Mark Sanford attempting a congressional comeback months after allegation of affair with Olivia Nuzzi

Mark Sanford filed paperwork Monday to run for Congress in South Carolina’s 1st District, months after Olivia Nuzzi’s ex-fiancé alleged the former Republican lawmaker had an affair with the journalist.  Sanford is running in the expansive House district being vacated by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who is seeking the GOP nomination for governor in South Carolina.  “People have been telling me it’s time to get off the bleachers,” Sanford, 64, told the Post & Courier newspaper.  In between two separate stints in Congress representing the First District – 1995 to 2001 and 2013 to 2019 – Sanford served as governor…

Tasmanian tigers discovered in Indigenous rock art in Australia, suggesting these marsupials lived there much longer than thought

Archaeologists in Australia have discovered centuries-old Indigenous rock art depicting Tasmanian devils and the now-extinct Tasmanian tiger, a new study reports. The findings suggest that the Tasmanian tiger may have survived on the Australian mainland until much more recently than previously thought.The team documented around 14 new rock-art drawings of…

Ann Meyers Drysdale feels pride in watching UCLA women pursue history

Ann Meyers Drysdale is on a text chain with other UCLA women’s basketball greats, all of them awed by what they’re seeing from their successors. Back in the Final Four for a second consecutive season, the Bruins are two wins away from their first NCAA title. “We’re all kind of…

Former Jets quarterback Chris Streveler retires at 31

Former Jets quarterback Chris Streveler announced his retirement in a social media post over the weekend.  Streveler spent one season with the Jets in 2022 and made his lone NFL start that season in Week 15 against the Jaguars.  “I love football, but today is my last day as a…

Austin Slater agrees to Tigers deal after flirting with Yankees return

A lefty masher who finished last season with the Yankees will not return to The Bronx. Veteran outfielder Austin Slater has agreed to a minor league deal with the Tigers, The Post’s Jon Heyman first reported Tuesday. The deal, which includes an invitation to major league spring training, is worth…

Mayor Bass runs scared, refuses questions about fire and reelection

Los Angeles’ floundering Mayor Karen Bass fled from reporters after promising to answer tough “political questions” — instead escaping to another event — only hours after The California Post exposed the coverup of the Palisades Fire report. Bass held a press conference to announce the signing of an executive directive banning…

Oops! South Korean crypto exchange accidentally hands out B in Bitcoin

A South Korean crypto exchange accidentally dumped more than $40 billion worth of Bitcoin into customer accounts — an astounding error during a giveaway meant to award prizes worth just a few cents each. The blunder at Bithumb, South Korea’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, briefly turned ordinary users into nine-figure Bitcoin…

Chinese spy who wooed SoCal politician learns fate in chilling case

A Chinese spy cozied up to a California city councilwoman — and helped to get the new “political star” elected in 2022 — to advance Beijing’s interests, the feds said. Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, will spend four years in prison after getting Eileen Wang to fall for him while serving…

Breathing wrong is messing with your health — 5 simple steps for doing it right

Don’t waste your breath. Turns out there’s yet another reason to dunk on mouth-breathers: Open-mouthed inhales are not only unflattering, they’re also not great for your health. While there’s technically no “wrong” way to breathe, Dhara Shah, a physical therapist and board-certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist at Emory University Hospital, tells…

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