
Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, September 17, 2023
Can you sort 8 historical events? The first tanks, the first SMS message, and an asteroid.
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Can you sort 8 historical events? The first tanks, the first SMS message, and an asteroid.

There’s no shortage of solid hypotheses, and the best explanation may be a combination of them.
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Democrats appear resilient in the battleground states despite a nationwide loss of nonwhite support. New issues may be one reason.
By Nate Cohn and

Unlike many elite colleges, most flagship public colleges are “pretty fair in who gets in.”
By Aatish Bhatia and

A Tradition Going Strong: Brides Who Take Their Husbands’ Names
The women least likely to do so tend to be liberal or highly educated or Hispanic, new data shows.
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Does Obamacare Explain Medicare’s Spending Slowdown?
Readers offered theories of their own on a big budget mystery.
By Alicia Parlapiano and

The Plight of the N.F.L. Running Back
A combination of factors has devalued one of the marquee positions in all of American sports.
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Spelling Bee Buddy: Personalized Hints That Update as You Play
Customized hints that update based on your progress in today’s puzzle.
By Neil Berg, Matthew Conlen, Josh Katz, Aaron Krolik, Eve Washington and

WordleBot: Your Daily, Personalized Wordle Score
First, play today’s Wordle. Then come here.
By Josh Katz and
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This week featured the toughest word since this feature started in April.
By Eve Washington, Josh Katz and Tom Giratikanon

The agency now must decide whether products containing the ingredient, like some Sudafed and NyQuil products, should no longer be sold or perhaps give companies lead time to substitute other ingredients.
By Christina Jewett and Roni Caryn Rabin

The cream rose in finding this week’s most challenging word.
By Eve Washington, Josh Katz and Tom Giratikanon

Test your knowledge of history by sorting eight events in chronological order.

Yes, there’s reason for skepticism, but also reason for concern for Democrats, particularly over turnout.
By Nate Cohn

It’s a weakness that could manifest itself as low Democratic turnout even if Trump and Republicans don’t gain among those groups.
By Nate Cohn

Instead of growing and growing, as it always had, spending per Medicare beneficiary has nearly leveled off over more than a decade.
By Margot Sanger-Katz, Alicia Parlapiano and Josh Katz

City centers may have to be reimagined to solve the problem of vacant storefronts.
By Emily Badger

Test your knowledge of history by sorting eight events in chronological order.

“Honey” easily attracted Bee adherents, but players had only isolated success with “abbacy.”
By Eve Washington, Josh Katz and Tom Giratikanon
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