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Lisa Kudrow Is Back--Again
In the third season of "The Comeback," Kudrow has brought back her character Valerie Cherish, which had its roots at the Groundlings. A visitor to Stage 24 on the Warner Bros. lot, in Burbank, last November could be forgiven for thinking that the television show being filmed there was a sitcom called "How's That?!" The parking spaces outside were marked with "How's That?!" signs. Inside, director's chairs with the "How's That?!" logo were arranged around video monitors. The set--a New England bed-and-breakfast, with kitschy floral wallpaper--was surrounded by sitcom cameras and buzzing crew members wearing headsets. A studio audience filed into the bleachers, and a warmup comic urged them to "shake those funny bones." Then, with mounting gusto, he introduced the star of "How's That?!": "Here she is . . . the one and only . . . the living legend . . . She emerged to applause, in a potter's smock, wavy red hair under a bandanna, looking like a cross between Lucy Ricardo and Mrs. Garrett ...
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Wall Street Is Already Betting on Prediction Markets
As the legal war over how to regulate prediction markets rages on, financial institutions are embracing the industry anyway. When Troy Dixon first suggested incorporating prediction markets into the electronic trading platform where he works, he was met with incredulity. "People told us we were crazy," Dixon, Tradeweb's cohead of global markets, tells WIRED. But after the company announced it was partnering with Kalshi in February, Dixon says, the mood changed dramatically. "We've been inundated with calls," he says.
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Hazardous weather alert for 200 million as megastorm barrels across US
The astonishing moment Scott Bessent returns to interview noticeably shaken after'Situation Room' call from Trump Kylie Jenner's total humiliation in Hollywood: Derogatory rumor leaves her boyfriend's peers'laughing at her' behind her back'Awakening' of terrorist sleeper cells sparks World Cup PANIC: Undercover officer reveals'once in 25 year' threat... and America's'Achilles heel' Trump's Iran war death toll climbs to 13 after all crew onboard US refueling plane died in crash Mother reveals awful sight that greeted her when she opened Walmart in-store oven to find daughter, 19, baked to death inside... and denies suggestions it was suicide Recall of cream cheeses upgraded to most serious risk over contamination with deadly bacteria... 'reasonable probability of death' San Francisco's most iconic mansion is bought by ALGERIAN government for $10m Iran-linked cyberattack on US is'first drop of blood' as experts reveal alarming new threat to homeland I've spent 25 years treating patients with autism. This is the truth about the condition that many people don't want to hear: DR MAX PEMBERTON Alexander brothers' alleged HIGH SCHOOL rape video: Classmates speak out on sickening footage... as creepy unseen photos are exposed Airfares have already doubled on key routes and are getting worse - here's when to book to avoid the worst prices I was pregnant when I discovered my husband was cheating with my male doctor. I still let him deliver our baby... our arrangement may shock you Maker of Mounjaro writes scathing letter to warn of dangerous'chemical reactions' in knock-off versions of weight-loss drug Cher's son Chaz Bono weds'love of my life' Shara Blue Mathes in front of famous mom in Hollywood A powerful'megastorm' set to slam a large swatch of the US could ultimately rank among the most impactful weather events of the year so far. The sprawling system is forecast to sweep from the central Plains into the Midwest and East between Sunday and Monday, bringing widespread travel disruptions and power outages . Blizzard conditions could hit parts of Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, northern Illinois and southeastern Minnesota, where forecasters warned that heavy snow and fierce winds may create dangerous whiteout conditions.
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Ukraine finds new role as protector of US, Gulf allies amid Iran war
How the US left Ukraine exposed to Russia's winter war Will Europe use frozen Russian assets to fund war? How can Ukraine rebuild China ties? The United States, which stopped providing military and financial assistance to Ukraine under President Donald Trump, has asked for Kyiv's assistance in protecting its bases from Iranian retaliatory strikes in the Gulf. Ukraine's head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andriy Kovalenko, made the request public on March 6. On March 9, Zelenskyy also dispatched chief negotiator Rustem Umerov to sell Ukrainian interceptor drones to Gulf states.
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Inside the Dirty, Dystopian World of AI Data Centers
This story appears in the April 2026 print edition. While some stories from this issue are not yet available to read online, you can explore more from the magazine . Get our editors' guide to what matters in the world, delivered to your inbox every weekday. The race to power AI is already remaking the physical world. Three Mile Island's cooling towers have until recently served as grave markers for America's nuclear-power industry. A s we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down--our destination was best tasted, not viewed. Along the way, we passed an abandoned coal plant to our right, then an active power plant to our left, equipped with enormous natural-gas turbines. Pearson, who directs the nonprofit Memphis Community Against Pollution, was bringing me to his hometown's latest industrial megaproject.
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John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job
A whistleblower complaint alleges John Solly claimed to have stored highly sensitive Social Security data on a thumb drive. Solly and Leidos, his current employer, strongly deny the allegations. John Solly, a software engineer and former member of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), is the DOGE operative reportedly accused in a whistleblower complaint of telling colleagues that he stored sensitive Social Security Administration (SSA) data on a thumb drive and wanted to share the information with his new employer, multiple sources tell WIRED. Since October, according to a copy of his résumé, Solly has worked as the chief technology officer for the health IT division of a government contractor called Leidos, which has already received millions in SSA contracts and could receive up to $1.5 billion in contracts with SSA based on a five-year deal it signed in 2023. Solly's personal website and LinkedIn have been taken offline as of this week.
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