The architect behind California’s controversial billionaire tax dismissed warnings the proposal is already driving wealthy residents out of the Golden State, calling the claims “entirely fabricated” even as a growing list of billionaires have reportedly relocated or are weighing an exit ahead of the November election. Dave Regan, president of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), said there is “absolutely no evidence” that wealthy Californians are fleeing because of the proposed one-time tax, pushing back against critics ranging from Gov. Gavin Newsom to business groups and Silicon Valley executives. “There is absolutely no evidence that billionaires leave,” Regan told KCRA’s Ashley…
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz blamed President Trump on Monday for stopping the Jewish state from eliminating all of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Explaining to reporters that having a “partnership” with the US “has certain constraints,” Katz said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “stood bravely” against Trump’s demands that Israel Defense…
A beloved Denny’s in San Diego’s Point Loma neighborhood has permanently closed after nearly six decades in business, leaving longtime customers mourning the loss of what many called a community institution. The news came as a surprise to locals who headed to the beloved diner last week at the corner…
Talk about a wriggly situation. When a man in Spain went to the hospital with chronic headaches, brain scans showed poorly defined lesions, or tissue where the edges are blurred due to abnormal cell growth. Doctors believed all signs were pointing to deadly cancer that had spread — until they…
Bob Iger is said to be eyeing a new Magic Kingdom in Las Vegas — an NBA franchise. The former Disney boss — and Thrive Capital founder Josh Kushner, brother of President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — have enlisted bankers as they weigh a push for a majority stake in…
California Republicans have blasted a Supreme Court ruling allowing states to continue counting ballots that arrive after Election Day, warning the decision will further erode voter confidence. Steve Hilton, the Republican nominee for governor who advanced to November’s general election, called the decision “an insult” and predicted it would energize…
Diners at Outback Steakhouse and other major restaurant chains in California are about to see a permanent shakeup on their menus — and it isn’t a new cut of beef. Starting July 1, the chain will be required to clearly disclose if each menu item contains any of the nation’s…
‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at at timeAntimicrobial resistance is a “silent pandemic,” posing huge threats to public health while raising little attention. To curb resistance, doctors must use antibiotics sparingly and responsibly. This report is the first in a series comparing antibiotic use in…
More men than ever are on testosterone. But experts say boosting this sex hormone may not solve your woes. “Signs and symptoms of low testosterone are often very generalizable and can be due to something else, either in addition to or separately from having low testosterone,” Dr. Justin Dubin told…
Fred VanVleet is staying put. The Rockets guard is opting into his $25 million player option for the 2026-27 season, according to according to multiple reports. The Wichita State product signed a two-year, $50 million contract last summer to stay with Houston, but VanVleet missed the entire season with a torn…
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Layla Taylor came out as bisexual — and revealed she’s dating a woman. “It’s just something that I honestly didn’t really know how to formally address for a long period of my life. … I’m gay and I’m bi and date women and…
Revenge for Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death “must take place on American soil,” the supreme leader’s representative at an Iranian state newspaper demanded on Monday. “The effort to avenge Supreme Leader must take place on American soil itself,” Hussein Shariatmadari wrote for the paper. Hand-selected by Khamenei as editor-in-chief for…
A family who gave up on living in pricey New York City moved to a remote part of Italy after buying a home there for only about $13,000. Cassandra Tresl, 33, told CNBC that she and her husband decided to rethink their future after welcoming their daughter in 2020, concluding…
Americans today live roughly twice as long, on average, as they did when the Declaration of Independence was signed. When the nation was founded in 1776, life expectancy was around 35 to 40 years old, historians estimate. However, someone who survived childhood in colonial America often lived into their 60s…
Larry Fitzgerald Sr. — the dad of Pro Football Hall of Famer Larry Fitzgerald Jr. — died from multiple issues, including severe sepsis, according to a copy of his death certificate obtained by The California Post. The document states a urinary tract infection and prostate cancer were other factors that…
West Wilson is speaking out about the now-viral whiteboard video explaining his Summer House scandal with Amanda Batula. “I, kind of, did it reluctantly,” West, 31, said during the Saturday, June 27, episode of his “Show Me Something” podcast. “I’ve been doing those for like three years, so we —…
A common illness has turned one teen’s whole world upside down. Kaydin Baldwin from Kerrville Texas, was 13 when she contracted the flu — a disease that somewhere between 32 and 57 million people had between October and the end of May, according to the CDC. But her condition turned…
A Canadian fan accidentally tossed her phone while doing the wave in Canada’s 1-0 win over South Africa on Sunday. Fans around SoFi Stadium started the wave multiple times in the 2026 World Cup’s first knockout-stage game due to long stretches of slow play from both teams. During one of…
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She’s the belle of the wedding ball. Thylane Blondeau, the French bombshell twice crowned the “most beautiful girl in the world,” is taking on a new title today: Wife. The 25-year-old model married partner Ben Attal, 29, with a town hall ceremony at the Mairie du 16ème arrondissement in Paris on…
WASHINGTON — White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen is talking to federal prosecutors about taking a plea deal, his lawyers revealed Monday. Allen entered briefly in an orange jumpsuit and shackles for the brief 10-minute hearing, where Department of Justice attorneys and the alleged assassin’s defense team mentioned a…
PETA has badgered a bevy of big-name retailers into dropping products made from the cruelly harvested hair of the animals, The Post has learned. At the animal rights group’s urging, companies including Neiman Marcus, Ulta, Kohl’s and Michael’s quietly stopped selling brushes made from badger hair over the past couple…
A Chinese system has become the world’s most powerful supercomputer, surpassing American machines for the first time since 2021.LineShine, installed at China’s National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, clinched the top spot in the 67th TOP500 ranking of the world’s most powerful supercomputers. The new system has already been used in…
Facebook parent company Meta got hit with a lawsuit from Santa Clara County accusing the tech giant of “knowingly” and “actively” facilitating and profiting from billions of scam advertisements. The county cited a 2025 Reuters investigation that found internal Meta documents detailing how the company earned $7 billion from showing Facebook…
How bad has Shohei Ohtani’s recent hitting slump gotten? Bad enough, that manager Dave Roberts said the two-way star might be out of the Dodgers’ lineup –– at least as a hitter –– the next two nights. While Ohtani was in the team’s Tuesday lineup as leadoff man and designated…
A daycare teacher in Nashville, Georgia, has been arrested for alleged child abuse after videos of her assaulting children circulated online amongst parents. Kalasha Johnson was fired from Joyful Noise Academy on Wednesday, May 6, after parents obtained multiple videos of her allegedly hitting young children, which she allegedly shared…
A measure to force a vote on redistricting failed the South Carolina state Senate on Tuesday after five Republican lawmakers defied President Trump and voted with Democrats against the redistricting effort. “We are the most gerrymandered Republican state in the country already,” South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R),…
Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho, widely known as Jho Low and now a fugitive, has sought a pardon from President Trump, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The request was filed in recent weeks, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter, and if granted…
Just weeks prior to his death, Brandon Clarke was arrested for possession of kratom. The NBA player allegedly had nearly half a pound of it. But what exactly is it? According to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who’s launching a federal crackdown on 7-OH — the…
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Beware of Brooks Koepka in this week’s PGA Championship at Aronimink. Sure, he’s still on the slow climb back up the ladder as he attempts to regain PGA Tour status after his break from LIV last December following nearly four years with the Saudi breakaway tour.…
James Van Der Beek’s wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, shared a heartfelt message about grief three months after the actor’s death. “Yesterday was three months since we lost @vanderjames. To say I’m heartbroken is a severe understatement,” Kimberly, 44, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, May 12, alongside a series of…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told The Post that a longtime CIA employee will allege an ongoing “deep state” conspiracy to cover up the origins of COVID-19 during a public hearing Wednesday. The two-decade CIA veteran currently is detailed to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI),…
Just weeks after the first 7-Eleven in Madera, California opened its doors, it has sold to a new buyer for a record sum. The 7-Eleven at 3720 Avenue 17 in Madera opened in late April, just across from an Arco gas station on Golden State Boulevard. Now the property has…
With the Lakers’ 2025-26 ending after their Game 4 loss to the Thunder on Monday, there will be a period of “deconstruction”, as president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka put it, to figure out how the franchise can elevate itself after a four-game sweep at the hands of the defending…
Sheryl Underwood’s late husband became a punchline during The Roast of Kevin Hart when several comedians made jokes referencing his 1990 death. While Underwood has never publicly disclosed her late husband’s full name — only referring to him has Michael — several outlets have reported that she was married to…
Democrat Eileen Wang, a former California mayor who resigned from her position this week after admitting to acting as an illegal Chinese agent, was once honored as a Woman of the Year by Congresswoman Judy Chu for her “strong voice, leadership, and dedication to serving her community.” Every year, Rep.…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a newsy interview with “60 Minutes” with Major Garrett that aired on Sunday following an unusual “negotiation” with CBS News boss Bari Weiss that iced out the show’s legendary correspondent Lesley Stahl, The Post has learned. Weiss, who personally booked Netanyahu’s first major US…
The cycle of mischaracterization is finally being broken. Around 170 million women worldwide struggle with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal and metabolic disorder that causes infertility, acne, excessive hair growth, obesity and irregular periods. Now, the condition is undergoing a much-needed name change to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS),…
Tear up that contract. Cori Close is getting something significantly better. The UCLA women’s basketball coach has agreed to a new four-year contract that will nearly double her old deal while vaulting her into the top 10 college coaches in her sport in terms of average annual compensation, the California…
A Texas man has been arrested following a triple homicide, in which he allegedly killed his parents and older brother. The Travis County Sheriff’s Office announced in a news release on Thursday, May 7, that three people were found dead inside of a Pflugerville home. Deputies reported to the home…
FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday questioned why Sen. Chris Van Hollen would have “margaritas with a felon” and run up a $7,000 bar tab in Washington, DC — before daring the Maryland Democrat to take a test alongside him for alcohol dependency. “The only person that was slinging margaritas…
Millions of student loan borrowers fell into default earlier this year — and a second wave of delinquencies could be on its way, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday. About 1 million borrowers fell into default in the fourth quarter of 2025 and another 2.6 million did…
Climate change is likely to shift the distribution of virus-carrying rodents, potentially increasing the risk of spillover, when viruses make the jump from animals to humans.This will likely expose populations to diseases that they haven’t encountered before and raise the risk of outbreaks, researchers warn.The hantavirus cluster on the cruise…
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