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Word Game: March 15, 2023

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:06:28 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — KINDLES (KINDLES: KIN-d’ls: Starts a fire burning; lights.)Average mark 32 wordsTime limit 40 minutesCan you find 39 or more words in KINDLES? The list will be published tomorrow.YESTERDAY’S WORD — UNICORNS union unison uric noun icon incur incus inro iron coin coir conn corn cousin curio onus ours rosin ruin scion scorn scour sonic sourTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.Contact Word Game creator Kathleen Saxe at [email protected].

Horoscopes March 15, 2023: Eva Longoria, don’t give up on love

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:06:28 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Kellan Lutz, 38; will.i.am, 48; Eva Longoria, 48; Bret Michaels, 60.Happy Birthday: Separating personal and professional situations will make it easier to bring about positive change. Organize your time to safeguard against weakness or criticism due to falling behind or giving up on an aspect of your life that needs nurturing. Prepare to change what isn’t working for you and replace it with a plan encouraging success. Don’t give up on love. Your numbers are 5, 12, 17, 22, 35, 38, 42.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Put more emphasis on how you look and feel. Embrace trends and pursue knowledge and experience to help you stay ahead of anyone competing with you. Romance should be a priority. Make a promise that stabilizes your personal life. 5 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Push your plans forward and gather knowledge, experience and skills to ensure you can go the distance. Decide who to trust, and work in unison to get things done. Maintain focus ...

Washington FBI Chief ‘concerned all the time’ about terrorism, spies and crime

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:06:28 GMT

Two months into the job, the head of the Washington Field Office (WFO) of the FBI, is “concerned all the time” about a diverse group of threats facing the region.Terrorism, spies and a wide variety of crimes dominate the attention of David Sundberg, Assistant Director in Charge at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.More National Security NewsMore National NewsWhile not pointing to any imminent threat, he said “the District of Columbia, being the seat of the federal government, is a symbolic target for those who might attack our way of life using violence in furtherance of their beliefs.”Speaking to a group of reporters at WFO’s headquarters, he said the unique nature of Washington requires that they focus on multiple avenues that a terror attack might emerge from.David Sundberg, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI. (Courtesy David Sundberg, Assistant Director in Charge)Whether it’s a single, isolated individual inspired through ideology to commit acts of violence; or a gr...

Austrian police warn of the danger of an ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting churches in Vienna

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:06:28 GMT

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian police warn of the danger of an ‘Islamist-motivated attack’ targeting churches in Vienna.Source

QB Heinicke leaves Washington, signing with Falcons

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:06:28 GMT

Quarterback Taylor Heinicke’s time with the Washington Commanders is over.The signal caller plans to sign a two-year deal worth up to $20 million to join the Atlanta Falcons. The NFL Network was the first to report his departure.More Sports NewsHeinicke confirmed his exit from Washington in an Instagram post, thanking fans for supporting him during his time with the Commanders.“The love and support has been unmatched the last couple years,” he said. “The memories I’ll cherish forever. You gave me a second chance and it’s forever changed my life.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taylor Heinicke (@taylorheinicke)For Heinicke, it’s a homecoming. He was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and played at Collins Hills High School in suburban Atlanta.Heinicke, who turns 30 on Wednesday, started 24 regular-season games over two seasons in Washington, completing 64% of his passes for 5,278 yards with 32 touchdowns and 21 interceptions. H...

Denver weather: Nearing 70 before rain, snow arrives Wednesday night

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:06:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Above-average temperatures will be across the Front Range Wednesday with extra clouds before rain and snow arrive after sunset in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Warm and cloudyDenver and the Front Range will be near 70 degrees Wednesday afternoon with clouds increasing through the day. 2 years ago, a blizzard brought 27 inches of snow to Denver Snow will push into the mountains today with rain at lower elevations where it is warmer. Winds will pick up later in the day as well.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast for March 15. Weather tonight: Rain changes to snowRain arrives after sunset and can be spotty after midnight. This is the oldest town in Colorado Rain will change to snow in Denver by 3 a.m. with winds increasing overnight. Clouds linger with the snow sticking around through 9 a.m. Thursday in the metro.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast for March 15.Looking ahead: Cooler temps into the weekendSnow will continue in the foothills through most ...

More than 200,000 customers without power in the Northeast as strong winds from a departing nor’easter threaten more outages

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:06:28 GMT

    (CNN) — Parts of a nor’easter that buried portions of the Northeast under feet of snow and left hundreds of thousands without power will linger Wednesday over New England, where it is expected to bring limited snow but heavy winds that could cause more outages before shifting off the coast.An additional 1 to 4 inches of snowfall is forecast over parts of upstate New York and New England on Wednesday, the National Weather Service says, after some parts of the region were pummeled with more than 2 feet of snow Tuesday.Several communities reported snowfall of 36 inches by Tuesday night, including the towns of Moriah and Stony Creek in New York, and Marlboro, Vermont. In Beacon, New York, 43 inches of snow was reported but that number may be inaccurate based on totals in surrounding areas.Though snowfall will taper off significantly overnight, strong winds with gusts of up to 50 mph could blow through areas of the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast throughout the morning.Int...

EU and Thailand revive trade talks after yearslong hiatus

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:06:28 GMT

The European Union and Thailand are relaunching negotiations on a free trade deal, the European Commission said Wednesday.The announcement, which confirmed an earlier report by POLITICO, follows a virtual meeting between EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis and Jurin Laksanawisit, Thailand’s deputy prime minister and minister of commerce.“A modern, dynamic EU-Thailand [free trade agreement] would benefit both sides & strengthen/diversify EU trade ties with Indo-Pacific,” Dombrovskis said on Twitter.With such an agreement, the two sides want to boost trade and investment, the Commission said in a press release, aiming to enhance market access for goods, for example, align food safety standards and deal with intellectual property rights.“Sustainability will also be at the heart of this agreement,” the Commission said.Trade in goods between the EU and Thailand is worth some €42 billion.Brussels froze trade talks with Bangkok following a military...

France’s interior minister to force Paris garbage collectors back to work

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:06:28 GMT

The French government is stepping up its game in order to tackle the mounds of uncollected garbage littered across the City of Lights.As politicians battle it out over who was to blame for the tons of trash piled up in the streets of the French capital, where garbage collectors have been on strike for 10 days, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin intervened Tuesday evening saying he would force garbage collectors back to their jobs.Darmanin warned Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo that, “given the sanitary conditions,” he intended to “requisition employees on strike” and force them to get back to work, the interior ministry told POLITICO’s Paris Playbook.Should the mayor fail to act, the government “will step in in the next few hours,” the minister said.Paris Deputy Mayor Colombe Brossel called the minister’s request “a new proof of the government’s contempt” for popular dissent, and said it interfered with workers’ constit...

What’s known — and not — about US drone and Russia jet crash

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:06:28 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — When a Russian fighter jet collided with a large U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, it was a rare but serious incident that triggered a U.S. diplomatic protest and raised concerns about the possibility Russia could recover sensitive technology.U.S. and Russian officials had conflicting accounts of the collision between the MQ-9 Reaper drone and the Russian Su-27 fighter jet — each blaming the other. But a Pentagon spokesman raised the possibility that the Defense Department could eventually declassify and release video it has of the collision.Defense officials said the drone has not been recovered. But the Pentagon declined to say whether any effort was underway to gather debris or pieces of the Reaper.Here’s what’s known — and uncertain — about the crash.WHAT THE US SAYS HAPPENEDThe Pentagon and U.S. European Command said that two Russian Su-27 aircraft dumped fuel on the MQ-9, which was conducting a routine surv...