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Podcast: The Update with Brandon Julien
Episode: The Update- February 5th
Description: 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...