In Connections, each category has a different difficulty level. Yellow is the simplest, and purple is the most difficult.

39D. It’s funny how words on a page from childhood can settle in one’s mind for decades. The [Plant also known as coffeeweed] ...

Representative Anthony D’Esposito, a New York Republican, gave part-time jobs to both his lover and his fiancée’s daughter, ...

A new memo from two of the leading Democratic groups working ... swings in trust from “outsiders" and towards those with whom ...

As he tells it, the G.O.P. this year will win a 51-vote Senate majority — or larger! — with or without him, so traditionally ...

Shortcuts, small external keyboards and even improved (and free) dictation software can make long sessions of text input much ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

In a bygone era, N.B.A. teams enforced an unofficial quota on Black players, apparently fearing that a “too Black” team might ...

New York City Ballet opened its fall season with classics by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, along with a company ...

In the most insightful part of “For Your Approval,” she says that she was a poor fit to run a workplace but that women ...

The owners of a new spot say hiring comics based on referrals from other stand-ups is no guarantee the acts will be funny.

Ms. Nuzzi told her editors about the relationship that had turned personal, the outlet said. A representative for Mr. Kennedy ...