.S. state of California, has historically been overshadowed by its larger and more well-known next-door neighbors, Argentina and Brazil. But all that's about to change. This landlocked nation of 6 million people, often confused with the similarly sounding Uruguay, is about to

Joe Rogan has spoken about Jennifer Lopez's multiple divorces, as the screen star and singer's split from Ben Affleck marks the end of her fourth union. Following months of speculation, Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck in August. The Gigli co-stars wed in Las Vegas in July 2022, some 20 years after they first started

The appointment of vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Donald Trump's Cabinet as Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) has left many doctors and medical professionals stunned, with one calling it an "extraordinarily bad choice." Kennedy Jr. was nominated to the role that could see him take charge of America's public health agencies

A video about a woman who appears to live above a coffee shop has captivated viewers on TikTok. The clip posted by @matchawh0re__ has garnered over 25.9 million views since November 13. The footage begins with the woman relaxing on a sofa, scrolling through her phone while wearing headphones. A note overlaid on the video

An American Airlines flight had to perform an "expedited climb" on Wednesday to avoid mountainous terrain in Hawaii, reports said. American Airlines flight AA298, which departed Honolulu International Airport in the early hours of the morning, received a request from air traffic control to accelerate its climb to steer clear of a mountain range. Simple

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the nomination of Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida for attorney general, describing him as a "deeply gifted and tenacious attorney." Gaetz will need to be confirmed by a simple majority in the Senate, which will comprise 53 Republican senators to 47 aligned with the Democrats following the November 5

Some 44% of the world’s warm-water, reef-building coral species are facing risk of extinction, according to the latest update by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This is a significant increase compared to the last assessment in 2008, when a third were considered threatened. The latest assessment covers all known coral species that build

The European Parliament approved a move to postpone a watered-down version of its anti-deforestation law, with implementation pushed back 12 months to the end of 2025. The Nov. 14 vote to delay the European Union Deforestation Regulation, or the EUDR, by a year was approved with a clear majority of 58%, with 371 votes in

More than 6,500 illegally trafficked birds were seized from a truck at a port in the Indonesian island of Sumatra last month in what activists believe to be the largest seizure of trafficked bird’s in the nation’s modern history. The birds, which included 257 individuals from species protected under Indonesian law, are believed to have