With violent conflicts happening across the world right now, war feels like a permanent condition. But have humans ever lived without war?The answer depends on how you define “war.” If war means a fight between two governments, then yes, there have been peaceful periods “because for nearly 99% of human history, there were no governments,” said Ian Morris, a historian at Stanford University and author of “War! What Is It Good For? Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014).Violence, on the other hand, has always been with us. If the question becomes…
SEATTLE — There’s no real way to define the kind of win the U.S. national team doesn’t have, so people have settled on “signature win,” as if its three victories so far at this World Cup don’t qualify. Maybe the better way to put it is a win as an…
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Fireworks began going off outside Dodger Stadium as soon as Saturday’s Fourth of July game began. Inside, however, the pyrotechnics were on hold until the bottom of the sixth, when Freddie Freeman detonated a sold-out crowd in the Dodgers’ 3-0 home win over the Padres. In an unexpected pitcher’s duel…
Sharon Osbourne is marking the first wedding anniversary without her husband, the late Ozzy Osbourne, following the iconic rocker’s death at age 76. “Today would have been our 46th wedding anniversary,” she wrote via Instagram on Saturday, July 4, alongside a close-up photo of the couple holding hands. “Instead, it…
Lionel Richie has returned to the stage and is sharing a hopeful — albeit quick — update on his health after cancelling two shows amid a battle with an unspecified type of illness. “Thank you for every message, every kind word, and for all your love,” Richie, 77, wrote via…
President Trump had one of the country’s first flags on stage with him for the Fourth of July celebration. The flag dates “back to 1777. It bears the 13 stars and 13 stripes of the 13 states that declared independence on the Fourth of July,” he said. He pointed to…
Andre Drummond is excited to join the team he grew up rooting for and hopefully help it repeat as champions. The Mount Vernon, N.Y., native agreed to come to the Knicks on Friday, coming aboard on a one-year, $3.9 million deal to serve as Karl-Anthony Towns’ backup. “[Losing] Mitchell Robinson…
Adam Sandler has quietly become one of the most unexpected constants in Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s love story — and in July 2026, he made it official. The comedian officiated the couple’s star-studded black-tie wedding at Madison Square Garden following years of family fandom, movie experiences and surprise cameos…
Malte Gustafsson hasn’t allowed himself to think about it yet, to envision a future Islanders blue line with him and Matthew Schaefer — both first-round picks, both left-handed, both just 18 years old — in prominent roles. “He’s very, very grounded and humble when it comes to his journey,” recalled…
Lena Dunham brought plenty of color to her best friend Taylor Swift’s highly celebrated wedding to Travis Kelce. Dunham, 40, opted for two custom looks when attending Swift’s wedding weekend to the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, starting with a cropped lime green blazer from Amber Doyle featuring a row…
Patrick Ewing is returning to coaching after serving as an ambassador for the Knicks the last two seasons. The legendary forward who remains one of the greatest Knicks players ever — present throughout their recent championship run and parade, too — has joined the Wizards staff as an assistant coach,…
Selena Gomez glittered in gold while attending her best friend Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated and star-studded wedding to Travis Kelce. Gomez, 33, stunned in a fitted, curve-hugging beaded Oscar de la Renta gown for the newlyweds’ Friday, July 3, wedding inside New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden arena. The Only…
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife Rama Duwaji ditched America’s 250th anniversary, jetting off this week for an Islamic “spiritual wellness” retreat on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca ahead of the patriotic celebration, The Post has learned. The Dallas-raised, Dubai-educated, Syrian-American artist – who has a long history of bashing…
The co-founder of an $8 billion asset management firm with offices in the Golden State was fired for not complying with his own return-to-office policy after failing to show up at the company’s Southern California offices. William Nieporte, who worked as chief compliance officer for Bramshill Investments for about a…
ATLANTA — Kodai Senga’s failures as a starter haven’t extended into his new bullpen job. It’s still too early to declare the Mets right-hander a success as a reliever, but a second straight solid outing Friday at least provided doses of optimism for a struggling pitcher in need of a…
Maybe the best incubator of the worst deals in Wall Street history is happening once again this week in Sun Valley, Idaho — the so-called “summer camp for billionaires” sponsored by investment bank Allen & Co. High in the mountains at private parties and aboard their private jets, media mavens…
ATLANTA — One of the few Mets players who has performed to his level of expectations this season is headed to the All-Star game. Juan Soto was voted a National League starter for the July 14 game in Philadelphia. He was the only Mets player selected. Soto learned of the…
Comedian Dave Chappelle is breaking his silence on Travis Kelce choosing to attend one of his recent comedy shows as part of his bachelor party celebration. “I was shocked, I had never seen anything like that. A whoreless bachelor party?” Chappelle, 52, recalled during a Zoom interview on CNN’s Independence…
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., predicted defeat for far-left candidates in the upcoming midterm elections, expressing confidence that American voters will reject what he described as the rising “politics of envy.” Speaking on “Fox & Friends Weekend,” Lawler echoed President Donald Trump’s warning about the growth of far-left ideology in America…
Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence boom is making home-buying in the notoriously expensive Bay Area real estate market even more miserable. In a viral post this week, Michael Hess, a founder at an AI-moderated research platform, shared a screenshot of a text message exchange with a realtor. Hess in the exchange…
The Twins made their annual pilgrimage to The Bronx, briefly boosting the Yankees’ spirits like they usually do before surprisingly ruining the July 4 holiday game at the Stadium. The Yankees’ unlikely 11-4 defeat to the $320M team’s perennial patsy — their eighth loss in nine games overall — isn’t…
Serena Williams will no longer compete in this year’s Wimbledon doubles draw alongside her sister, Venus Williams. “I’m heartbroken to have to withdraw from doubles,” Serena, 44, announced via Instagram on Saturday, July 4, alongside a video showing the athlete walking tenderly on her nearly fully-bandaged right leg. “Coming back…
Even the MTA doesn’t want to take the subway. An MTA safety superintendent fabricated bogus city parking placards at home so he could use them on his personal cars to park in illegal spaces outside MTA Headquarters, officials said Thursday. Leon Bipat was given a free MetroCard for working for…
California drivers battered by soaring gas prices are finally getting a small break at the pump — but only for a few hours. Circle K is bringing back its annual “Fuel Day” promotion Thursday, giving drivers up to 40 cents off per gallon of gas at participating company-owned locations. The discount…
Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong informed employees in an early morning message Tuesday that the cryptocurrency exchange would eliminate roughly 14% of its workforce — about 700 jobs — as the company restructures around artificial intelligence. Armstrong shared the memo publicly on social media shortly before 7 a.m., telling staff…
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model can help doctors detect pancreatic cancer up to three years before physicians typically spot tumors on CT scans, a new study suggests.The program, described April 28 in the journal Gut, was used to analyze almost 2,000 CT scans that had been previously cleared as…
America didn’t lose all its malls to the internet. It traded them in for Botox. Walk into any strip center worth its rent in 2025 and you’ll find the same thing: a med spa where the shoe store was and an IV drip lounge where the electronics store used to…
Cincinatti Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow has some unique hobbies when he isn’t spending time with his rumored girlfriend, supermodel Olivia Ponton, this offseason. Burrow, who hit the town with Ponton after he attended Monday’s Met Gala solo, pulled back the curtain on his off-field life in an interview with Vanity…
Noah Beck returned to Instagram after both his mother and sister made headlines for separate public scandals. “Quarter of a century🤍#25,” Back wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, May 6, while celebrating his 25th birthday. His post included a mirror selfie, a photo from the beach, a sign that read “gentle…
Spencer Pratt’s sharp debate performance this week was so effective in cutting through the noise and bluntly laying out Los Angeles’ many crises that even some Democratic strategists are saying the former reality TV star may have a real chance to win the mayor’s race. “Spencer Pratt made me laugh,…
A ring of elite corporate lawyers were accused of illegally trading on inside info about blockbuster deals over a decade, using a bizarre code that referred to one merger as a “rabbi” as they raked in tens of millions of dollars in ill-gotten profits, according to federal prosecutors. Nicolo Nourafchan,…
Silicon Valley’s AI boom may be heading out to sea. Tech investors are pouring more than $200 million into a futuristic plan to build floating AI data centers powered by ocean waves — a wild new approach aimed at dodging the growing headaches of building massive server farms on land, according…
Nearly 180 years after they died of cold and starvation in the Canadian Arctic, four crewmembers who perished in the Franklin expedition have been identified thanks to genetic analyses that matched their DNA with that of living descendants.Three of the victims were from HMS Erebus, one of the expedition’s two…
The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has put citizens and health authorities on high alert. Experts believe a few passengers were infected with the Andes strain of hantavirus, which has a mortality rate of up to 40% because it affects the lungs and kidneys, which are critical…
Carlos Rodón is raring to go. The lefty pitcher, who underwent offseason elbow surgery in October, will make his season debut on Sunday when the Yankees face the Brewers. And while he joked he doesn’t have the same “virgin” arm as earlier in his career, he’s nonetheless looking forward to…
May we all be lucky enough to have a partner who hypes us up like Jason Ritter does for Melanie Lynskey. “Melanie is just so fun to work with,” Ritter, 46 — who’s shared the screen with Lynskey, 48, on multiple occasions — revealed exclusively in the latest issue of…
A Colorado school district is being sued for suspending an Asian student who recorded her peers drunkenly using racial slurs in a disturbing video that went viral — but didn’t punish the black students who blasted it on social media because their actions should be viewed through a “culturally responsive…
Ted Turner made sure CNN would never go quietly. The late media mogul — who died Wednesday at 87 — secretly commissioned a chilling “doomsday video” decades ago that was meant to air only when the world came to an end, according to resurfaced footage and archived reports. The eerie…
The scientists operating NASA’s Curiosity rover are breathing a sigh of relief after successfully removing a troublesome rock that got stuck on the end of the Mars rover’s robotic arm for nearly a week. Video footage shows the robot “struggling” to shake off its pesky passenger by tilting, rotating and…
Grab your sneakers and tighten those laces — the Presidential Fitness Test is back. President Donald Trump revived the decades-old exam for public schoolchildren this week, calling it “an important step in our mission to make America healthy again.” “My administration is working very hard to defend America’s cherished athletic…
In an extraordinary scene, several Yankees — Aaron Judge, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Cody Bellinger, Trent Grisham and Amed Rosario — grouped together on the warning track in left field, nearby manager Aaron Boone and several trainers. Both dugouts were filled with players and coaches on the top step peering over.…
Granger Smith and his wife, Amber Smith, made a vow to stay together after the tragic death of their 3-year-old son. “I think we recognized early that most couples don’t make it,” Granger, 46, said on the Wednesday, May 6, episode of the “Jinger and Jeremy” podcast. “I don’t know…
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