Sienna Spiro was something of an established artist even before her debut full-length album, “Visitor,” came out on July 3. The 20-year-old Londoner with the big ’60s hair and an even bigger, more timeless voice is officially a freshman — she will almost certainly be up for a best new artist Grammy in a few months — but she’s also already a role model. 

How today's NYT Connections answers and red herrings fit together.

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One week after Dr. Anthony Fauci pleaded the Fifth Amendment throughout an hours-long grilling by a Senate committee, the infectious disease expert who advised the United States’ COVID-19 response will face a contempt of Congress vote on Thursday as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., seeks to refer him to the Justice Department for charges.

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SpaceX’s stock once again took a hit on Wednesday after the rocket maker posted its first-ever earnings report, which seemingly spooked investors and analysts after the Elon Musk-led firm announced a sixfold increase in quarterly spending.

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Google's AI divisions are getting reshuffled, the search giant announced on Wednesday, with chief scientist Jeff Dean leaving the company after 27 years.

Match Point Cocktail available from August 23rd through September 13

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With the U.S. Open just weeks away, Honey Deuce season is officially upon us. And while the annual tennis tournament in Flushing, Queens will forever be enshrined as the birthplace of the trendy melon ball-garnished vodka drink, it has also grown way bigger than the event itself. It’s now enough of a bar-room staple that we’re seeing variations pop-up on cocktail menus far beyond the boundaries of Arthur Ashe Stadium. In other words, we’re witnessing the canonization of a modern classic.

Matthias Jaissle has quite an act to follow at Newcastle United.

"It won't be easy to succeed Eddie [Howe]," a source said.

Just like Newcastle's moves to sign young players from the continent, there is an element of risk with this appointment as the club bring in a manager who has never coached in the Premier League before.

Store mode could be why your new television's screen looks so weird.

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Picture this: You just set up a new TV. You've been patiently waiting from the moment you ordered it to start using your living room upgrade. It's plugged in, connected to your various streaming boxes and game consoles; you're ready to binge Heated Rivalry. But when you hit play on HBO Max, the picture quality looks nothing like what you expected. In fact, it's pretty awful. Before you dive into manual adjustments, there's one setting to check because it could fix things in just a couple of taps.

Regardless of what happens with The Bear the restaurant, The Bear the TV series has flipped its “Open” sign to “Closed” for good.

After five completed seasons of the FX show that we all thought was a Hulu show, it remains unclear whether The Bear is a comedy or a drama series. Well, not to the Television Academy — the fourth season of The Bear is again nominated as a comedy, where, come Sept. 14, it will take on Abbott Elementary, the final season of Hacks, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, Nobody Wants This, Only Murders in the Building, Shrinking and Widow’s Bay in the big category.