The Update- February 5th
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It’s all fun and games. Though its iconic crossword puzzle was first unveiled on Feb. 15, 1942, the New York Times Games section has skyrocketed in the past few years — and the data for 2024 proves it. Of the 11.1 billion puzzles were solved in 2024, 5.3 billion were Wordle games — but one particular day of Wordle was so difficult that it ended 5.6 million streaks.
In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Wednesday, Nassau County on Long Island will be teaming up with federal authorities in President Trump’s crackdown on immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally.
An upstate New York judge has resigned after he got out of jury duty by claiming that he couldn’t be impartial — because he thought everyone brought before a court is guilty.
And in Washington, President Trump suggested that displaced Palestinians in Gaza be permanently resettled outside the war-torn territory and proposed the U.S. take “ownership” in redeveloping the area into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”
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