Arizona boy, 11, diagnosed with idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease after experiencing back pains

An 11-year-old Arizona boy has been diagnosed with an extremely rare disease after suddenly experiencing back and chest pains. Giovanni Cruz from Tucson was rushed to Banner Diamond Children’s Medical Center after taking a turn for the worst in June. His mother Patricia revealed he had been “dancing, smiling and playing baseball” when he started suffering from pains across his chest and began sweating. After being transferred to Tucson Medical Center and undergoing a series of tests, doctors diagnosed him with idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. The extremely rare illness impacts just three Americans per every million each, with it attacking…

The placebo effect has an evil twin — and it can be deadly

In late 2022, as the fentanyl drug overdose epidemic raged across America, police officers making street busts of the synthetic opioid began experiencing what they believed were “life-threatening” reactions. In Florida, an officer lost consciousness after touching a powder she thought was fentanyl. She felt “light-headed … I was choking.…

There’s an ESPN double standard when it comes to the offensive

Kyrie Irving was right! Planet Earth is flat, and that explains why so many people are falling off its edges, never to be seen again. Ready for this one? Longtime reader Gary Wilbur — a credible man who shares intelligent, moderately worded thoughts, nothing socially objectionable — last week learned…

Virginia vs. NC State prediction: Odds, picks, best bet for Week 0 clash

Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. Almost nothing went wrong for Virginia in 2025. The Cavaliers notched their first-ever 11-win season, made the ACC Championship game and defeated Missouri in…

Prime Video: All the Movies and Shows Leaving Soon (August 2026)

Prime Video is one of the most popular streaming services around right now. A big reason why is the sheer breadth and volume of films it offers. From summer blockbusters like Masters of the Universe with Nicholas Galitzine to compelling dramas like He Went That Away with Jacob Elordi, the…

Bill Maher blasts academics for trashing Western civilization – and Israel

Comedian Bill Maher roasted lefty academics for trashing Western civilization — while enjoying the freedoms and institutions it created. During Friday night’s episode of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” he vented during a conversation about Israel with Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, who has criticized the “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions”…

NYC DSA boss Gustavo Gordillo’s humble immigrant backstory in question

NYC socialist honcho Gustavo Gordillo’s web of lies is unraveling fast after getting caught faking his address, his job, and apparently now — his own family’s immigration story. Gordillo, 38, recently said his parents were poor immigrants from Peru. “My parents came here, they had nothing,” he told the New…

Disability patients sue New York to stop doctor-assisted suicide law

A coalition advocating for patients with disabilities filed federal lawsuits Thursday seeking to scrap New York and Illinois’ controversial doctor-assisted suicide laws for allegedly treating the terminally ill as “disposable.” The New York state Health Department recently published rules for administering the law, which takes effect August 5 and allows…

Outgoing DNI Tulsi Gabbard rescinds ‘ethically flawed’ Biden-era Havana Syndrome findings

Outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard rescinded two controversial Biden-era assessments Thursday that concluded the condition known as Havana Syndrome was unlikely to be the result of foreign adversaries attacking US personnel. The retracted Intelligence Community Assessments selectively excluded evidence and intelligence, mischaracterized sources “to suppress alternative analyses,” omitted…

Exclusive | Biden DOJ given repeated advance warnings about notorious school board memo, new docs show

Several top law enforcement officials expressed misgivings about the Biden administration Justice Department’s notorious Oct. 4, 2021, memo targeting parents protesting at school board meetings, new documents reveal. Then-FBI Deputy Assistant Director Jay Greenberg raised concerns with the DOJ that the department was not on the same page as investigators in the bureau…

The secret Mets return date Francisco Lindor has in mind

While injured Mets star Francisco Lindor has kept his cards close to the vest about his return, he does seem to have a return date in mind.  Lindor has a secret target date to return to the field of June 20, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported. The Mets shortstop has…

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