Bryce Hopkins expects ‘high emotions’ if St. John’s meets Providence in Big East tourney

Bryce Hopkins smiled then laughed.  Of course, his first Big East Tournament game as a Johnnie could wind up coming against his old team, Providence.  “I kind of had a feeling it was going to happen again,” the 6-foot-7 St. John’s forward said Monday during a meet and greet with Red Storm fans at Applebee’s in Queens.  Providence still has to win a game to meet No. 1 seed St. John’s (25-6), but if the No. 9 seed Friars get past No. 8 seed Butler in the out-bracket round Wednesday night, there will be a third meeting between the rivals…

Cannabis compounds could reverse disease affecting one-third of adults

Compounds found in cannabis could provide a new roadmap for treating the world’s most common chronic liver disorder, according to a study released by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The research, published in the British Journal of Pharmacology, found that cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabigerol (CBG) significantly reduced liver fat and improved metabolic…

Phillies lock up Jesus Luzardo with 5 million contract extension

The Phillies made sure Jesús Luzardo isn’t going anywhere. The team locked up the 28-year-old lefty on a five-year, $135 million contract extension on Monday, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed. Luzardo was set to become a free agent at the end of the 2026 season after coming over in a…

Saks Fifth Avenue and Nieman Marcus closing several stores across SoCal

Southern California’s luxury shopping landscape is shrinking as three high-end department store locations prepare to shut their doors. Two Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the region are slated to close, including locations at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa and The Gardens on El Paseo in Palm Desert. A Neiman…

WeWork ‘growing again’ in NYC — years after crashing and burning

WeWork — remember them? — just signed a lease for 37,000 square feet at 511 Fifth Ave. between East 42nd and 43rd streets. It adds to WeWork’s growing, 3.3 million-square-foot portfolio of Big Apple coworking spaces — part of a global portfolio of 45 million square feet. But if you didn’t…

Young women are shunning birth control because of the ‘nocebo effect’

When a teen girl recently posted on TikTok about the “pros and cons of birth control,” almost 120,000 people hit the “like” button. Of the pros, the girl said her birth control made her period disappear and referenced its “99%” success rate at preventing pregnancy. Of the cons, she said…

California Rep. Kevin Kiley ditches the GOP in blow to party’s razor-thin majority

California Rep. Kevin Kiley has officially ditched the Republican Party, becoming the first Independent in the lower chamber since 2019 amid his frustrations with GOP leadership and redistricting. While Kiley (I-Calif.) will continue caucusing with Republicans for “administrative purposes,” his party affiliation switch complicates the GOP’s already razor-thin grip on…

US gunmaker Ruger accuses Italian rival Beretta of plotting stealth takeover

America’s largest gunmaker, Sturm Ruger & Co., accused the parent company of Italian arms firm Beretta of trying to stealthily seize control of the Connecticut-based business through “self-serving demands” such as cut-price stock buys and veto-like board power. The Todd W. Seyfert-led giant hit back on Monday at the historic…

Exotic prime numbers could be hiding inside black holes

Like physics, math has its own set of “fundamental particles” — the prime numbers, which can’t be broken down into smaller natural numbers. They can only be divided by themselves and 1.And in a new development, it turns out these mathematical “particles” are offering new ways to tackle some of…

Here’s the ridiculous amount the Giants will pay Jordan Stout per punt

Jordan Stout is getting paid. The Giants agreed to sign the now-former Ravens punter to a record three-year, $12.3 million deal, The Post’s Paul Schwartz confirmed on Monday, the first day of the NFL’s legal tampering period of free agency. But exactly how much is Stout’s First-Team All-Pro leg to…

In people with epilepsy, sleeping after a seizure may trigger more seizures

Sleep could encode epileptic seizures in the brain by repurposing the processes used to solidify memories, potentially making seizures harder to treat or prevent, new research suggests. But the new study also suggests a possible way to counter the effect: using electrical stimulation to keep the brain from “memorizing” the…

3 Movies to Watch If You Like ‘The Bride!’: ‘Wild at Heart’ and More

One of the most famous horror movie monsters is all the rage right now: only a few months after Guillermo del Toro‘s Frankenstein, the Creature returns in a punk-rock-infused gothic romance. From actor-turned-director Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Bride! is a Bonnie and Clyde-inspired reimagining of The Bride of Frankenstein set in 1930s New York…

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