Today's Nyt Strands Hints, Answers And Help For Nov. 10, #252

Should we expect political activism from people whose job involves posting their Sephora hauls and workout routines? Influencers have played a big role in this election cycle. Hundreds of typically nonpolitical content creators have been using their platforms to endorse candidates on both sides of the political spectrum. Funnily enough, those who said nothing on election day actually ended up being the loudest.

The agency awarded contracts to develop emission-slashing airplane designs that can take flight by 2050, including a hybrid-electric airliner. If hybrid cars can cut CO2 emissions on the road, can hybrid-electric planes do the same in the air?

The association of nearly 38 million members is promising a ‘new chapter’ of advocacy just days after older voters played a decisive role in U. S. elections. AARP has tapped Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan as its new CEO while promising a “new chapter” of advocating for Americans who are 50 and older and their families, the group said on Tuesday.

The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners gave the thumbs-down Tuesday to a Conifer downhill bike park that proposed 16 miles of winding trails descending an 830-foot vertical drop — all of it served by a chairlift. The 2-1 vote against granting the Shadow Mountain Bike Park a special use permit followed a nearly six-hour hearing.

Wyatts Towing has gone out of business. The Denver-area towing giant — which has been investigated by the Colorado attorney general, accused by state legislators of breaking the law and targeted by hundreds of consumer complaints — has apparently been purchased by another local towing operator, Elite Towing. Lawrence Pacheco, a spokesperson for the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, said Wyatts’ attorneys notified the department earlier this year about a change in ownership.

Former Denver Nuggets center Chris “Birdman” Andersen claims that his longtime attorney and sports agent stole money from his bank account, handed Netflix the rights to his life story for free, and shuttered Crepes ‘n Crepes, his in-laws’ restaurant in Cherry Creek. The allegations, contained in a lengthy and wide-ranging lawsuit Nov.