NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for May 19

NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for May 19

Get excited—there's another New York Times game to add to your daily routine! Those of us word game addicts who already playWordle,Connections,Strandsand theMini Crosswordnow have Connections Sports Edition to add to the mix.So, if you're looking for some hints and answers for today's Connections Sports Edition on Monday, May 19, 2025, you've come to the right place.Related:The 26 Funniest NYT Connections Game Memes You'll Appreciate if You Do This Daily Word Puzzle Connections Sports Edition is just like the regular Connections word puzzle, in that it's a game that resets at 12 a.m. EST each day and has 16 different words listed. It's up to you to figure out each group of four words that belong to a certain category, with four categories in total.This new version is sports-specific, however, as a partnership between The New York Times and The Athletic.As the NYT site instructs, for Connections Sports Edition, you "group sports terms that share a common thread." Here are some hints about the four categories to help you figure out the word groupings. Yellow:What you might do when you're winning. Green:What a ballpark ticket will say. Blue:Timothée Chalamet loves this team. Purple:These words precede the same word that means "halt." OK, time for a second hint… we'll give you the actual categories now. Spoilers below! Yellow:BOAST Green:STADIUM SEATING SECTIONS Blue:NEW YORK KNICKS Purple:__ STOP If you're looking for the answers, no worries—we've got them below. So, don't scroll any further if you don't want to see the solutions!The answers to today's Connections Sports Edition #238 are coming up next.Related:15 Fun Games Like Connections to Play Every Day BOAST:CROW, GLOAT, GRANDSTAND, SHOWBOAT STADIUM SEATING SECTIONS:BLEACHER, LOGE, SUITES, UPPER DECK NEW YORK KNICKS: BRIDGES, HART, MCBRIDE, TOWNS __STOP: BACK, JUMP, PIT, SHORT Don't worry if you didn't get them this time—we've all been there.Up next,catch up on the answers to recent Wordle puzzles.

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NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for May 19

NYT Connections Sports Edition Today: Hints and Answers for May 19 Get excited—there's another New York Times game to add to your daily ...

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Queen Camilla Poses with Her New Rescue Dog, 'Mischievous Moley,' In Pup's Debut Portrait

Queen Camilla Poses with Her New Rescue Dog, 'Mischievous Moley,' In Pup's Debut Portrait

The Royal Family/Instagram Queen Camilla revealed the first portrait of her new rescue dog via Instagram on Sunday, May 18 She adopted Moley, whom she referred to as "mischievous," from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home in London earlier this year The Queen is set to visit the Chelsea Flower Show on Monday, May 19, where she will view a new garden designed especially for dogs Queen Camillais a proud dog mom as she cradles her new rescue dog, Moley in charming new images released by Buckingham Palace on Sunday, May 18. The Queen, 77, sharedthe idea behind the pup's unusual namewhen it was first revealed that she had adopted him back in February from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. Explaining that the animal "looks like a mole," Camilla also noted that she adopted him at around eight weeks old after the death of Beth, her Jack Russell terrier. The charming new portraits come ahead of Camilla andKing Charles' visit to the Royal Horticultural Society's Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 19. As part of their tour of the world-famous horticultural exhibition, the couple will view a space designed especially for dogs. A feature of the RHS and BBC Radio 2 garden includes a path made of bricks that are decorated with the names of RHS patrons' dogs, including Camilla's adopted Jack Russell Terrier Bluebell, Moley, andBeth, who died in 2024.King Charles' dog Snuff is also featured. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Royal Family (@theroyalfamily) The garden, which features grass areas for dogs to enjoy and a large tree providing shade, will live on after the annual flower show at the nearby Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, of which Camilla is patron. In February, when Camilla revealed she had found a new dog to add to her family, she explained how, like Beth, Moley had come from the London rescue center. She said Moley was a "bit of everything," and the palace clarified Moley was born on Dec. 26. Her mother is half Jack Russell Terrier, while the father's breed is unknown. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Moley's arrival came a few months after Queen Camilla's rescue dog Beth, died of what was said to be an untreatable tumor. In November 2024, the royal family announced the news via social media: "A sad farewell to Beth, The Queen's much-loved companion from @Battersea Dogs and Cats Home who brought such joy, whether on walkies, helping on official duties or curled up by the fire." Can't get enough of PEOPLE's Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more! Beth — a Jack Russell Terrier that Camilla adopted in 2011 — was such a favorite of Camilla that she wasincluded alongside her other rescue dog, Bluebell, on her coronation dress. The dogs' likenesses were embroidered near the trim of her gown by designer Bruce Oldfield. Read the original article onPeople

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Queen Camilla Poses with Her New Rescue Dog, 'Mischievous Moley,' In Pup's Debut Portrait

Queen Camilla Poses with Her New Rescue Dog, 'Mischievous Moley,' In Pup's Debut Portrait The Royal Family/Instagram Queen Camil...

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Kylie Jenner Shares Glimpse into Her Family Vacation with Stormi, Aire and Sister Kendall — See the Photos!

Kylie Jenner Shares Glimpse into Her Family Vacation with Stormi, Aire and Sister Kendall — See the Photos!

Kylie Jenner/Instagram Kylie Jenner has shared a series of snaps from her family vacation with sister Kendall Jenner and her two children, Stormi and Aire The family took in the idyllic sunset from the beach in the carousel of Instagram photos Kylie shares Stormi and Aire with her rapper ex Travis Scott Kylie Jenneris in vacation mode! On Sunday, May 18, the Kylie Cosmetics founder, 27, shared a collection of snaps from an idyllic trip with her children — 7-year-old daughterStormiand 3-year-old sonAire— and her sisterKendall Jenner. In the carousel of photos shared onInstagram, Kylie captured the family's time at the beach, including taking in the sunset. One sweet shot showed Stormi drinking out of a coconut as her proud mom watched with a smile. The mommy-and-daughter duo matched in black bikinis, with Kylie sporting a black string top and a matching hair clip, while Stormi wore her hair in braids. Kylie Jenner/Instagram Fans were quick to comment on how much her daughter has grown, with one writing, "stormi is so big I CANT BELIEVE IT." A second added, "stormi is a big girl now 😭." The PEOPLE Appis now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! More pictures showed Stormi sitting in the ocean amid the sunset and Kylie taking a dip with her two kids, while sister Kendall, 29, could be seen flashing a huge smile as she threw her arms up in the arms while wearing a red string bikini top and wrapped in a white towel, which matched the white flower in her hair. Kylie Jenner/Instagram One adorable clip also showed son Aire excitedly screaming and laughing as he ran across the sand while his big sister splashed about in the water. "sunset series," Kylie wrote in the caption. Kylie has been sharing plenty of snaps from her and Kendall's tropical vacation, including ones of the siblings posing for someplayful photosin the ocean at sunset and of herself lying in the sand while sporting atiny floral-patterned string bikini. "Good morning," she captioned one of her Instagram Stories posts. Kylie Jenner/Instagram Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The Kardashiansstar's latest post from her trip comes after shegushed about her daughter Stormialongside a touching photo. "You changed my life goosey girl. loving you is the easiest thing i have ever done 🤍," Kylie wrote in the caption. Read the original article onPeople

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Kylie Jenner Shares Glimpse into Her Family Vacation with Stormi, Aire and Sister Kendall — See the Photos!

Kylie Jenner Shares Glimpse into Her Family Vacation with Stormi, Aire and Sister Kendall — See the Photos! Kylie Jenner/Instagram Kylie Jen...

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Trump taps his most trusted officials to do as many as four jobs — at the same time

Trump taps his most trusted officials to do as many as four jobs — at the same time

WASHINGTON — Jamieson Greer has a big job — three of them, actually. As U.S. trade representative, Greer has been flying around the world at Donald Trump's behest, negotiating with countries over the tariffs that the president imposed. On top of that, he is the government's official watchdog. The White House has appointed Greer both acting director of the Office of Government Ethics and acting head of the Office of Special Counsel. Cutting trade deals to Trump's liking is one thing. Holding the Trump administration accountable for ethical lapses is something different. The missions would seem incompatible. Yet Greer's hybrid role isn't so much an anomaly in Trump's second term as a norm. Trump has taken some Cabinet members and senior administration officials and layered on additional work that calls for wholly different sets of skills. Daniel Driscoll is secretary of the Army, but also the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The first job is about keeping soldiers in fighting trim; the second includes cracking down on contraband cigarettes. Marco Rubio is secretary of state, national security adviser and, for good measure, acting head of the National Archives and Records Administration, with its collection of rare documents that include Thomas Edison's patent application for the light bulb. He is also the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development — or what's left of it, anyway, after the Trump administration effectively dismantled it. Trump recently named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche the acting head of the Library of Congress. The Justice Department upholds the nation's laws and advances Trump's agenda; the library is supposed to give lawmakers independent research they request. The dual postings give rise to a tangle of managerial challenges, constitutional questions and potential conflicts of interest, critics contend. If a whistleblower comes forward and alleges wrongdoing at Greer's trade office, can he give the complaint a fair hearing? Is Rubio equipped to forge a peace deal in Ukraine while also ensuring that visitors have a rewarding experience at the Herbert Hoover library in West Branch, Iowa, and the 15 other presidential libraries the Archives runs? "It is the model of a confused startup operation," said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor at Yale University's school of management. Congressional Democrats have taken note of the appointments and objected to what they describe as an end-run around the Senate's right to confirm or reject presidential appointments. Greer was confirmed by the Senate as trade representative, but not as head of the special counsel or ethics offices. Rubio was confirmed as secretary of state, but not as the archivist. Blanche was confirmed for his Justice Department post, but not as acting librarian. Beyond that, the library's own rules state that the acting librarian must come from within the institution — a provision that would seem to rule out Blanche. (Indeed, the library disputes that Blanche is now in charge; a library official, Robert Newlen, sent an email to employees last week identifying himself as the acting librarian.) "It's the Library ofCongress;not the Library of the Attorney General or the Library of the President," Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said. "This is a really offensive defiance of the constitutional role that the Senate has to play," Blumenthal added. "Putting someone in that role who's been approved for a different job is a thumb in the eye of the Senate." Then there's the matter of workload. Any one of these jobs can fill 24 hours in a day. Stacking one atop another would appear to strain the limits of human endurance. In an interview last week withCNBC, Greer was asked how much sleep he gets a night. Four or five hours, he said. He had just returned from Switzerland where he took part in trade talks with China. Once he was done with his TV interviews for the day, he said he would get on the phone and talk trade with India's commerce minister. Later in the week, he flew to South Korea for a summit meeting with his overseas trade counterparts. Asked if Greer has shown up yet at the Office of Special Counsel in Washington, D.C., a spokesman for the office said: "No comment." One sign of the enormity of Greer's portfolio is that he's off-loaded part of it to an underling. He has tapped another Office of Special Counsel official, Charles Baldis, to act as his designee. Greer consults with Baldis, who is running the office on his behalf, an Office of Special Counsel aide told NBC News. A spokesperson for the U.S. trade representative did not respond to questions or make Greer available for comment. "These jobs are difficult for people to do singly," said Max Stier, founding president of the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit group devoted to improving government performance. "They require absolute and overwhelming commitment to do only one of them, and there's no way on God's green Earth someone can do multiples effectively. That has deep problems for decision-making and the capacity of these organizations to do their own work and for the morale of the workforce." A White House spokesman defended the president's managerial practices. "The president understands that he's built a team of extremely qualified people that can be dual-hatted and get the job done," said Harrison Fields, the White House's principal deputy press secretary. He added that "the president has incredible amounts of trust and confidence in those that are holding multiple roles, and he appreciates their commitment to his administration and the country." "Show me a situation where a ball was dropped," Fields said. "Show me a situation where the president's agenda failed. No one can do that. The president has a team of people who are able to walk and chew gum at the same time." President Joe Biden's administration, by contrast, was staffed by "so-called experts that ran our country into the ground," Fields continued. An emerging pattern is that Trump wants his most trusted officials in roles that are important to his interests. Consider Rubio. Earlier this month, Trump took the unusual step oftouting Rubioas a potential successor. "He trusts Marco," a Trump adviser told NBC News. The Archives job handed to Rubio would seem a governmental backwater, but it played an important role in the events leading to Trump's indictment in 2023 over his retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home after he left office. The Archives notified Trump's attorneys four months after he left office in 2021 that it wasmissing some of his presidential records, including his correspondence with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The following year, the Archives' inspector general sent a referral letter to the Justice Department noting that Trump had retained "highly classified records" after leaving office. Trump repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannondismissed the caselast year. "When he [Trump] returned to the White House in January 2025, he wasted little time in purging NARA's top leadership to make room for loyal officials more likely to do his bidding — or even to turn a blind eye to future legal violations, including of the Presidential Records Act," American Oversight, a nonprofit watchdog group,said in a statement. Another advantage for Trump in keeping a small circle of the same decision-makers is that it suppresses any challenges to his authority, former officials and good-government groups contend. "If you give 20 jobs to one person, they're not going to have time to think independently," said John Bolton, a former national security adviser who served in Trump's first term. "They'll just do what he [Trump] tells them to do." Upset as some lawmakers may be, there doesn't seem to be much they can do to stop Trump from concentrating key jobs in the hands of a few people. Last month, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and three other Democratic members of Congress sent Greera letterasking him to resign from his ethics jobs, arguing that he can't carry them out impartially. "Dear Ambassador, Acting Special Counsel and Acting Director Greer," the letter began. Greer sent a reply, but it didn't include an agreement to resign or much detail, a Democratic congressional aide told NBC News. "We're thinking about next steps," the aide added.

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May 19, 2025

Trump taps his most trusted officials to do as many as four jobs — at the same time

Trump taps his most trusted officials to do as many as four jobs — at the same time WASHINGTON — Jamieson Greer has a big job — three of the...

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Beloved Texas grandma followed all her robber's demands. Then he set her on fire.

Beloved Texas grandma followed all her robber's demands. Then he set her on fire.

Nancy Judith Harris and her three granddaughters had a special name for the Fridays they spent together, buying trinkets at Dollar Tree, eating McDonald's and playing for hours back home in the Dallas area. They called them "Nini Days," based on the name they used for their Grandma Harris. "She loved it. The girls loved it," Harris' daughter-in-law and the girls' mother, Elizabeth Harris, told USA TODAY. For years, Fridays were Nini Days. Until May 20, 2012. Just like any other Sunday, Harris opened up the Fina Whip-in convenience store where she had worked for about five years. But instead of clocking out like normal, Harris left the store in an ambulance, with second- to fourth-degree burns covering much of her body after a robber poured lighter fluid over her head and set her on fire. Harris succumbed to the burns when she was taken off life support five days later. She was 76. Now 13 years later, Harris' convicted killer − Matthew Lee Johnson − is set to beexecuted by lethal injectionon Tuesday, May 20. Johnson has never claimed innocence and his attorney says he deeply regrets the murder. To honor her memory, USA TODAY is looking back at Harris' tragic death and more importantly, her beautiful life. On May 20, 2012, Harris was working as a clerk at the convenience store Fina Whip-In in the Dallas suburb of Garland. Johnson walked into the store and behind the sales counter where Harris stood, and then poured lighter fluid over her head, court documents say. As Harris tried to open the cash register, Johnson took two lighters from a display, two packs of cigarettes and tried to remove a ring from Harris' finger. Court documents say that when the ring didn't budge, Johnson licked his own fingers to help slide it off. Once Harris finally got the register open, Johnson took all of the cash and some coins from the tray, according to court documents. Almost immediately after Johnson took the money, surveillance video footage showed flames shooting up above the register, as Johnson had lit Harris on fire. Court documents say that Harris, engulfed in flames, ran to a nearby sink to try to put them out. At the same time, Johnson "calmly" walked out of the convenience store, stopping to grab some candy, court documents state. Unable to put out the fire, Harris went outside and yelled for help. Two police officers, a firefighter and a paramedic responded, extinguishing Harris and taking her to a hospital by ambulance. Harris sustained second- to fourth-degree burns over 40% of her body, including her face, arms, hands, legs and chest. Because of the severity of the injuries to her neck and face, Harris was placed on a ventilator, but her treatment team determined that she was not going to survive. On May 25, 2012, Harris was taken off life support and passed away. She left behind four sons, John, Bryan, Scot and Chris. Bryan passed away at the age of 64 in February. For several years up until her death, Harris' Friday afternoons were spent doting on her three granddaughters, Lorelai, Hannah and Olivia Harris, who are now 23, 21 and 18. Supporting her grandchildren was perhaps one of Harris' greatest pleasures, Harris' daughter-in-law and the girls' mother, Elizabeth Harris, told USA TODAY. "She didn't miss anything of the kids. If there was an event for the grandkids, she was there," Elizabeth said. Around the time Elizabeth and Harris' son Chris got married in 2000, Harris had a health scare, and doctors told her she needed to cut down on sodium. Initially, Harris tried to cut out all salt. "(She) just wanted to make sure she was there to watch the kids graduate and get married and all of the things," Elizabeth said. "She took it seriously when they (doctors) told her, 'You need to take care of your health.' After that, she was as healthy as humanly possible so that she could be there for her grandkids and her family." When she wasn't with her grandkids, Harris was cheering on theDallas Cowboys. Elizabeth described her late mother-in-law as a "die hard" fan. "Nancy was not a very tall person. She was about 4-foot-11 on a very good day and she broke her ceiling fan cheering for the Cowboys," Elizabeth said. "She jumped up so high she smacked it." Harris worked at the Fina Whip-In for about five or six years to make some extra money during retirement, Elizabeth said. She worked part-time morning shifts but made sure to have Fridays off for "Nini Days." South Garland High School is right around the corner from the convenience store, and Elizbeth said her mother-in-law had a good relationship with the students who stopped in before school. "The kids did love her," Elizabeth said. "I mean, everybody knew Nancy at the gas station. Even now, 13 years later, I'll mention it, and somebody's like, 'That's your mother-in-law?' Everybody knew who she was." As Johnson's execution nears, Elizabeth said that she and her family are ready for it all to be over. "It is just to the point where ... we're just tired and we just want it to be over with and done with," she said. "The truth of the matter is, there's no such thing as as 'healing.' You don't heal. Days get easier, but there's no day where it's totally healed." She said that she and her husband Chris will be among the witnesses to Johnson's execution just north of Houston, as will Harris' other two living sons, Scot and John, and Scot's daughter Shelby. She said that one of Harris' granddaughters is about to walk across the graduation stage at her high school in two weeks. "And (Nancy) is not going to be there. Our oldest got married, she wasn't there," she added. "It's all those little things. She would've been there. She wouldn't have missed it for the world." Contributing: Nick Penzenstadler Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Story idea? Email her atgcross@usatoday.com. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Beloved Texas grandma obeyed robber's demands. Then he set her on fire

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May 19, 2025

Beloved Texas grandma followed all her robber's demands. Then he set her on fire.

Beloved Texas grandma followed all her robber's demands. Then he set her on fire. Nancy Judith Harris and her three granddaughters had a...

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