New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The NYT Strands spangram for October 15, 2026, is LIGHTHOUSE, and the six theme answers are BEACON, STAIRCASE, DOME, LANTERN, TOWER and GALLERY. Puzzle #956 carries the theme clu... Read More
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Ohio took in nearly twice as many new unemployment claims last week as the week before, in the same days that 1,341 truck workers in Springfield were due to lose their jobs, whi... Read More
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- For two afternoons this week, the grid operator for 13 states and the District of Columbia paid customers to use less electricity, while keeping in reserve a federal order that ... Read More
KABUL, Oct. 16 -- A 13-year-old girl was held overnight by Taliban virtue and vice inspectors over how she wore her hijab, and was released the next day when her father came to collect her. Her case a... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Universal Pictures put a title and a 365-day countdown on its next Mummy film Thursday, and the date attached to it is a little over seven months earlier than the one the studio ... Read More
NEW YORK, Oct. 16 -- Many Palestinian communities in the West Bank began picking their olives early this year, before the harvest officially opened on Thursday, to lower the risk of attack, the UN hum... Read More
LYON, Oct. 16 -- Colombian police safeguarded a five-year-old victim and arrested the child's parent, who INTERPOL says had been producing and selling abuse material online. The case sits inside a sev... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- LOS ANGELES - Miguel Rojas stayed in uniform long after the Dodgers had run out of baseball. In a clubhouse confronting the end of its championship reign, the veteran infielder t... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- a telephoto lens. Preorders for the iPhone Duo open Friday, October 16, at 5 a.m. Pacific, or 8 a.m. Eastern, with availability beginning October 23. The date moves the device f... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Google said on October 15 that its Android Earthquake Alerts System is expanding from 98 countries and regions to more than 200, adding Panama and Guatemala among many others. Th... Read More