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Wordle: The Party Game, an offline version of the original online word puzzle, will allow two to four players to compete in person and is set to release this fall.

Wordle is about to become a board game. Can it compete with the classic?

Hasbro has partnered with the New York Times Co. to make a party game inspired by the hit digital puzzle. The ability to easily share your results on social media was part of the original game's draw.

Ludovico Einaudi: Tiny Desk Concert

The Italian pianist and composer brings his emotional and reflective music to the Tiny Desk.

A satellite image shows a natural color view of active fire lines from the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon fires, near Las Vegas, New Mexico, on May 11.

New Mexico wildfire sparks backlash against controlled burns. That's bad for the West

Experts worry a devastating wildfire in New Mexico, partly started by a controlled burn that got out of control, may create a backlash against this important forest management tool.

Richard Moore, who is scheduled for execution later this month, has chosen to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair.

A South Carolina death row inmate picks a firing squad over the electric chair

Richard Bernard Moore is the first prisoner in South Carolina to face the choice of execution methods since the state made electrocution the default and gave inmates the option to face rifles instead.

How Americans are adjusting to record inflation

Americans have cut back what they're buying at gas stations and grocery stores in response to rising prices. But their spending overall has remained fairly steady.

Firefighters remove rubble following a Russian airstrike in the central city of Vinnytsia on Thursday that Ukrainian officials said killed more than 20 people and injured dozens more.

A Russian strike on a humanitarian hub is part of a pattern, Ukrainian officials say

More than 20 people were killed when Russian missiles hit several buildings in Vinnytsia, a central city that has become a major logistical hub for humanitarian aid and military operations.

Families of Sandy Hook victims reach settlement with Remington

Families of victims killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have reached an agreement that should end their lawsuit with the gunmaker that produced the murder weapon.

A screen grab from the surveillance video that recorded an attack on a woman of Asian descent in Yonkers, N.Y., on March 11. The 42-year-old male suspect has been charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of assault as a hate crime.

Man arrested for the violent hate-crime beating of an Asian woman in N.Y., police say

In a surveillance video released by police, the suspect is shown punching the victim in the face and head more than 125 times. He is being charged with attempted murder.

Ukrainian farmer Mykhailo Liubchenko, 72, says he'll likely burn the field he stands in front of because unexploded ordnance makes harvesting the grain possibly fatal.

Ukraine's farmers face Russia's blockade and explosives on their lands this harvest

Farmers in Ukraine begin to harvest this year's wheat, barley and rapeseed crops as diplomats try to negotiate an end to Russia's Black Sea blockade of exports.

A roll of stickers reading "I voted today" sit on a table at a polling location in Summerville, S.C., during midterm primary elections on June 14, 2022.

In a time of national division, polarizing primaries are part of the problem

It is said the best medicine for what ails democracy is more democracy. But what does more democracy mean? If it just means more of the kind of politics we have now then it hardly offers a remedy.

The hip-hop visionary and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is back.

Kendrick Lamar returns, 5 years later and a world away

The Pulitzer-winning rapper has returned with his first solo release since 2017's DAMN.

A 4-year-old can run errands alone ... and not just on reality TV

A Japanese TV show now on Netflix, 'Old Enough!,' has sparked much debate about the wisdom of allowing very young kids to be very independent. Risky? Beneficial? Child development experts weigh in.

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