The crossword constructors Natan Last and Robyn Weintraub join The New Yorker’s Puzzles & Games editor, Liz Maynes-Aminzade, to share their insights into crafting the perfect puzzle.

A long-running legal battle over Iowa’s school book ban took another turn Thursday with opponents and lawyers for the state arguing their case before a federal judge.

Jazz musician John Coltrane playing in June 1966 at the Drome Lounge in Detroit. (Leni Sinclair / ) On Dec. 9, 1964, ...

Among the novels they have targeted for removal — in some cases, successfully — are “The Catcher in the Rye,” “The Handmaid ... as New Zealand leader. Drawing on a home video shot ...

If no Lottery player claims the top prize, the jackpot will continue to roll until the next drawing at 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 27. Lottery players have a 1 in 292,201,338 chance of winning a ...

Sarah Jessica Parker has voiced her fears for the 'disastrous' Trump administration as she spoke out about book banning at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday ...

Sarah Jessica Parker slammed right-wing book bans and Jacinda Ardern called for more "empathy" from leaders as the worlds of entertainment and politics collided at the Sundance festival Friday. - ...

Sarah Jessica Parker slammed right-wing book bans and Jacinda Ardern called for more "empathy" from leaders as the worlds of entertainment and politics collided at the Sundance festival Friday ...

RYE — The owners of two side-by-side homes on Straws Point Road, purchased for a combined $33.5 million in recent years, plan to demolish both structures and build a new oceanside estate. The ...

Topping that list is Realms of Rye Release No. 01 ‘Citrus & Botanicals,’ which was named Rye Whisky of the Year. Sons of Vancouver also won Best Cask Strength Whisky for its Whisky #10 ‘Palm ...

Thousands of pieces of art were submitted and judged, and the winners have been chosen in the 2025 CNY Scholastic Art Awards, sponsored by M&T Bank and hosted by Onondaga Community College ...

During his 10 seasons playing in the majors, most of them as a backup catcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Torborg had a reputation as a durable, cerebral backstop who couldn’t hit — a ...