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One of humanity’s oldest and deadliest killers is staging a modern-day comeback. The so-called “white plague” reclaimed its title as the world’s deadliest infectious disease in 2023 after being briefly overtaken by COVID-19 during the first three years of the pandemic. And the US isn’t immune. While the country still has one of the lowest …
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback was embarrassingly short-lived. Since his return to the airwaves, Kimmel has enjoyed a significant boost in support from leftists who wanted to stick it to Republicans. On Tuesday, he saw a record 6.3 million average viewers, many of whom undoubtedly turned in to see what he would say about his suspension. But …
Is being called a hypocrite worse than being called racists, cult members and Nazis? I feel like it’s an improvement and I’m ok with it — JordanRN (@jordanrn96) September 19, 2025
Content aggregator Digg is making a comeback with the help of an unlikely partner: Reddit co-founder and rival Alexis Ohanian. Ohanian and Digg founder Kevin Rose acquired the platform for an undisclosed sum. At its peak in 2008, Digg was reportedly valued at about $160 million. Content aggregator Digg is making a comeback with the …
Lord & Taylor is looking to reclaim its position in retail with a sweeping new strategy that will see it blend nostalgia with modernity. The iconic department store is launching a rebrand to bring back what was old as new, with plans including to reinstate its iconic cursive logo. The storied retailer is determined to …
CHART OF THE WEEK: Call options volume in US small-cap stocks spiked to the highest-ever iShares Russell 2000 ETF (Ticker: IWM) saw on Thursday the largest call options volume activity in its history of existence 👇https://t.co/PP9xe93gug — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) July 14, 2024 ARE SMALL-CAPS SET FOR A BIG COMEBACK? Russell 2000 index has …
Arizona Presidential and Senate Forecast Chance of Winning Senate:🟥 Lake: 51% (7 day change +1 || 30 day change +6)🟦 Gallego: 49% Chance of Winning Presidential:🟥 Trump: 61% (7 day change -1 || 30 day change -1)🟦 Biden: 39% H2H Poll Average Senate (31 polls):🟦… — Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) July 10, 2024
New York CNN — America’s gummed-up housing market is a $45 trillion mess — a big old knot of economic forces smashing into a century’s worth of cultural conditioning about the value of homeownership. There are some obvious, urgent needs: We need more housing, full stop. And that housing needs to be affordable. And we …
Audience member works for the Biden administration. Comedy is finally making a comeback.pic.twitter.com/Rnpeweleo5 — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 8, 2024
“Among younger voters in the 18-39 age group, Biden is up only by a single point: 43 percent to 42 percent. With all five candidates competing, the numbers still look terrible for Biden. Joe (“Old Yeller”) Biden earned only 44 percent of the black vote, 29 percent of the Hispanic vote, and 37 percent of …
Here’s a wild comeback: North Carolina Republican Mark Harris, who was at the center of an election fraud scandal over the 2018 midterms, has won the GOP nomination for the state’s 8th Congressional District, AP projects. Why it matters: Harris, a Baptist preacher, will be a favorite in November against Democrat Justin Dues in a safe Republican district where …