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Pips is a logic puzzle where players must arrange a set of dominoes to meet the conditions of the board to win. There are three new puzzles each day — Easy, Medium and Hard — so you can solve at your own speed, in any order you want. nyti.ms/4zqHZyP

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Strands is a word search with a unique twist. Can you uncover the theme? Play here: nyti.ms/4jyEvpF

A grid of letters for the Strands puzzle for Oct. 10, 2026. Today’s theme is “A slow drizzle”

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How did you do in Connections today? Players must select four groups of four words without making more than three mistakes. nyti.ms/3TAy7Ue

A grid of words including “shadow” and "feed" and “un” for the Connections puzzle for Oct. 10, 2026.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23h

A hearty pasta sauce fortified with vegetables rather than meat, “sugo finto” translates from Italian to “fake sauce” and is a highlight of cucina povera (an Italian term — and art — referring to frugal cuisine). nyti.ms/4rTfyY7

This Italian 'Fake Sauce' Is Truly Delicious

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A leaf-peeping road trip through Finger Lakes, New York, timed to harvest season, includes vineyard tours and the long-awaited reopening of a trail in a state park known for its stunning cascades. See our 36-hour itinerary. nyti.ms/4s58I1K

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/10/2026

At the Brooklyn restaurant Chez Ma Tante, the pancakes are legendary. The trick to getting those super crisp edges? Each pancake is fried in shallow pools of hot fat. nyti.ms/473Wm0a

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/10/2026

Ashley St. Clair is a former right-wing influencer and the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children. In an interview with the New York Times, she spoke about her relationship with Musk, and the new documentary about him that she is prominently featured in. nyti.ms/47Pmz2A

A person wrapped in a black and white skull-patterned blanket, holding a smartphone and a glass. A headline reads: "She Was Offered $40 Million For Silence on Elon Musk. She Spoke Out Instead." Photo by Elinor Kry for The New York Times.

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The NYPD released body-camera footage of police officers who arrived at the scene after an immigration agent shot and injured a man inside a car with his 5-year-old son on Thursday. nyti.ms/4s53x1O

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By casting a halo of warm yellow and orange light around the room, this rechargeable sunset lamp can transform any hour into golden hour. It can be a real pick-me-up during the gray, gloomy days of winter when the sun’s rays seem like a distant memory. nyti.ms/4hJbxk1

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Breaking News: Mike Ditka, a tenacious tight end and a fiery, Super Bowl-winning coach for the Chicago Bears, has died at 86. nyti.ms/4yLb5Ju

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Hurricane Isaias was gathering strength as it moved toward the Gulf Coast, and people in its path were being urged to prepare for landfall by late Friday or early Saturday morning. It has been two years since a hurricane struck the mainland U.S. Follow live updates here. nyti.ms/4hRRf84

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It’s time to start training for pie season. Wonderful pie crust requires only a couple of ingredients and tricks to ensure it’s extra flaky and tender. nyti.ms/4yLc500

How to Make the Best Laminated Pie Dough

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Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. She is a South African human rights lawyer who fought against the apartheid regime and who was formerly the UN’s top human rights official. nyti.ms/4yLyLxw

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A new analysis of federal earnings data measures how much students who received federal financial aid earned four years after graduating. Our graphics reporter Arfa Momin studied the data to see when a graduate’s major and college mattered most to earnings. nyti.ms/4rZ82Ld

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The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln returned to its home port of San Diego on Thursday after a near-record 322-day deployment in support of the war with Iran. nyti.ms/4yIWDSi

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Cellphone footage shows the moments after a man was shot on Thursday in New York City. The man was taken to a nearby hospital and was conscious and receiving medical attention, according to the New York Police Department, which said it was not involved in the shooting. nyti.ms/3UiV5iO

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York responded to the backlash he received this week after attending a vigil that marked the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks. The mayor also addressed criticism of his social media post about the attacks. nyti.ms/4hPJjnQ

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Golden Diner’s signature dessert is a take on Latin American tres leches cake, but with Thai tea powder-infused milk. Genius. nyti.ms/4i2cMMF

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California regulators sent a cease-and-desist to fight promoters who pitted a human against several robot combatants in a San Francisco cage fight. nyti.ms/4zn0B2X

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Here's a puzzler: Many airlines’ size restrictions for carry-on suitcases are smaller than many suitcases on the market. We tried two fully packed carry-ons in a bunch of airlines’ carry-on sizers to see which fit and which didn’t. Here are the results: nyti.ms/4hIoPgV

four photos os carry-on luggage and how they fit at airport stands

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“You don't really realize if you love somebody until you have to forgive them,” Chris Rock said on “The Interview.” See the full interview: nyti.ms/4rQFnb0

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The recipe is actually called World’s Best Chocolate Cake. Alternatively: "world's easiest cake," "most versatile cake" or even ... "your new favorite cake." nyti.ms/4rJU0gc

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María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her home two weeks ago prompted widespread protests in Spain and spurred the prime minister to call national elections, died on Wednesday. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/w...

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On the night Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in 1968, Earl Caldwell was the lone New York Times reporter at the motel in Memphis. Here’s how he covered the weeks of rage that followed and decades of dispute over how it all went down. nyti.ms/4AVdiDx

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Gali and Ziv Berman were abducted by gunmen from Kfar Aza, the kibbutz where they lived, in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. Since their release, the brothers have tried to focus on rebuilding their lives. nyti.ms/3UbIC0o

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Vanessa Friedman, our chief fashion critic, sees the next big trend at the influential Miu Miu show in Paris: the bra top.

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Across Israel, people stood in silence to commemorate the three-year anniversary of the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attacks. The remembrance comes less than three weeks before the country votes in a general election.

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Chris Gallant, a Democrat running to represent Long Island, was revealed last month to have appeared in revealing promotional photos for a fetish brand. He has leaned in with the slogan “Make Politics Sexy Again.” nyti.ms/3TNwxy9

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Tomorrow Morning You will thank Today You for making these perfect Spinach Egg Bites. nyti.ms/4hvbbyS

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The actor Alan Cumming is not the man his father wanted him to be. Growing up, Cumming says, his father had specific ideas about how he should look and what he should do with his life, ideas he enforced with abusive violence. nyti.ms/4AUjTOG

Headline on photo of Alan Cumming: How Alan Cumming Escaped His Father  And Became Himself

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Stock up ahead of the holiday season. Here are some great discounts on some of Wirecutter's favorite gifts. nyti.ms/3TsIARz

We Love These Gifts. And They’re On Sale Right Now.

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A 1951 painting by the Surrealist painter Gertrude Abercrombie was purchased by a collector for $30 at an estate sale this summer. It just sold at auction for $1.35 million. nyti.ms/4y4KMg4

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To fill its depleted ranks, the Justice Department’s civil rights division has opened its doors to recruits whose questionable work histories and lack of education might have disqualified them from being hired in the past, former officials said. nyti.ms/3U9VQuA

The Department of Justice building in Washington, D.C., is pictured. Headline reads: "Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks." Photo credit: Jason Andrew for The New York Times.

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This is the bean soup for when you need something cozy and fast. nyti.ms/4yoERn1

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Breaking News: Eva Marie Saint, who won an Oscar for “On the Waterfront” and starred in “North by Northwest,” has died. She was 102. nyti.ms/4hQfOlZ

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The Trump administration's hands-off stance in the Cornell University case reflects how it has shifted its enforcement of Title IX from allegations of sexual misconduct to issues like blocking protections for transgender students. nyti.ms/4zdoEkI

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Pet food makers are pouring money into research to understand the palates of cats and dogs — and to cater to people who see their pets as family members. nyti.ms/3Tq8sxv

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From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: For years, there were many people in Argentina who criticised Lionel Messi, scorned him, rejected him, and even booed him. But he now bows out a legend. nyti.ms/4yzdOWt

Lionel Messi holding the World Cup trophy with the headline: How Argentina Learned To Love Lionel Messi. He Retires a God.

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California leaders condemned President Trump's comments at a political rally, where he appeared suggest that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego if it develops a nuclear weapon. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the Trump “deranged and dangerous.” nyti.ms/3TG9Rjw

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Demonstrations swept across France on Tuesday as labor unions rallied in solidarity with high school students who have spent two weeks blockading schools to protest understaffing, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated buildings. Follow live. nyti.ms/4hyu0RB

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“This is possibly the best cake recipe I’ve ever made.” Lots of love in the comments for this pumpkin spice moment! nyti.ms/4rChoMB

Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake With Coffee Frosting

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Students and faculty members gathered in protest at the center of Cornell University’s campus on Monday, in an outpouring of the anger that has been building since the school was sued over its handling of a 2024 sexual assault allegation. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/n...

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After a legal battle, Paramount officially closed its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday. The new company, now called Skydance, combines studios, streaming services and cable networks to rival industry titans like Netflix and YouTube. nyti.ms/4B9I5Nl

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