Exclusive | NYC Council to honor first-responder heroes killed on 9/11 with new street signs

All first responders killed during the 9/11 terror attacks will have modern red or blue street signs rolled out in their honor before the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11, The Post has learned. City Council Speaker Julie Menin (D-Manhattan) is using $90,000 of her discretionary funds budget to replace 269 standard green street signs — which were hung shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, with the names of the fallen heroes, on the streets where they once lived. Menin, a longtime advocate for 9/11 families, dipped into her funds at the request of Councilman Phil Wong (D-Queens), who first raised the…

All the NFL WAGs spotted at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding

The football wives and girlfriends came out for the wedding of the year. Many of Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs and his friends from around the NFL made their way to Madison Square Garden to join the celebration of his and Taylor Swift’s nuptials Friday night. Fellow tight end and…

Science news this week: James Webb telescope finds a never-before-seen substance, China’s ‘Great Green Wall’ grows faster than natural trees, and a Medici murder mystery is solved

This week’s science news was all about goings on in space, with reports that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) picked up a signal from a mysterious, never-before-seen substance on Pluto and Titan.The space telescope detected a specific absorption line in the spectra of these worlds’ atmospheres, revealing the characteristic…

Are CAPTCHAs obsolete in the age of AI?

When you click to enter a website or try to log in or fill out a form, you may be asked to identify motorcycles from a grid of grainy images, decipher a string of convoluted characters, or click a box that states “I am not a robot.”These tests are called…

How likely are you to find a message in a bottle?

Recently, a cheerful 100-year-old message in a bottle was found on the south-west coast of Australia. In it, a world war one soldier proclaimed to be “as happy as Larry.”If you’re a betting person, you probably wouldn’t expect great odds of this happening. A bottle cast into the ocean could…

Lakers transform ‘desperation’ into 3-0 series lead against Rockets

HOUSTON — Desperation, and the Lakers needing to play with a sense of it, had been a talking point during Lakers coach JJ Redick’s recent media availability. Redick knew the Rockets would be desperate to avoid losing the first two games of the best-of-seven first-round playoff series, a deficit fewer…

Yankees’ Aaron Boone reacts to Red Sox firing Alex Cora

HOUSTON — Aaron Boone was just about to head down to the visiting dugout at Daikin Park on Saturday night when he started hearing “whispers” about Alex Cora getting fired. The Yankees manager was not initially sure if the news about his Red Sox counterpart was true, but eventually got…

Knicks’ Jalen Brunson downplays yelling spat with his dad

ATLANTA — It was a family affair. During the fourth quarter of the Knicks’ 114-98 Game 4 win over the Hawks on Saturday night at State Farm Arena, Jalen Brunson and his father, Knicks assistant Rick Brunson, were animated with each other on the sideline despite the game largely having…

Why do cats and dogs shake their heads?

Most cat owners are familiar with the funny head shake their pets do, often after eating, drinking or enjoying a nice cheek scratch ​​‪—‬ they flick their head back and forth a mile a minute. Dogs and other mammals are known to show similar behaviors.So why do our furry friends…

OG Anunoby has under-the-radar big night in Knicks’ key Game 4 win

ATLANTA — Karl-Anthony Towns received more plaudits than OG Anunoby. That’s to be expected given Anunoby’s quiet personality. But his impact has been loud. He had a terrific all-around showing in the Knicks’ 114-98 Game 4 win over the Hawks on Saturday night at State Farm Arena. He recorded a…

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