Exclusive | I have no AC in the NYC heatwave — 3 tools that are keeping me cool while I sleep

Fireworks won’t be the only thing keeping people awake this Fourth of July weekend. As temperatures across the Big Apple soar into the triple digits, a staggering 850,000 New Yorkers are expected to sweat through America’s 250th birthday without air conditioning — and this Postie is one of them. To be fair, I’m a terrible hot sleeper year-round. I toss, I turn, I flip my pillow to the “cool side” 37 times a night, and I still wake up with my blankets tangled at the foot of the bed and my pajamas drenched in sweat. I’m not alone. About 14%…

10 truly groundbreaking sports ‘firsts’ that shaped America — and beyond

Long before they became institutions, America’s favorite games were experiments — new leagues, new tournaments, new ideas. These 10 firsts laid the foundation for the sports that drive us to eat, sleep and breathe our fandom. The First Major League Baseball Game (1876) Baseball was America’s most popular professional team…

‘It’s more than a hope, it’s a guarantee’: The Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 10-year movie of the universe is about to ‘blow our minds,’ chief scientist Tony Tyson says

On a dark mountaintop in Chile, the world’s largest digital camera has begun filming its masterpiece.This Tuesday (June 30), scientists with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory announced that the facility’s ambitious Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) officially began. Every night for the next 10 years, the observatory’s car-size…

What to look for when venerable Saratoga kicks off its 46-day meet

You’ve done it all. Watched baseball games at Wrigley Field, Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium. Witnessed the spectacular Northern Lights. Sat in celebrity row at Madison Square Garden. Camped at the Grand Canyon. Wore a cheesehead at Lambeau Field. Proposed marriage at the Empire State Building antenna. Waved the checkered…

Long Island’s American Soccer Club clinches first playoff berth

Could it be any more patriotic? The Fighting Tomcats of the American Soccer Club clinched the Long Island franchise’s first playoff berth with a final regular-season victory over Osner’s FC, 3-1, Wednesday night. “I don’t know if it’s fate,” head coach John Fitzgerald told The Post about earning the inaugural…

Democrats must shake off unpatriotic label, Tom Suozzi says

Democrats have a public relations crisis on their hands that they need to “change” now – the perception that they’re unpatriotic, Rep. Tom Suozzi declared in a new op-ed. “I love America. Unfortunately, as we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, too many Americans associate those three words only with Republicans,”…

Justices Jackson, Sotomayor grill Trump’s SCOTUS lawyer over  ‘s—hole countries’ jab in Syrian, Haitian migrant case

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s bashing of migrants from “s—hole countries” and other fiery immigration rhetoric came back to haunt him during the Supreme Court’s oral arguments Wednesday. While considering a case over the Trump administration’s bid to yank temporary protected status (TPS) for thousands of Syrian and Haitian migrants, Democrat-appointed justices…

Lakers fall to Rockets in Game 5 despite Austin Reaves’ return

The Lakers’ mission was to take the Rockets’ postseason life away. But the Rockets are still breathing.  And very much alive and confident after beating the Lakers 99-93 on the Lakers homecourt in a pivotal Game 5 to extend the best-of-seven first round playoff series by at least one game. …

Spencer Pratt praised for ‘brilliant’ new ad attacking mayoral rivals

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is turning heads with a “brilliant” campaign ad furiously calling out his rivals’ posh homes — after his own residence burned to the ground in the catastrophic Pacific Palisades fire last year. “This is where Mayor Bass lives. You notice something?” Pratt says in…

Gavin Newsom’s spending could put California in budget hell

Gavin Newsom is set to leave California a shocking legacy of a structural budget deficits of between $20 and $30 billion — as state officials admit they have no idea how much money from the general fund it spends on state worker’s salaries. A report by the state’s Legislative Analyst’s…

Raiders legend gives Fernando Mendoza blessing to wear No. 15

Fernando Mendoza can wear No. 15 in Las Vegas with a clear conscience. Former Raiders quarterback and coach Tom Flores recently revealed he’s given the team’s top draft pick his blessing to wear his old number. “He deserves my blessing,” Flores said of Mendoza. “Because if he’s not the real…

California’s High-Speed Rail plan delayed again after uproar

California’s bullet train can’t catch a break. The state’s High-Speed Rail Authority board punted a vote Wednesday on its long-awaited business plan — after it was revealed that the project’s cost had ballooned to a staggering $231 billion. Lawmakers and budget hawks have ripped the Los Angeles-to-San Francisco train project…

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