The villain may be unfit for more mischief, but the reader is raring to go. Rumor has it that Liss, a 33-year-old grad student at Columbia University, received a spectacular $725,000 for “Conspiracy.” Historical fiction is a growth industry this spring, and Liss’s publisher, Random House, is clearly banking on a best seller along the lines of “The Alienist.” Far crazier bets have been made. “Conspiracy” is a tremendously smart, assured and entertaining novel: an intricate mystery, a colorful rogues’ gallery and, improbably, a history lesson on the birth of the stock market....

Those bullish calls may seem off-key to many investors who are still hurting from the market’s collapse. But that truism of investing–buy low, sell high–still holds, and many experts say now’s a good time to buy low. Here’s how to build a portfolio that should survive and thrive in the years ahead. A little of this, a little of that. Here’s a simple plan from Ross Levin, a money manager in Edina, Minn....

The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecast the average price of electricity for residential consumers could reach 15.86 cents per kilowatthour in the second quarter of 2023, a 5.17 percent increase from the second quarter of this year. Electricity prices on average for 2022 are expected to rise 7.5 percent from 2021. Energy experts at EnergySage, a Boston-based online marketplace specializing in solar energy systems, told Newsweek that prices are rising by as much as 64 percent in some states year-on-year....

But in the rush to break free, experts say, many crucial details of tax law, financial planning and simple arithmetic easily get lost. And there are some new wrinkles in divorce law. There’s an ever-expanding definition of ““marital assets’’ to be divided that often includes his-and-hers retirement funds, and the likelihood that one spouse has built a better career and will earn more than the other. Divorce-savvy CPAs and financial planners are flourishing, even if the splitting spouses are not....

Tuesday, FX announced at the Television Critics Association summer press tour the third season of American Crime Story will premiere in September 2020. The latest season is titled Impeachment and will be based on the best-seller A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President by Jeffrey Toobin. Murphy optioned the book in 2017, but in April 2018 decided against making the series....

Monkeypox, a virus originally passed to humans from animals, now has over 15,000 confirmed cases worldwide across 71 countries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Earlier cases have been associated with gay and bisexual men—with many U.S. cases being linked to a single event. While anyone of any sexuality can contract the disease, as it is transmitted via skin-to-skin or skin-to-clothing contact, the initial influx of cases in the LGBTQ+ community has meant that men who have sex with men are currently most at risk of the virus....

Lauren tips Arsenal to win Premier League title The Gunners have been in talks with the influential duo over extending their contracts at the Emirates Stadium, with the pair’s current deals expiring in 2018. Manager Arsene Wenger refused to give assurances over their futures at a news conference on Thursday, though, with Sanchez reported to be the subject of a big-money offer to play in China. And Monreal highlighted the traits that make the Chile star and Ozil so important to Arsenal....

The club announced Montella’s dismissal on Monday, a day after the 0-0 draw at home to Torino, to end weeks of speculation, with Gennaro Gattuso stepping up from the Primavera youth team to take over. Milan 11/2 to beat Benevento 2-0 Montella had been under pressure for much of the season due to Milan’s underwhelming form, the club having spent heavily in pre-season to no discernible effect. The former Italy international was taken aback by Milan’s decision, however, and feels he survived periods when it would have been “more plausible” to get rid of him....

It was hard to find the perfect play to sum up Monterrey’s 4-1 victory over Atlas, which gave the team a 6-2 aggregate victory over Atlas and a relatively easy ticket to the semifinals. Was it the goal in which an Atlas defender took out his own goalkeeper to allow Aviles Hurtado to find the back of the net? Had the key moment come earlier when Rogelio Funes Mori opened the scoring with this stunner, eliminating nearly any hope Atlas had of pulling off a comeback?...

Moon face symptoms aren’t painful, but they can be stressful and affect your sense of self-esteem. When you stop taking steroids, the swelling should go away. If you can’t discontinue the medication, there are things you can do to reduce the puffiness while living with moon face. This article will explain how steroid medications cause facial swelling. It will look at the emotional and physical affects, as well as the options for moon face treatment....

Premier League odds from dabblebet The two players are available in packs from Wednesday, as well as through special Squad Building Challenges which offer loan versions of the duo to see how they fit into gamers’ Ultimate Teams. As well as the new batch of transfers, there is also four new Squad Building Challenges featuring limited edition players from throughout the season as part of the FUTTIES event. These include FUTmas versions of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marcus Rashford, Premium SBC Fernando Torres and a special Year of the Rooster pack which offers a random Team of the Season player....

The 25-year-old enjoyed a superb start to life at Chelsea following his move from Real Madrid, scoring six goals in his first six Premier League matches. He has netted just once in the top flight since December, though, and was left out of Spain’s squad for friendlies against Germany and Argentina in March. While Morata is desperate to be named in Julen Lopetegui’s squad for football’s showpiece event, which starts next month, he knows his recent form could well result in his exclusion....

Real Madrid’s 37-match unbeaten run to becoming Club World Cup champions The Spain striker came on for the Portuguese hat-trick hero in extra time - in the process becoming the first fourth substitute in the history of competitive men’s football. Morata’s entrance was possible after the fielding of an additional substitute in the event of extra time was sanctioned. The new rule helped Zinedine Zidane preserve tired legs as the newly-crowned world champions keep one eye on their ongoing La Liga title charge....

A new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found 49 percent of U.S. adults said the president is doing more to sow divisions, compared to 42 percent who said he’s doing more to unite the country. An overwhelming 92 percent of Republicans surveyed said Biden was dividing the nation, while 84 percent of Democrats said he was doing more to bring the country together. Half of independents, a key voting bloc that has been souring on Biden, responded that he was dividing the nation....

The drug, also known as ice, was found on October 15, 2019, by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers inside 768 bottles bottled of the hot sauce in an air cargo consignment that had arrived from the U.S. into a Sydney freight depot. Testing found the bottles contained about 880lbs of methylamphetamine, with an estimated street value of more than AUS$300 million. As part of the investigation, five people were arrested and charged....

Talks on a contract extension have stalled, and GM Joe Douglas is doing more than just listening to trade offers, someone (or someones) leaked to veteran NFL scribe Gary Myers and ESPN’s Rich Cimini. More than half the league has expressed interest in a deal, according to Cimini, although Douglas supposedly isn’t intent on moving his All-Pro defender. MORE: AFC East ‘wide open’ after Brady’s exit, Jets’ Frank Gore says...

MORE: Six classic stadiums in MLB The Show 16 | Best players in The Show 16 By turning on the “Allow Legend Free Agents” setting when starting Franchise mode, they enter the free-agent pool and can be signed by any team. As each club starts with only about $10 million in cap space, considerable salary has to be dumped if interested in signing one of them. The legends have been created based off their peak seasons and that is also reflected in their salary demands....

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at least 22.4 million Americans have been vaccinated for the novel virus since January 20. On the other hand, ABC News obtained a planning document from the Department of Health and Human Services, which showed roughly 24.6 million Americans receiving a COVID-19 vaccine since January 20. Since the first Americans began receiving the vaccine on December 15, more than 41 million doses have been administered....