As a genre, the “award acceptance lecture” is little more than a formality and a banality. But there is at least one charming exception to this rule—the talks given by the foremost computer scientists ...

A renewed push by Arlington's cold‑case unit has apparently solved one of the city's most brutal homicides, 14 years after police say a woman was stabbed nearly 100 times in her apartment. Arlington ...

Decades after a pair of young North Texas girls were kidnapped from their neighborhoods in two separate abductions, law enforcement in Plano and Dallas still hadn't identified the man responsible. So, ...

More than 30 years after an Alaska man vanished without a trace, an anonymous confession breathed new life into the cold case and ultimately led investigators to the alleged killer. Christopher Popps, ...

The New York Times has carved out a niche in digital word puzzles with games like Connections, a daily brain teaser designed to challenge logic and language skills. The July 11 puzzle (#1126) brought ...

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According to the SAE, formerly known as the Society of Automotive Engineers (now SAE International), there are six levels of automated driving, with only Level 5 being fully driverless. Self-driving ...

Need some help solving the July 18, 2026, editionof NYT Connections? Here are some clues and hints to guide you through today’s puzzle and save your winning streak. Connections by The New York Times ...