The first part of May has been a particularly terrible period for short sellers, who lost $69.4 billion through May 9, according to data from Ortex. However, short sellers are having an outstanding year overall, gaining $63.1 billion year to date through May 9. March was a particularly good month,…
Sofia Carson is going for romance again in her new film, My Oxford Year. Her latest romantic comedy follows the hugely successful The Life List, which soared to No. 1 worldwide, which dropped on Netflix on March 28, 2025 and stayed at the top for more than four weeks, remaining…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos Sunday of him and his family swimming in Rock Creek where swimming is not allowed “due to high bacteria levels.” “Mother’s Day hike in Dumbarton Oaks Park with Amaryllis, Bobby, Kick, and Jackson, and a swim with my grandchildren,…
Pope Leo XIV was entirely right in his warning Saturday: The rise of AI poses “new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor.” Challenges that all of us need to consider; we’d be crazy to leave it all up to our tech overlords. The new pope chose…
Johnson attempts to hold together fragile GOP coalition ahead of key committee votes on Trump agenda
House Republicans are heading into a blockbuster week for President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to stave off a revolt from any one faction of his conference that could tank the sweeping GOP agenda. House lawmakers will return to Washington on Tuesday to kick…
I get it: For many CEF people, the rough start to 2025 conjures (painful!) memories of 2022. It’s an easy comparison to make. But we must resist doing so. Because unlike in 2022, today’s volatility is caused by panic alone. That’s the kind of situation we contrarians love! Nonetheless, I…
It can be a thankless gig trying to promote Test cricket. The traditional format, played in white attire and stretching five days to feel quite archaic in these furious times, has for some time faced major question marks over its future amid declining popularity and relevance in pockets of the…
The 2028 presidential primary contests are still nearly three years away, but the early jockeying to replace President Donald Trump has already started in earnest — at least among Democrats. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who narrowly won the 2020 Iowa caucuses, is back in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday for…
The Association of Pickleball Players held its second Vlasic Classic event of the 2025 season, this time coming from the famous Sawyer Point Park along the Ohio river in Cincinnati. The curved facility is iconic in its sightlines and is a regular host for both professional and amateur tournaments throughout…
As the Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday on a major Donald Trump policy for the first time in his second term, the president could secure a significant win affecting many of the lawsuits against his administration out of a case that is otherwise widely seen as a legal loser. Trump…
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MoreFor over 20 years, rock legend and Red Hot Chili Peppers front man Anthony Kiedis has been enjoying a weekly coffee ritual with his longtime friend Shane Powers. The duo are both firm believers in the idea that everything happens over a great cup of joe. Now they’re ready to…
Warning: Major spoilers for The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 5. In The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 5, Ellie (Bella Ramsey)’s path of revenge continues. Now in Seattle with Dina (Isabela Merced), she’s inching closer and closer to finding Abby. In this episode, she tracks down a…
Topline Some states in the northern U.S. could have a chance to see the northern lights on Monday, with quieter auroral activity expected through the week after recent geomagnetic storms, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Key Facts Auroral activity is forecast with a Kp index of three…
With the top of the Serie A table already looking extremely condensed, Juventus were held to a 1-1 draw by Lazio, a result that could prove costly in the race of UEFA Champions League places. Going into the weekend, third-placed Atalanta had a five-point cushion over their rivals for those spots, with Juve, Lazio and AS Roma all tied on 63 points and Bologna sitting on 62. The fixture list added further intrigue to that race, Atalanta facing Roma on Monday evening while Juve headed to the Italian capital on Saturday evening to take on a Lazio side that was…
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MoreHome window replacement costs could use a little transparency. Budget estimates can be wide-ranging, and the case for energy-efficient windows may not be open and shut. The national average window replacement cost is about $500 per window, according to HomeAdvisor, a service-pro referral site. Count the number of windows in your home, and you’ll quickly… Dalia Ramirez writes for NerdWallet. Email: dramirez@nerdwallet.com. The article Ease the Pain of Replacement Window Costs With Smart Choices originally appeared on NerdWallet. Read More
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MoreThe deal may signal a thaw in relations between FedEx and Amazon. Read More
The Queen of Versailles’ Tribeca penthouse duplex is now on the market for $11.95 million, asking almost half its $19.5 million price in January 2024. Jackie Siegel, 59, and her late husband David Siegel bought the home at 49 Chambers St. for $8.7 million in 2023 — and then listed it for…
Health desk: Don’s Health Care Transparency Fix President Trump’s “executive order requiring ‘radical’ healthcare price transparency,” cheer Arthur B. Laffer & Cynthia A. Fisher at Fox News, “will revolutionize healthcare.” It “doubles down on his first-term hospital and health insurance price transparency rules requiring the publication of actual prices of…
A flight carrying a group of 59 White South Africans granted refugee status by the Trump administration arrived in the United States on Monday. They were the first people to be granted refugee status by the Trump administration and are not expected to be the last Afrikaners to come to…
Film director Baz Luhrmann is once again testing the Manhattan luxury market, relisting his Gramercy Park townhouse for $13.99 million — a steep discount from its original $19.99 million asking price in March 2022, The Post has learned. The five-story, 8,500-square-foot residence has cycled on and off the market over…
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday morning that promises to crack down on “unreasonable and discriminatory practices” by foreign countries that result in Americans paying far higher prices for prescription drugs, a White House official said. The multifaceted directive, which will likely be challenged in court, takes…
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Monday morning that promises to crack down on “unreasonable practices” by foreign countries that suppress drug prices abroad, a White House official said. It will apply to a wide range of drugs and to prices in the commercial market, as…
The country of Azerbaijan in the Caucasus region of Eurasia is about the size of the U.S. state of South Carolina, or the country of Ireland. It is a geographical and cultural vortex, sucking in and spinning out influences that are Persian, Turkic, Arabic and Russian. “We name this big…
Having ignored Joe Biden’s cognitive meltdown the last four years, Democrats and their media handmaidens are claiming that Donald Trump is “senile, nuts, or something worse,” as the Daily Beast put it. “Is Trump losing his mind à la Biden,” asked the Hill last week, describing the president as lost…
According to Qualtrics, there is an estimated $860 billion worth of revenue and cost savings available for companies that figure out how to create an improved CX using AI to better understand and serve their customers. (That includes $420 billion for B2B and $440 billion for B2C.) Qualtrics recently released…