Posh Upper East Siders lash out at plan to fight rats by getting trash off the sidewalks

Upper East Siders are trashing NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to eliminate nearly 30,000 parking spaces citywide and plunk tens of thousands of massive garbage containers streetside – saying it would turn the posh neighborhood into “Dumpsterville.” The towering, UFO-like metal trash containers – called “Empire Bins” — would line up like “permanent walls” block by block, creating eyesores that would attract graffiti, choke out lighting and potentially cause safety concerns at night, warned Valerie Mason, who chairs Manhattan Community Board 8. “We are concerned about the resulting 24/7 visual blight, and perhaps even more significant than the effect on…

Aaron Judge takes major step toward Yankees return

Aaron Judge’s lengthy route back to the Yankees’ lineup has taken another step. Judge played catch Friday for the first time since landing on the injured list in early June with a stress fracture in his first right rib, manager Aaron Boone said Saturday before the Yankees continued a series…

Trump predicts AOC will run for president

President Trump is predicting AOC will try to succeed him in the White House, but threw her in with other left wing candidates trying to ditch their earlier radical positions that are now causing political heartburn.  “I think so,” he told Fox News in an interview during his trip to…

Karl Ravech finally opens up on shocking ESPN layoff

To Karl Ravech, seeing news of his status at ESPN — the network that laid him off last month — and reading about everything “has been surreal.” But Ravech, addressing everything for the first time since the decision during an appearance on “Westwood One Sports Night” on Friday, added that…

Cancer-fighting gum chews away at 93% of oral HPV

You may soon be able to walk and chew cancer-fighting gum at the same time.  Researchers have bioengineered chewing gum to attack three microbes linked to oral cancer, including human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted infection. It was 93% effective in reducing the virus in saliva samples.  The research…

US grocery chain to close 60 ‘underperforming’ stores — with 2 in California

One of America’s biggest supermarket chains is closing dozens of stores — including locations in California — even as it goes on a massive acquisition spree. Kroger, the Cincinnati-based grocery giant, has been on a multi-year move to shutter more than 60 “underperforming” stores nationwide, shifting resources toward locations it…

Genetics triggers male black widows to blackflip into death, study finds

A wild widow spider behavior involving a backflip into death during sex has a simple genetic explanation, new research finds.Male redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselti) — Australia’s version of black widows — flip into females’ fangs while mating in order to make sex last longer. They also constrict their abdomens —…

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