Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 873 for Friday, July 24. Today’s Strands puzzle isn’t too tough.

Like a group of scheming teens shifting their conversation when a teacher walks by, sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) ...

The Reform UK leader announced he will quit as an MP on Tuesday to fight a “people versus the establishment” by-election in his Essex constituency. But all of the main political parties have said they ...

Did you know that you can now use Windows Update to reinstall your current Windows 11 version without losing data? Yes, this new feature lets you reinstall your current Windows 11 version using ...

Other states with vote-by-mail manage to count much more quickly. By Maia Spoto California’s election process is notoriously time-consuming, in part because of the state’s reliance on mail-in voting, ...

Experts say speeding up the count in California would take more resources, but also scaling back rules that expand voting access. By Laurel Rosenhall Jill Cowan and Livia Albeck-Ripka Laurel Rosenhall ...

Since election night in California, a single theory of election fraud has taken root like no other among online conspiracy theorists, bot accounts, conservative influencers and people close to ...

The slog of tallying up votes in California continued Friday as some races hang in the ballots. Here is where we stand: So how many ballots are left to be counted? There are an estimated 3.6 million ...

While Tuesday marks Election Day in California, the results for races across the state may not come in for days, or even weeks. In the Golden State, mail-in ballots are valid so long as they are ...

LAUNDRY AND USING FILTERED WATER FOR DRINKING. THERE ARE MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE ON THE STREETS OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY. A RECENT COUNT FOUND MORE THAN 7400 PEOPLE WITHOUT HOUSING. KCRA 3’S PEYTON HEADLEE ...

Sperm whales’ click-based communication system has patterns that echo how human languages use vowels, according to a new study published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Have you ever wondered why your C: drive fills up so quickly, even after allocating 100 GB or more of storage to it? Running low on storage can prevent ...