A federal judge has dismissed the pioneering hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group. Enjoy the latest local, national and ...

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Andrew Spooner makes his New York Times Crossword debut. By Deb Amlen Jump to: Tricky Clues FRIDAY PUZZLE — I don’t know about you, but I sometimes think about debut entries while solving. Knowing the ...

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Before Spelling Bee, before Wordle and before Connections, there was the crossword. Who invented the first published crossword, and what was it? On Dec. 21, 1913, the New York World, a prominent New ...