Exclusive | FIFA lied about paying for PR campaign to save Gianni Infantino — days before hired-gun agency launched global blitz

FIFA lied about hiring a British PR and marketing firm to shill for its embattled president Gianni Infantino — just days before the UK agency launched an international media blitz as he fights for his political survival, leaked emails reviewed by The Post show. The Zurich-based organization issued a blanket denial to this newspaper’s scoop on Friday that the Swiss-Italian sports suit was dipping into its coffers to hire Sir Martin Sorrell’s London outfit, Monks, to rehabilitate his image after his botched attempt to sell the game’s commercial assets to Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital. A spokesperson claimed it was “demonstrably false…

Why not all extended car warranties are scams — and what you need to know

New York Post may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. If the phrase “extended car warranty” sends a chill down your spine and brings back bad memories of robocalls warning that your coverage is about to expire, you’re not…

Rui Hachimura converts Lakers fan to Clippers stan in wild gift exchange

Rui Hachimura moved on from the Lakers, and he’s hoping his fans do, too. On his official Instagram account @blacksamurai, a clip of Hachimura gifting a Clippers jersey to a fan was posted. The fan originally was wearing Hachimura’s No. 28 Lakers jersey, but the forward asked the boy to…

California brings in new laws changing how you eat forever

Dining out in California will forever come with an asterisk. Under a new law signed Monday, restaurant chains will have to slap a warning – a sugar cube inside a black triangle – on menus next to drinks packing an entire day’s recommended amount of added sugar. The requirement applies…

Heliot Ramos embracing his Aaron Judge-sized Yankees challenge

Manager Aaron Boone said Aaron Judge was “not quite ready,” which meant Heliot Ramos had to be. Essentially stepping into the cleats of the 6-foot-7 superstar, who was held off the wild-card roster with a calf strain, was a 5-foot-11 trade-deadline pickup who was brought in to crush lefties and…

Exclusive | Xavier Becerra appalled staff with offensive term for missing children while HHS secretary

Xavier Becerra disparaged migrant children as “little Juanitos and Juanitas” while leading former President Joe Biden administration’s health department, a former colleague alleges — fueling Democratic insiders’ fears about California’s would-be governor. “I never heard a single person disparage immigrant children,” a former Biden administration official who worked with Becerra…

Four new In-N-Outs ‘opening soon’ across California — here’s where

The In-N-Out empire keeps growing. Residents across the Golden State will soon have more chances to grab the burger chain’s famous fare, with several new locations listed as “opening soon” on its website. Three of the new sites are headed to Southern California, while the fourth will make its home…

Longtime NBA coach retires from JJ Redick’s staff as part of shakeups

A longtime NBA coach retired from Lakers coach JJ Redick’s staff, triggering shakeups. Bob Beyer decided to call it a coaching career, which started for the 64-year-old when he became an assistant coach for Alfred University’s men’s basketball team in 1983 and ended after two seasons on Redick’s staff from…

France sees US tech fines as piggy bank for EU spending, minister reveals

A top ally of French President Emmanuel Macron gloated that the European Union is treating fines on US tech giants like a piggy bank to bankroll the bloc’s own spending — a brazen disclosure the White House likened to “extortion.” France’s Europe Minister Benjamin Haddad suggested Tuesday that the EU,…

Ex-Jets linebacker earns UFC contract after wild 34-second knockout

A former Jet is taking flight… in the UFC. Ex-Jets linebacker Anthony Wint earned a UFC contract after defeating Matthew Adams in a heavyweight bout on “Dana White’s Contender Series.” Wint took down Adams via TKO 34 seconds into the first round of their Tuesday night fight, delivering a flurry…

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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