
Thirty years of Pokémon means 30 years of absolutely bizarre, confounding, and totally lovable little freaks populating our screens.
To be clear, I say "little freaks" with nothing but admiration and love. The entire appeal of Pokémon, to me, is that every few years you get a couple hundred strange new creatures to look at and, eventually, learn to love. In fairness to all Pokémon, basically every

The James Webb Space Telescope has snapped new pictures of a cosmic cloud of gas and dust blown off by a dying star, whose fate is still unknown to scientists.
The telescope, a partnership of NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies, homed in on PMR 1, a planetary nebula nicknamed the Exposed Cranium for being the spitting image of a brain scan. The nebula lies about 5,000 light-years awa

When Satoshi Tajiri created Pokémon, he imagined it as a way for kids to connect. The original games, released in Japan in February 1996, required a physical Game Boy link cable to trade creatures, turning strangers into trainers and playgrounds into real-life Pokémon Gyms.
The anime reinforced that idea, following Ash and Pikachu's journey as they met new friends wherever they went. Pokémon, in

No one makes a hangout movie like Jim Jarmusch. From his feature-length debut Permanent Vacation onward, the American writer/director has woven his affinity for intimate settings and observational humor with various flourishes. Only Lovers Left Alive gave us vampires lounging around a rotting Detroit. The Dead Don't Die offered ghouls with the energy and desires of a late-night hang, craving
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- Mayor Zohran Mamdani rolled out a plan in his first days in office to build public bathrooms.
- NYC aims for cost-efficient, quick public toilet installations.
- Red tape and high costs have long held the city back from addressing the issue.
Every time Leah Goodridge leaves her home in New York City, she performs the same exercise: figuring out

SEE PROJECT HAIL MARY EARLY: Prime members have the chance to see the highly anticipated Project Hail Mary at an exclusive early screening four days before its nationwide release. Tickets are now available — secure yours while supplies last.

Online privacy is in short supply, but that doesn't make it any less important. Your data is seriously valuable stuff, and you should be doing everything you can to protect it when navigating the online world. And if you watch porn, you should be even more vigilant.
We're going to take a wild guess that you'd prefer to be protected from the prying eyes of advertisers, your internet service provider
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- Many NYC small businesses are struggling with rising rents.
- New York State lawmakers have proposed legislation to stabilize commercial rents.
- Real estate industry interests say the measure would be 'destructive' for property owners.
Henry Yao's 200-square-foot military surplus shop on New York's Lower East

TL;DR: Lego Insiders can exchange Insiders points for the Mini Pokémon Center. Points are available to redeem from Pokémon Day (Feb. 27), while stocks last.

TL;DR: The Lego Pokémon Kanto Region Badge Collection comes as a free gift with orders for the new Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise set.

Today's Connections: Sports Edition is for people who love sports movies and shows.
As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.
Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new
