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Love ’em or hate ’em, the cicadas are coming. 2025 will bring back Brood XIV, the largest of all 17-year periodical cicada broods.Cicada enthusiasts surely don’t mind the noisy creatures. But if you’re someone who finds the constant nighttime buzz bothersome and live in one of the following 13 states, maybe consider investing in a good pair of noise-canceling earbuds. Brood XIV are expected this spring in Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Gene Kritsky, founder of Cicada Safari, a group that crowdsources and reviews data on cicadas, told USAToday that some areas will get more of the critters than others, and that based on historical data and the weather, Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas can expect to hear the visitors first, starting as early as the end of April. It takes about two full weeks for the great bulk of the cicadas to come out, Kritsky said. Once they start coming out at a specific location, that starts the clock. Youll have cicadas at that location for the next six weeks. And though Kritsky predicts that this year’s gang will be heavy in some areas, 2024 was a much busier (and buzzier) year for cicadas. That’s because 13-year cicadas, Brood XIX, and 17-year cicadas, Brood XIII, both emerged last year, according to the University of Connecticut’s research team. That was the first time the two broods synced up since 1803, and it won’t happen again until 2037. If you’re thinking that you’ve seen cicadas way more than once every 17 years, you’re not wrong. There are seven species of cicadas that emerge on different schedules. Four have 13-year cycles and three have 17-year cycles. Plus, most cicada species are annual, which means you can seeand hearsome species every year.
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Teslas stock has hit its lowest price since Election Day, hovering around the $251 threshold on midday Friday before slowly creeping back up again. Shares were down 4.6%, putting Tesla on track to erase its entire $700 billion post-election gain. The company’s year-to-date losses reached around 35%, reported Yahoo Finance. Meanwhile, CEO Elon Musks net worth has fallen from a peak of $486 billion to $330 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires List. Gains from Trump’s 2024 election victory vanish Shares of Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) had surged 91% in the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, reaching their peak in mid-December. The rally was fueled by Wall Streets expectations that Musks near $300 million donation to Donald Trump and GOP election efforts would lead to a big win for Tesla, reported Forbes. However, the stocks sharp decline follows a series of setbacks for the company. In February, Teslas sales plummeted in Europe and China, raising concerns among investors in the EV maker. Additionally, Musks growing political involvement has raised questions of whether he is becoming distracted from his role as chief executive. On Tuesday, Bank of America downgraded Teslas stock, slashing its price target from $490 to $380. Tesla remains highly sensitive to tariffs, as China is its second-largest market and the company relies on materials from Canada for production. “Tesla is still very reliant on parts from across the world for all our businesses,” Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja cautioned in January, as Forbes reported. Tech-heavy Nasdaq leads broader market downturn Adding to the pressure, broader market turmoil has intensified. The market rally that followed the electionfueled by speculation around what Wall Street had hoped would be a more pro-business administrationhas been dampened by concerns over U.S. trade policy and slowing economic growth, according to Bloomberg. The S&P 500 has dropped more than 7% from its peak. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down a similar amount. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq Composite fell below 18,000 for the first time since October and is now trading at below its Election Day level.
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McDonald’s, Wingstop, and Starbucks are among Gen Z’s most popular and appealing restaurant brands, according to Dcdx’s new Magnetic 100: Restaurants report, measured by organic, user-generated content. The report looks at what young consumers spent their hard-earned money on in the first quarter of 2025, noting which brands attracted the most organic conversations, either by generating online buzz or through word-of-mouth, including during big cultural moments such as the Super Bowl and holidays like Valentine’s Day. Some surprising names to crack Dcdx’s top-10 roster this year were Crumbl Cookies (#6) and Raising Canes (#7), a fast-casual chain specializing in chicken fingers. Here’s the top 10 rankings from the new Magnetic 100: Restaurants: McDonald’s Wingstop Starbucks Chipotle Taco Bell Crumbl Cookies Raising Cane’s KFC Chick-fil-A Subway It’s worth noting that some of the top brands are known for offering special items for a limited time, such as McDonald’s, which has seen success with its special-edition meals created in collaboration with popular celebrities, and Crumbl, which features a rotating menu of cookie flavors. Gen Z’s spending power grows A lot has been written about Gen Z’s spending habits, mostly because the 12-to-27-year-old demographic’s spending power is expected to grow to $12 trillion by 2030, according to Nielsen. That would make it the wealthiest generation to date, giving it significant influence over the products retailers and manufacturers choose to sell, both now and in the future. It’s also the largest generation in history, making up over 25% of the global population. The report also makes clear that brands aren’t just competing for dollars, but also for a share in an ongoing and crowded online conversation. For example, the report’s top 100 brands racked up 7.78 billion total engagements, with McDonald’s, the leading brand, generating 1 billion engagements alone. Of the 139 total restaurant brands analyzed in the report, the top 6 brands drove over 50% of the conversation in the restaurant category, representing nearly 4 billion engagements.
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