Dems rush to polls with lopsided majorities of mail-in votes before blockbuster elections

Democrats are running up lopsided majorities of the early votes as Americans head to the polls and mail in their ballots, carving out a clear majority of the votes cast so far. Of early and mail-in voters, 54% were Democrats, 30% Republicans and 16% independents or “other,” according to state election data compiled by TargetSmart and NBC News. The early vote advantage carries over to the marquee Senate races, including several held in Republican-leaning states. In Michigan, where Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is battling former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the Democratic edge is 55-36%, based on voters’ registrations. In Iowa, where…

Former Cy Young winner questions Dodgers pitch selections in NLCS

John Smoltz got a firsthand look at the Dodgers’ collapse in the National League Championship Series. On the call with play-by-play announcer Joe Davis, the former Cy Young winner watched every pitch from the Dodgers’ rotation. Tarik Skubal, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow comprised the lethal group, but…

Exclusive | Pole-dancing: Mamdani disses yet another NYC ethnic group

Add Polish Americans to the growing list of ethnic groups enraged by NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Hizzoner blew off an invitation to attend the Oct. 4 Pulaski Day Parade, an annual celebration of Polska pride along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan — and then tried to rewrite history by lumping Polish…

Study of ‘deep singles’ reveals surprising fact about romantic loners

Singles, no need to mingle. A new research study published in the Personal and Social Psychology Bulletin found that those who remain unmarried and unpartnered in a committed relationship reported high levels of contentment with their lives overall, even as they continue to face various ongoing romantic and sexual experiences…

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Why prediction market execs could face an existential threat in Supreme Court

Prediction market executives are increasingly laying bets on the risk that their fast-growing business faces an existential threat from the US Supreme Court, On The Money has learned. That was a key takeaway from the “Predict” conference on Wednesday in Manhattan sponsored by organizer DealFlow, which (full disclosure) hired me…

Grandmother of 12 smashes world record with five-hour abdominal plank

A 61-year-old grandmother has proved age is just a number after holding an abdominal plank for a mind-boggling five hours straight, setting a new world record. DonnaJean Wilde, a mother of five and grandmother of 12 from Canada, achieved the superhuman feat at the World Senior Games in Utah, leaving…

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