Trump shooter’s online accounts reveal ‘bizarre’ link to Kirk’s alleged assassin
The digital trail of President Donald Trump’s would-be assassin Thomas Crooks tells “quite a different story” than the FBI’s congressional statements about the 20-year-old, New York Post columnist Miranda Devine told “America Reports” Monday.
“We were sort of led to believe that Thomas Crooks was really a ghost, that there was no motive that could be ascertained from his online accounts,” Devine discussed. “And yet a source has provided us with a lot of information from 17 different online accounts that Thomas Crook had.”
In an op-ed Monday, Devine demanded a “better explanation” from the FBI and Secret Service about what led Crooks to attempt to assassinate Trump over a year ago in Butler, Pa.
On July 13, 2024, Crooks fired off eight shots from a rooftop at Trump during his rally, killing 50-year-old firefighter Corey Comparatore and hitting Trump in the ear. He also injured two rally attendees.
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Devine credited a source for several online findings about Crooks, adding fresh scrutiny to the FBI’s statements about the investigation.
The columnist described a commonality between Crooks and Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson, who is charged with the murder of the late conservative activist.
“[Crooks’ accounts] range from, you know, Google Play to that site…called DeviantArt, which is probably the biggest, or one of the biggest hubs online for this sexual fetish called Furries, where people dress up or fantasize about animal characters, cartoon characters that are sort of humanized,” Devine told Fox News anchor Sandra Smith.
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She continued, “And so it’s very bizarre, but we also saw that with Charlie Kirk’s killer, alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, who was also involved in this bizarre furry culture.”
Crooks allegedly used they/them pronouns on the platform, Devine added. The columnist also sounded the alarm on Crooks appearing to “flip 180 degrees” in his political ideology in January 2020.
“His online comments from — he was very young, I mean 15, 16, 17 — show us about how he became increasingly violent and sort of radicalized against Democrats. He was pro-Trump,” Devine explained. “Something happened to make him become rabidly anti-Trump. And again, his rhetoric took more and more of a violent turn. He started brushing up against, there was a neo-Nazi by the name, fake name probably, William Teppers, who started encouraging Crooks in more and more violent rhetoric. And then suddenly something happened in August of 2020, and he just disappeared online.”
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Although former FBI Deputy Director Paul Abatte told Congress in July 2024 that Crooks’ comments “appear to reflect anti-Semitic and anti-immigration themes to espouse political violence” and “are described as extreme in nature,” he did not trace a change in Crooks’ political views.
“We see now from the exposure from our source of this online presence that there is a lot of other information that the FBI either chose not to look at or is somehow keeping it under wraps,” Devine asserted.
Former Harvard president ‘deeply ashamed’ after Epstein messages exposed
Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University, has announced that he will step back from public commitments, according to the Ivy League college’s student newspaper.
In a statement released Monday to The Harvard Crimson, Summers said it was part of an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me.”
The announcement follows the release of seven years’ worth of correspondence between Summers and the disgraced financier Jeffrey E. Epstein by the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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The documents showed the two men continued to exchange messages as late as July 5, 2019, which was just one day before Epstein’s arrest on new sex-trafficking charges.
In the hundreds of messages released, Summers also appeared to place trust in Epstein and confided to him about his pursuit of a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee.
Among the released messages was one from November 2018 in which Epstein describes himself as Summers’ “wing man,” as he continued advising Summers on the relationship for months.
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“I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused,” Summers wrote in his statement to the Crimson.
“I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein,” he added.
Summers holds several roles in his professional life. He is a senior fellow at the think tank Center for American Progress, a paid columnist with Bloomberg News, and a board member at OpenAI.
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He also remains a University Professor at Harvard and serves as director of the Mossavar‑Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School, which he will continue to oversee, his spokesman said, according to the outlet.
In Monday’s statement, the former Harvard president added: “While continuing to fulfill my teaching obligations, I will be stepping back from public commitments as one part of my broader effort.”
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Fox News Digital has reached out to Harvard University for comment.
Americans to receive tariff-dividend payments beginning mid-2026, Trump says
President Donald Trump said Monday that Americans could see payment checks funded by tariff revenues as soon as next year, promising that “hundreds of millions of dollars in tariff money” would be distributed as dividends by mid-2026.
“We’ve taken in hundreds of millions of dollars in tariff money. We’re going to be issuing dividends probably by the middle of next year, maybe a little bit later than that,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
The president first floated the idea last week, saying he would use tariff revenue to send $2,000 payments to low- and middle-income Americans, with any remaining funds directed toward paying down the nation’s soaring debt.
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With the nation’s debt hovering just north of $38 trillion, revenue from tariffs amount to little more than a rounding error: billions collected against trillions owed.
The proposal comes at a pivotal moment, with tariff receipts climbing and the Supreme Court reviewing the legality of Trump’s trade measures.
Since Trump announced his “Liberation Day” tariffs in April, tariff revenues have climbed sharply from $23.9 billion in May to $28 billion in June and $29 billion in July.
Total duty revenue reached $215.2 billion in fiscal year 2025, which ended Sept. 30, according to the Treasury Department’s Customs and Certain Excise Taxes report.
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So far in fiscal year 2026, which began on Oct. 1, the U.S. has collected $37.5 billion, according to the latest numbers published by the Treasury Department.
And while tariff collections have soared under Trump, they remain a modest contributor to federal coffers.
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By contrast, individual income taxes generated more than $2.6 trillion in fiscal 2025, compared with $195 billion from tariffs and $452 billion from corporate income taxes, Treasury figures show.
The nation’s highest court is still in the process of deciding the fate of Trump’s trade agenda and the tariffs in question.
Michigan mayor dismisses residents’ concerns over mosque’s early morning prayers
Dearborn, Michigan, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud responded to noise complaints about a mosque’s call to prayer, saying it’s “not an issue.”
Hammoud discussed the concern on the Nov. 3 episode of the “Not From Here” podcast. Local Dearborn citizens have complained in recent months that a nearby mosque has been broadcasting the call to prayer on loudspeakers multiple times a day, beginning as early as 5:30 a.m.
Though residents raised concerns during a September city council meeting, Hammoud insisted that the call to prayer under a certain decibel level is allowed under city ordinances and has been part of Dearborn life for decades.
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“I would tell you is, you know, those complaining about the call to prayer, I mean it’s a very, very few, you still want to respect the wishes and, if you have a serious concern, I have to uphold the law across all boards,” Hammoud said. “But we’ve done decibel readings at these mosques, all within threshold, all within legal limit. And so for me, it’s not an issue.”
He continued, “We also have to uphold our constitutional rights to freedom of religion. And I would say this, you know, that’s the thing. I’m saying this as a Muslim. People, of course, are going to say this is a call to prayer, but like, you know, why are these complaints just coming forward now?”
“Yeah, elections are coming up,” host Jaafar Issa remarked.
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Hammoud didn’t directly respond to that comment but shrugged and repeated, “Call to prayer has been happening since the 1970s in Dearborn.”
The city ordinance states that noise in residential areas cannot exceed 55 decibels at night (after 10 p.m.) or 60 decibels during the day (7 a.m. to 10 p.m.). Loudspeakers are prohibited between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Hammoud also said that most mosques in the city do not make a call to prayer at “Fajr” or dawn and compared the sound to church bells.
Fox News Digital reached out to the mayor’s office for comment.
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Dearborn resident Andrea Unger, who has lived in the city for 40 years, told Fox News Digital last month that she had recorded the call to prayer for 30 consecutive days and found it consistently exceeded 70 decibels. She said she raised concerns with the police department and city council for the past two years, but the problem continued.
She added that some of her neighbors were hesitant to speak out, fearing they would be labeled anti-Muslim.
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“I have heard a lot of people say, ‘I’m glad you said something,’ because people are afraid they’ll get called names like ‘Islamophobic,’ like our mayor [Abdullah H. Hammoud] called [Dearborn resident and Christian minister] Ted Barham, because you disagree,” she said. “We’re not Islamophobic, we’re not anti-Muslim, we are not anti-Jewish. We just want to live in the community that it’s always been [before] something changed two years ago to allow this.”
Maine conservative censured by Democrats unveils $4M plan to turn state ‘solidly red’
EXCLUSIVE: Maine state Rep. Laurel Libby, a Republican, announced on Monday she will not seek re-election in 2026, instead partnering with The Sentinel Action Fund, a conservative super PAC, to support U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and other Republicans in the state as part of the launch of a new network of organizations.
“From Fort Kent to Wells, there’s no doubt that Maine is a uniquely beautiful state — but its true strength is its people who are hardworking, independent, and full of grit,” Libby told FOX News Digital. “Everywhere I go, Mainers tell me they’re frustrated with the challenges our state faces but uncertain how to make a difference. I’m launching Lead Maine to help bridge that gap and empower more Mainers with the tools to shape our state’s direction and ensure we have strong leaders at all levels of government, from the Senate with Susan Collins down to the state and local levels.”
Libby’s organizations will aim to educate and mobilize grassroots Maine residents and push for the state to be more conservative in which residents, families and businesses can thrive, according to the lawmaker’s press release obtained by FOX News Digital.
Among the organizations will be a 501(c)4 nonprofit and a state PAC, with an overarching communication network, according to the release. Each organization will be dedicated to a different part of the political process to ensure conservatives can use various tools to engage and mobilize Maine residents.
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“Maine needs a long-term, durable campaign infrastructure that grows our conservative grassroots movement and sets Republicans up for success in 2026 and beyond,” Libby told FOX News Digital. “Lead Maine and its affiliated organizations are committed to building exactly that by educating and mobilizing citizens to drive meaningful societal and electoral change at both the state and national levels.”
Libby is also partnering with The Sentinel Action Fund to create the Lead Maine Committee, a federal super PAC in which a conservative grassroots network will be used to reach voters in an effort to turn out support for Collins’ re-election next year, as well as other Republicans in future elections.
The partnership will invest more than $4 million to support Collins’ re-election, according to a press release from The Sentinel Action Fund that was obtained by FOX News Digital.
The Sentinel Action Fund’s backing of Collins represents the group’s first endorsement for the 2026 midterm election cycle. In 2024, the super PAC endorsed and supported U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., and Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, in their races.
“2024 showed us the power and importance of a strong ground game and GOTV operation that communicates with voters early and often,” Sentinel Action Fund President Jessica Anderson told FOX News Digital. “With the midterm elections only 350 days away, we’re hitting the ground running in Maine as we announce Sentinel Action Fund’s new partnership with Laurel Libby and the Lead Maine Committee. We are thrilled to work alongside Laurel Libby, who has proven her dedication to standing up to Janet Mills and the radicalized Maine Democrats. She is a true leader for Mainers, and we look forward to a strong partnership to ensure Senator Susan Collins is re-elected in 2026.”
Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, announced last month she would challenge Collins for her Senate seat.
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“Maine deserves to have common-sense representation in Congress, and with a strong candidate, effective ground game operation, and an energized grassroots network, we can build and turnout the coalition of voters needed to win,” Anderson continued. “Sentinel Action Fund is pleased to announce our endorsement of Senator Susan Collins, and with it this important partnership with Laurel Libby and the Lead Maine Committee which will support Senator Collins’s re-election. Laurel’s grassroots experience and leadership in the state will make her an invaluable partner to our efforts to turn out voters early and on Election Day.”
Anderson said the partnership and investment come ahead of a “pivotal midterm election cycle” and that Maine’s Senate seat will “play a critical role in securing and expanding the Republican Senate majority and protecting it is an essential step toward achieving a 60-seat majority,” adding that she looks forward to ensuring Collins retains her seat in the Senate.
Libby added that Mainers “have a powerful voice, and with a strong network of support, we can work together to uphold the common-sense values and policies that will protect liberty and foster economic prosperity for generations to come.”
“I’m excited to build a team that will empower Mainers to take part in shaping the future of our state,” she said. “A key part of this effort will be the Lead Maine Committee’s partnership with The Sentinel Action Fund to mobilize voters and ensure Senator Susan Collins is re-elected in 2026. Defending this seat, and expanding conservative influence in the Maine Legislature, are critical to protecting our values from the far-Left policies of Janet Mills and her accomplices.”
Libby, a critic of policies allowing transgender athletes in girls’ sports, made headlines earlier this year when she made a social media post on her government account that identified a transgender high school athlete by publishing the individual’s name and photos.
The Maine House of Representatives censured her over the post, leading Libby to file a lawsuit against House leadership, arguing the censure was a violation of her First Amendment rights and disenfranchised her constituents.
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Lower courts initially denied her requests for an injunction, but the U.S. Supreme Court later ordered the restoration of her voting privileges while her lawsuit made its way through the appeals court. The Maine House in June fully restored Libby’s speaking and voting rights for the remainder of the legislative session.
“I understand firsthand just how radical Maine Democrats have become,” Libby told FOX News Digital. “Protecting this Senate seat and ensuring Senator Collins can continue her work in Washington is important to every freedom-loving Mainer. Lead Maine’s efforts and partnership with Sentinel Action Fund is dedicated to empowering Mainers to use their voices and build a network that will not only support this key race, but will also fill structural gaps in our state as we look beyond 2026. I am excited to lead the charge on the ground and work with our partners to turn Maine solidly red.”
Libby “has proven to be a strong and effective grassroots leader in Maine, and we thank her for her service to the Maine State Legislature and her unfailing leadership,” Anderson said.
“Sentinel Action Fund is excited to partner with her through the Lead Maine Committee to mobilize a wide coalition of voters to support Senator Susan Collins’s re-election efforts in 2026,” Anderson continued. “This seat is key to protecting – and building on – Republicans’ U.S. Senate majority, and we must use every opportunity to talk to voters and get them to the polls next year.”
Russian attack on Turkish vessel forces evacuations after Zelenskyy signs US deal
A suspected Russian drone attack in Ukraine saw a Turkish tanker hit in the Odesa region Monday, setting the vessel on fire and prompting evacuations across the Danube river in Romania.
The strike happened a day after Ukrainian President Zelenskyy signed a deal to import U.S. liquefied natural gas through the area.
On his visit to Greece, he finalized the agreement for U.S. LNG to flow to Odesa via pipelines from the northern Greek port of Alexandroupolis starting in January.
Per the Associated Press, the MT Orinda, carrying liquefied petroleum gas, was hit as it was being offloaded at Izmail port, according to Turkey’s Directorate for Maritime Affairs. All 16 crew members were evacuated.
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Footage from across the river in Romania, where residents were told to leave their homes, showed the ship engulfed in flames, with thick black smoke rising into the sky over the river Danube.
Izmail lies on the Black Sea estuary and is one of Ukraine’s most important trade hubs.
The strike came amid renewed Russian attacks targeting the Odesa region’s energy and port infrastructure.
According to reports, regional military head Oleh Kiper said drones caused multiple fires and damaged several civilian vessels.
Following the blast, Romanian authorities ordered the evacuation of residents from the villages of Plauru and Ceatalchioi in Tulcea County, directly across the river from Izmail.
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Romania’s Defense Ministry also said radar systems had tracked several aerial targets during the night but had found no incursions into Romanian airspace.
The country issued multiple alerts in recent months as Russian strikes near the border intensified.
A statement from the Ministry of National Defense said the “Russian Federation’s forces attacked areas in Ukraine located in the vicinity of the river border with Romania on the night of Sunday, November 16th, to Monday, November 17th.”
“The Ministry of National Defense radar monitoring and surveillance systems detected and tracked targets that evolved in the Ukrainian airspace, in the proximity of Tulcea County,” the statement said.
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“MoND notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, with regard to the establishment of alert measures for the population in the north of the county (Izmail area).”
The Danube corridor has also become more important to Ukraine’s export network since Russia withdrew from the U.N.-brokered Black Sea Grain Deal in 2023.
Attacks on the area also raised security concerns for NATO with the alliance reacting by expanding air-defense operations under its Eastern Sentry initiative.
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Zelenskyy’s U.S. gas deal aims to secure Ukraine’s winter energy needs as Russia continues to bombard power infrastructure across the country.
Cowboys pay tribute to late teammate Marshawn Kneeland with victory over Raiders
On a night filled with mourning, the Dallas Cowboys honored their late teammate Marshawn Kneeland with a victory.
Head coach Brian Schottenheimer had his eyes closed, like many others on the sideline during the national anthem in Las Vegas, while wearing a T-shirt honoring Kneeland, the 24-year-old who died by suicide earlier this month. Schottenheimer and the Cowboys had not played since Nov. 3, as they were on their bye in Week 10, and the group had been hurting since the news broke three days after their “Monday Night Football” loss to the Arizona Cardinals.
Both teams honored Kneeland with a moment of silence before kickoff, then the Cowboys went out and dominated the Las Vegas Raiders, 33-16, to get back in the win column this season.
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The Cowboys’ defense, a unit that has struggled for much of the season, was flying all over the field and disrupting the Raiders’ offense led by quarterback Geno Smith, who was sacked four times in the team’s eighth loss of the season. Newcomer Quinnen Williams, acquired from the New York Jets before the NFL trade deadline, had 1.5 sacks in his Cowboys debut, while his defensive tackle counterpart Kenny Clark added half a sack. James Houston and Osa Odighizuwa each recorded a sack in the win.
On offense, Dak Prescott and company were cooking, as the veteran quarterback threw for four touchdowns and 268 yards.
It was an interesting start for Dallas, which went three-and-out to open the game on a series where both CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens didn’t see the field. ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters said on the “Monday Night Football” broadcast that it was a coach’s decision to sit the star receivers for the first drive.
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Things didn’t get better when Maxx Crosby strip-sacked Prescott on the following drive, though the Cowboys’ defense was able to hold the Raiders to just three points on the turnover in their own red zone.
When Pickens and Lamb entered the game after those series, they immediately went to work.
Both receivers scored touchdowns, with Lamb getting the first on an 18-yard strike from Prescott on the team’s third drive. Then, after Prescott found tight end Jake Ferguson, Pickens made multiple defenders miss on an impressive 37-yard catch-and-run into the end zone to blow the game open, 24-6, near the end of the first half.
Pickens had himself quite the game in Sin City, collecting nine receptions for 144 yards and a touchdown to lead all players in both categories. Lamb finished with five receptions for 66 yards, while Javonte Williams carried 22 times for 93 yards on the ground.
Meanwhile, Smith was pressured throughout but still managed to go 27-of-42 for 238 yards, with one touchdown pass to Tre Tucker in the fourth quarter. Tucker finished with four catches for 47 yards.
Tight end Brock Bowers did his best to spark the Raiders, catching seven of his 12 targets for 72 yards. But it was a pass-heavy approach all night, with rookie running back Ashton Jeanty getting just six carries for seven yards.
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In fact, the game-sealing play for Dallas came when the defense stopped Jeanty in the Raiders’ end zone for a safety. It was a 31-16 game with plenty of time left in the fourth quarter, but the Cowboys slammed the door from that point on.
The Cowboys, now 4-5-1, will continue to push forward despite the tragedy that shook their locker room. They’ll return home for an NFC East showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles next week at AT&T Stadium, where they hope to start a win streak.
Common blood pressure medication could dramatically slow cancer growth, study finds
Scientists studying an existing blood pressure drug called hydralazine accidentally discovered that it could potentially fight cancer.
Hydralazine has been used to treat high blood pressure since the 1950s, but until now it’s been unclear exactly how it works.
“It came from a ‘pre-target’ era of drug discovery, when researchers relied on what they saw in patients first and only later tried to explain the biology behind it,” Kyosuke Shishikura, a physician-scientist at the University of Pennsylvania who was involved in the study, said in a press release from the university.
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Shishikura and a wider research team uncovered that hydralazine directly targets a small but crucial enzyme called 2-aminoethanethiol dioxygenase (ADO).
This enzyme acts like a cellular oxygen sensor, helping cells survive when oxygen levels are low. This can help enable fast-growing tumors like glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer that resists treatment and almost always comes back.
In fast-growing cancers like glioblastoma, the tumor cells multiply so quickly that their blood supply can’t keep up. That means parts of the tumor don’t get enough oxygen.
Typical cells die in low-oxygen environments, but tumor cells switch on special survival systems that help them keep dividing even when oxygen is scarce. One of those systems involves the ADO enzyme, studies show.
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“ADO is like an alarm bell that rings the moment oxygen starts to fall,” Megan Matthews, an assistant professor in Penn’s Department of Chemistry and a researcher in the study, stated in the same press release.
The team used several advanced techniques — including X-ray crystallography, which analyzes the structure of molecules — to determine how hydralazine binds to ADO.
They discovered that hydralazine silences that alarm by binding to ADO and making it stop working. This shuts down the cell’s oxygen response system — and, in the case of cancer cells, forces them to stop dividing.
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To test this discovery, the team treated human glioblastoma cells with hydralazine in the lab. After three days, they discovered that the cells had stopped multiplying and became larger and flatter. The cells had entered a kind of permanent “sleep mode” known as “senescence,” the researchers noted.
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While the drug didn’t kill the cells outright, it took away their ability to grow and spread.
That’s a huge step forward in controlling cancers like glioblastoma, which are extremely difficult to treat and often return even after surgery and chemotherapy, according to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Because hydralazine is already FDA-approved, researchers hope it could be repurposed for cancer therapy much faster than a brand-new drug.
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The experiments so far have only been done with cell cultures, not yet in animals or humans, the researchers noted. The next step will be to test whether ADO can be blocked safely and effectively in living systems.
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The press release emphasizes that the discovery is only a starting point for drug repurposing, not yet a clinical treatment.
As Matthews said, “Understanding how hydralazine works at the molecular level offers a path toward safer, more selective treatments.”
A once-vanished steakhouse is quietly plotting its return to the American table
Steakhouse chain Sizzler is making a comeback with a new refreshed look even as the quick-service restaurant sector continues to face a challenging environment that has prompted countless closures.
Creative agency Tavern, tasked with helping the brand reinvent itself, said the steakhouse had been a pop culture icon in the 1980s and 1990s on the West Coast, but “over the years the brand faced an identity crisis and lost its way.” Today, the agency said, “most Californians don’t even know where the nearest Sizzler is (if they even know the brand is still in business).”
The company is trying to change that, announcing its plans to refresh the brand last year. The company said in a 2024 press release that it’s tapping “into the sentimental value associated with the brand” and plans to “compete with fast-food giants like McDonald’s and offer a more appealing alternative for parents seeking a dining experience that evokes comfort and familiarity.”
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Chief Growth Officer Robert Clark told QSR last month that the company is seeing sales in the updated restaurants lift 47%. One of them saw sales lift 100%. The company currently has 80 stores and completed nine renovations in the last two years. The company is also looking to make a plan for franchise owners to adopt, and most of them are agreeing to it, according to the outlet.
In its heyday, Sizzler operated more than 700 restaurants nationwide, according to several reports.
Fast-food companies are already facing margin pressures from supply-chain disruptions and rising labor costs, while industry-wide traffic remains subdued. Lower foot traffic has forced many restaurants to roll out more promotions and even pursue rebranding efforts to attract their core customers, who have been pulling back on discretionary spending.
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Sasha Shennikov, vice president of marketing, told QSR the brand is popping up “all over” Los Angeles with radio ads and billboard space.
Tavern is focusing on the brand’s history and modernizing its assets.
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“Instead of throwing away decades of heritage in the logo, we built upon it by stripping it back, slanting it and stamping it into place as a literal cattle brand,” Tavern previously wrote.
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It used a rich maroon color as the hero of the identity’s palette and also reused the “ZZ” design from the logo (and the word “sizzle”) as fun, secondary design elements that make the brand’s tone more playful and distinctive.