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It seems like lately, there's a new — and confounding — political melee surrounding a company branding decision every other week. One company sniffles, and someone declares it woke. Another coughs, and it's white supremacist. Just look at what happened with American Eagle and Cracker Barrel over the summer. Or a couple of years ago, when the green M&M got sneakers. The

The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.

With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.

So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be

• Paul Graham is the cofounder of Y Combinator.
• The startup incubator has funded several prominent companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit.
• Graham said students are better off learning new things than

• The MTV Video Music Awards were held in New York City on Sunday night.
• Stars like Sabrina Carpenter and Ice Spice made a splash on the red carpet with their colorful looks.
• Other celebrities, like Chance the Rapper, wore outfits that missed the mark.

Music's biggest stars gathered in New York City's UBS Arena

• Ukraine's drone strikes on oil refineries are triggering fuel crises in parts of Russia.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has touted coal to offset gas shortages and a strained energy system.
• Fuel shortages and economic fallout impact Russia's infrastructure and wartime finances.

Parts of Russia are in the midst of a fuel crisis as Ukrainian

• Rosé's hit song with Bruno Mars, "APT," won the "Song of the Year" award at the 2025 VMAs.
• It's the first K-pop song to have won in the VMAs category.
• An emotional Rosé thanked Mars in her acceptance speech, calling him her "absolute idol."

Rosé from Blackpink just secured a massive win for K-pop.

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• President Donald Trump said foreign companies should bring workers in legally or hire Americans.
• Hundreds of workers were detained in an ICE raid on a Hyundai facility in Georgia on Thursday.
• South Korea says it has finished talks with the US to

• Early-stage startups shouldn't hire growth teams too soon, said Meta's chief marketing officer.
• Founders should treat growth as their top responsibility, Alex Schultz said.
• The shift to hiring a growth team should happen much later than most startups

• Ukraine intercepted 150 Russian drones in one night with air defense drones, Zelenskyy said.
• That's roughly a fifth of the drones Russia launched in its biggest attack yet.
• It's another sign of Ukraine's all-out push to turn a once-novel concept into a pillar of air defense.

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The Full Moon has passed, which means each night until the New Moon, we'll see less and less moon each night. This happens as we progress through the lunar cycle.

The lunar cycle is a series of eight unique phases of the moon's visibility. The whole cycle takes about 29.5 days, according to NASA, and these different phases happen as the Sun lights up different parts of the moon whilst it orbits

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine.

There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it'll take you to the next hurdle, providing the answer to the last hurdle as your first guess. This can give