People with stronger muscles are more likely to harbor a particular species of bacteria in their guts, and when this bacterial species was fed to mice, they became stronger, a new study finds.The study authors say the microbe has the potential to be part of a probiotic supplement, potentially boosting muscle strength. However, this would require the researchers to find a way to preserve it in a pill. What’s more, this microbe could serve as a drug to treat frailty in the elderly, assuming future clinical trials in humans reveal the microbe safely improves muscle strength, said study lead author…
Put it over the radio: New York’s Bravest and Finest will light the lamps on the ice this weekend. The annual NYPD and FDNY hockey game — a grudge match filled with flying fists, punishing hits and high-octane play from the departments’ heroes — is a day circled on every…
Joseph Duggar’s only visitor in jail after he was arrested on child molestation charges has been revealed. The Counting On alum’s attorney has been the sole person to visit Joseph in Washington County Correctional Facility, Page Six reported on Friday, March 27. No family members have visited Joseph, 31, per the…
April’s full moon, known as the Pink Moon, is the first full moon of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. It will be at its fullest on Wednesday, April 1, but it will also look bright and full Tuesday and Thursday (March 31 and April 2). Only on Wednesday, though, will…
LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic had 41 points and eight rebounds while also picking up his suspension-triggering 16th technical foul during the Los Angeles Lakers ‘ 116-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night. Austin Reaves scored 15 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter while the Lakers…
One of the best-known side effects of smoking cannabis is “the munchies,” or an intense increase in appetite. One minute someone might feel full, and the next they appear ravenous.This effect, known scientifically as cannabis-induced hyperphagia, is powerful enough that for regular marijuana users, it can even cause weight gain,…
CHICAGO — Getting to the Elite Eight is becoming an annual event for Tennessee. This time, the Volunteers hope to go another round or two. Nate Ament scored 18 points, Ja’Kobi Gillespie finished with 16 and Tennessee beat Iowa State 76-62 on Friday night to advance to the regional finals…
Tiger Woods’ mugshot has been released after he was charged with a DUI following a rollover car crash. The image, released on Friday, March 27, shows the golfer dressed in a blue shirt and staring at the camera with a serious expression as his photo was taken. News broke earlier…
Progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) is calling for illegal immigrants to be paid reparations over alleged trauma they sustained from the Trump administration’s crackdown and ICE operations across the US. Jayapal made the shocking revelation on Friday in front of a panel of “experts” during a hearing she hosted titled…
Heroes and zeros from St. John’s 80-75 loss to Duke in their Sweet 16 matchup on Friday night in Washington: Hero The likely consensus National Player of the Year, Cameron Boozer, led Duke in crunch time. His three-point play with 3:06 left pushed the Blue Devils’ lead to three.…
Netflix’s Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen hinges on a shocking twist — but what is the big reveal? Before the show premiered on Thursday, March 26, Netflix teased it as a miniseries centered around an engaged couple whose wedding is derailed. “Rachel and Nicky are engaged to be…
Former President Barack Obama gave his explicit blessing to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Prop. 50 redistricting measure, the governor revealed in an interview. Newsom was “very nervous” calling Obama for advice last summer over Prop. 50 — which passed overwhelmingly in November and shuffled California’s congressional maps to favor Democrats in…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ashlon Jackson’s first game-winning shot came on the biggest stage and carried Duke to the Elite Eight. Jackson hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer that lifted third-seeded Duke to an 87-85 win over No. 2 seed LSU in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament on…
Counting On has been removed from streaming platforms following Joseph Duggar’s recent arrest for child molestation. The TLC series, which aired from 2015 to 2020, is no longer available to view on HBO Max as of Friday, March 27. Additionally, The US Sun reported that the show has also been…
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance gathered Trump administration bigwigs Friday for his first anti-fraud task force meeting — saying the team would reverse a more relaxed approach to verification of social services benefits. Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis “A lot…
The first game after a lengthy road trip can be tricky. Coach JJ Redick warned ahead of the Lakers’ home matchup against the Nets that games like Friday night can often feel like road games. And it showed for the Lakers, who struggled early on against the tanking Nets. But…
Less than a week after avoiding a suspension because of an accumulation of technical fouls, Lakers star guard Luka Doncic picked up his 16th technical foul of the season on Friday night, meaning he’ll have to serve a one-game suspension in the team’s next game. Doncic picked up the technical…
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House Republicans passed a stopgap measure Friday night to fund the Department of Homeland Security after rejecting a Senate-passed spending bill that left out funding for immigration enforcement. The move, however, is all but certain to prolong the six-week partial government shutdown. The House measure funds all of DHS for…
It’s no secret what the Sweet 16 game meant to Zuby Ejiofor. And the result was an all-time crusher for the senior. Following St. John’s heartbreaking 80-75 loss to Duke on Friday in Washington, D.C., Ejiofor was overcome with emotion during the postgame press conference. When asked about his Red…
A mother in North Carolina has been arrested after she was accused of stabbing her 10-month-old baby to death and chasing a man down her driveway with a “fixed blade knife.” Ciara Frederick has been charged with first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon, according to Buncombe County jail…
Rep. Eric Swalwell and his former chief of staff aggressively hit up congressional colleagues to support his fledgling AI company — potentially violating House ethics rules, The Post has confirmed through multiple sources. A report published Friday by NOTUS documented how Swalwell and Yardena Wolf — who left the congressman’s…
The Dodgers had an idea about the grandiose nature of their 2025 World Series rings. “It is substantial,” manager Dave Roberts joked Friday afternoon. “I heard the ring is pretty over the top,” added now-retired pitcher Clayton Kershaw a little while later. Indeed, when the club unveiled the jewelry for…
If New Yorkers have learned anything these past few weeks, it’s that the Big Apple’s most fashionable will never let freezing temperatures and piles of dirty snow stop them from looking their best — especially during NYFW Fall/Winter 2026, which officially wraps up today. During one of NYC’s most fashionable…
Long Island Rep. Laura Gillen is facing a Democratic Party primary challenge as liberals rage over she voted to continue funding federal immigration enforcement. Former state Assemblywoman Taylor Darling is throwing her hat in the ring in an effort to topple the first-term incumbent, who has been under fire from…
Dollar Tree is turning over a new, slightly more luxurious leaf. The discount retailer is opening up shop in more affluent neighborhoods in an effort to draw out the nation’s biggest spenders. Nearly half of new Dollar Tree locations over the last six years opened in the wealthier ZIP codes…
ByteDance will take steps to prevent the unauthorized use of intellectual property on its AI video generator Seedance 2.0, the Chinese technology firm said on Monday, following threats of legal action from US studios, including Disney. Videos generated by Seedance 2.0, which was released last week, have gone viral in China including one…
When her latest perfect 10 flashed on LA’s Pauley Pavilion scoreboard, Jordan Chiles took off on a celebratory dash. The UCLA gymnast dropped to the floor mat for a momentary breather, sprawling her body to savor the moment, before rising with a smile to form her hands into a heart…
While Netflix’s America’s Next Top Model docuseries reexamined Shandi Sullivan‘s onscreen sexual assault — including what had to be cut out from the final edit — executive producer Tyra Banks refused to discuss the incident. During the three-part special, released on Monday, February 16, Sullivan recalled nearly winning season 2…
WASHINGTON — Far-left New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being widely mocked for erroneously claiming that Venezuela is “below the equator” while trying to show off her foreign-policy chops in Germany. Venezuela sits just above the equator, but that didn’t stop the Democratic socialist — who majored in international…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday announced the appointment of public servant Janice Charette as the next chief trade negotiator to the US. Charette will act as a senior advisor to Carney and Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-US trade on the upcoming review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, a statement from the…
It’s a full-scale house cleaning in Miami, and there’s a huge domino yet to fall. With the Dolphins reportedly releasing high-priced players Tyreek Hill and Bradley Chubb, the business of what to do with Tua Tagovailoa comes into immediate focus in South Beach. Tagovailoa is a candidate to be released…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! When we think of rich-mom style, Gwyneth Paltrow is one celebrity who instantly comes to mind. The Goop founder is certainly no stranger to dressing up, but her everyday fashion…
WASHINGTON — President Trump told The Post Monday that $5 billion in pledges for Gaza Strip reconstruction will go toward projects cleared by his Board of Peace, which will meet later this week near the White House. The fundraising haul, announced ahead of Thursday’s summit, represents a down payment on…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is allegedly “close” to cutting off the Pentagon’s ties to AI firm Anthropic and placing it on a blacklist that would force several other firms to stop using the Claude chatbot, according to a report Monday. Tensions have reached a boiling point after months of heated…
He put them on the map. An ultra-rich Minnesota enclave named North Oaks is so secretive and exclusive that they have the distinction of being the only community not seen on Google Maps. Or at least they did — until now. An influencer went viral after using a drone to…
Talk about a sore loser. For one player, a game of beer pong went terribly awry. The 19-year-old man was brought to the hospital with acute throat pain, difficulty swallowing and abnormal breathing following a round of the popular drinking game. An initial exam showed the back of the patient’s…
Life without LeBron James will not be pleasant for the NBA. That’s according to Kendrick Perkins, who said on “First Take” on Monday that if James retires, it’s going to leave a massive, unfillable hole in Adam Silver’s Association. Kendrick Perkins if the NBA is ready for life after LeBron…
Several stars took the next step in their relationships in 2026 by getting engaged to their significant others. Sports Illustrated model Clarissa Bowers kicked off the New Year by announcing her engagement to Jackson Morgan by showing off her sparkling square-cut diamond engagement ring via social media on January 4.…
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville unleashed an expletive-filled rant on Saturday, arguing that the Democratic Party will win the next two elections and defeat the GOP “motherf—ers.” Carville closed a short video to his “Politics War Room” podcast, insisting that the Democratic Party needs to embrace a sense of “gallows humor” and…
The number of cryptocurrency payments to suspected human trafficking groups surged 85% in 2025 as digital assets play a growing role in illicit online schemes, according to a new report from analytics firm Chainalysis. Hundreds of millions of transactions on public blockchains exposed links between cryptocurrency payments and human trafficking…
Sounds like iron is sharpening iron. After false rumors that speed skating Olympic gold medalists Jordan Stolz and Jutta Leerdam had trained together, they made it a reality, per the Associated Press. When asked about a made-up story surrounding the 2026 Games, the Dutchwoman Leerdam cited the rumor of her…
Just because there’s a three-day holiday weekend because of President’s Day doesn’t mean we’ll be short on new streaming content this week. In fact, the second week of February brings with it some fantastic new shows and movies hitting platforms like Netflix, Hulu and Prime Video. This week features a…
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