US existing home sales unexpectedly fell in June as house prices hit a record high and mortgage rates remained elevated, pushing potential buyers to the sidelines. Home sales dropped 2.4% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million units, the National Association of Realtors said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast home resales would climb to a rate of 4.20 million units. Sales increased in the Northeast, but declined in the Midwest, South and West. Existing home sales are counted at the closing of a contract. Last month’s sales likely reflected contracts signed in April and May.…
Scientists have invented a soft robotic heart that could give them a new way to study a mysterious condition that accounts for roughly half of all heart failure cases.This form of heart failure, called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), is a condition in which the heart pumps out…
Skip the protein shakes. This unconventional pre-workout might already be in your pantry — and you don’t even have to eat it. Sports researchers in Malaysia found that offering a whiff of chocolate to people while working out helped them increase their performance during leg exercises. “We know olfaction is…
LONDON — Karolina Muchova ended Coco Gauff’s run at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (10) victory Friday that ended with a drama-filled tiebreaker, to become the fourth Czech woman in the last six years to reach the final of the grass-court Grand Slam. It will be the ninth-ranked Muchova’s…
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Wednesday that he will ask the Supreme Court to rehear the birthright citizenship case after it ruled against him last month. The high court quashed Trump’s day-one executive order to end automatic birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants and birth tourists, ruling that…
Enough with the early exits in potentially historic moments. That’s the message Fox Sports NFL play-by-play extraordinaire and MLB host Kevin Burkhardt preached Wednesday night after a second MLB team pulled a starter with a perfect game within a week. The Pirates yanked starter Jared Jones after six innings with…
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Palm Beach International Airport in Florida was formally rechristened President Donald J. Trump International Airport Thursday morning — with the commander in chief’s own Boeing 757 making the first landing. The 89-year-old hub, located five miles west of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, was renamed via legislation passed in February by the…
The out-of-office message is on and the laptop is shut. The long-awaited vacation has finally begun. Then comes the sore throat, the stuffy nose and the pounding headache. The cruel irony? After weeks of pushing through deadlines and nonstop responsibilities, some high achievers find that the moment they finally slow…
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California’s controversial $20-an-hour fast-food minimum wage is taking another bite out of the restaurant industry, with at least 16 fast-food locations across the Fresno area shutting their doors since the start of 2025. The wave of closures has left vacant storefronts stretching across Fresno, Clovis, Hanford, Merced, Kerman and Visalia,…
A Wimbledon player had an ugly crash during a women’s doubles quarterfinal Wednesday. However, it wasn’t the usual slip on the grass that is so often seen throughout the Grand Slam tournament. Rather, Demi Schuurs ran into a ball girl while chasing down a ball. Schuurs, alongside partner Ellen Perez,…
Matt Lauer was spotted on a rare outing with girlfriend Shamin Abas five months after Brooke Nevils released her memoir including allegations against him. According to photos obtained by People on Wednesday, July 8, Lauer, 68, and Abas, 56, spent the 4th of July weekend in the Hamptons. The couple…
Spencer Pratt offered up a heartfelt detail from his visit to President Donald Trump’s Oval Office — sharing what it meant to bring his eight-year-old son Gunner along with him. The reality television star and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate posted a picture of Gunner posing in front of the president’s empty…
Most fans don’t put much stock into summer league, for good reason. But Knicks fans should take a moment to get to know T.J. Saint, an assistant who will be the team’s summer league coach. Jordan Brink did the job last year. And anyone who listened to coach Mike Brown…
Riley Burruss is ready to pull back the curtain on her dating life. During the Wednesday, July 8, episode of Bravo’s Next Gen NYC, viewers were able to meet Riley’s boyfriend, Christian. “I got a new boyfriend,” Riley, 23, shared in a confessional interview. “He’s super sweet, super caring and…
For decades, cities have been designed around “gray infrastructure.” Roads move people. Bridges connect communities. Water systems protect public health. These systems are governed by engineering standards because society recognizes that safety cannot depend on good intentions alone.Urban nature deserves the same recognition.In June, a heat wave gripped Europe, breaking…
Too many people are earning an F on their vitamin D. A study published in Nutrition Research found that 41.6% of American adults are deficient in it, and that number climbs even higher for certain groups — 82.1% for Black people, 69.2% for Hispanics. Vitamin D is essential for your…
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you click or buy through our links. Featured pricing is subject to change. Just four women remain in the 2026 Wimbledon draw and it’s time for the semifinals. All four semifinals are first-time semifinalists at Wimbledon, and for…
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to cut off all trade with Spain, due to Madrid’s refusal to increase military spending and its airspace restrictions on the US’s attacks on Iran. Trump has warned NATO allies against playing “funny math” with their defense spending — by either failing to lay…
Brandon Aiyuk is not logging off, even if his social media routine has thoroughly exhausted just about everyone watching. If anything, the wide receiver sounds ready to lean even harder into the social media storm that has turned his NFL future into one of the league’s stranger offseason dramas. Aiyuk,…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Cool girl Olivia Wilde doesn’t dress in ‘bum’ attire, but her latest look proves that you don’t have to sacrifice comfort for fashion. Her loose-fitting trousers style is incredibly luxe and…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! Planning a wedding and the festivities that go along with it can get expensive fast. As an August 2026 bride, my wedding is quickly approaching. I have yet to find…
WASHINGTON — A Democratic lawmaker was quietly investigated by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly pursuing an “inappropriate relationship” with a staffer — but the probe never substantiated the claims and was closed without releasing any public findings. Rep. Alma Adams, a 79-year-old North Carolina pol who has served the…
McDonald’s lost the trademark rights to its “Extra Value Meal” moniker – and now it’s fighting to win them back. The United States Patent and Trademark Office rejected for the second time the fast-food chain’s trademark application on April 14, arguing the phrase describes a discounted food bundle – not…
Home Depot is letting go of a traditional store feature and introducing a new customer support system. The retailer is replacing their old-school phone menus with an AI-powered voice agent to provide support for customer calls four times faster, according to the company. “Say ‘bye’ to the traditional phone menu,”…
With Artemis II complete, NASA is pushing ahead with plans to build a permanent human habitat on the moon, and retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield wants to make sure one crucial piece of technology is awaiting the future crop of lunar settlers: a guitar.”We keep a guitar on…
Belch it from the rooftops. Scientists in Germany recently published findings from a study that fraternity houses have been informally conducting for generations. They purchased 65 different beers from local supermarkets and tested them for their health benefits — in particular their vitamin B content. As more people shun alcohol for…
Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt was arrested just hours before the start of the NFL draft, according to authorities in Kansas. Johnson County jail records show Merritt was booked on Wednesday on one charge of domestic battery. Merritt allegedly “unlawfully, knowingly, or recklessly” caused “bodily harm” to a family…
You don’t have to leave your house to experience a true cinema masterpiece. Streaming platforms like Amazon Prime Video play host to a plethora of amazing movies, running the gamut on genre, decade and country. This April, Watch With Us looks to Prime Video for three recently added movies that…
Iran’s regime is “going crazy” over President Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, according to an insider, as the leadership still refuses to come to the negotiating table. “A source who spoke to the Iranians summed it up to me in one line, ‘The Iranians are going crazy about…
Millions of current and former Capital One customers should soon start receiving payments from the bank’s $425 million settlement — and it takes just a few steps to check if you’re eligible. Capital One has agreed to pay the nearly half a billion dollar sum to settle accusations it ripped…
During Amazon’s annual review season now under way, hundreds of employees will see their job titles stripped. The company is not punishing underperformers. Rather, in a test, it is tossing out traditional titles for white-collar workers in charge of product at its Ring and Blink home security units. Starting next month,…
The findings push back the oldest known octopuses by around 5 million years. (Image credit: Yohei Utsuki: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University)Scientists have identified enormous finned “kraken” octopuses that may have reached up to 62 feet (19 meters) long. The behemoths prowled the oceans during the Cretaceous…
It’s a hard topic to address. A penile cancer survivor is raising awareness of the rare disease that ate away at parts of his penis seven years ago, when he was just 26. Steven Hamill sat down with the hosts of ITV’s “This Morning,” plus his urologist at Britain’s Clatterbridge…
This Giants legend won’t miss Dexter Lawrence one bit. Tiki Barber, the franchise’s all-time leading rusher, blasted the disgruntled Lawrence after he was traded last week to the Cincinnati Bengals for the No. 10 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. “I don’t know if I said this on air or…
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WASHINGTON — DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro told The Post Thursday that $700 million seized from a Chinese-led cryptocurrency investment scam will be returned to American victims — many of them elderly — who had their life savings stolen. Two Chinese nationals, Huang Xingshan and Jiang Wen Jie, operated a…
Microsoft is planning its first voluntary employee buyout in the Windows maker’s 51-year history, CNBC reported Thursday, citing a memo. Like other US tech giants, Microsoft has been spending aggressively on artificial intelligence. But adoption of one of its flagship AI services, the 365 Copilot, has reached just slightly over 3% of its…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta tried to delay posting bond for millions of dollars in damages after it was found liable for teen social media addiction in a landmark California court verdict last month, according to legal documents reviewed by The Post. In what experts called a “Big Tobacco” moment for social…
A dramatic photo shows the extremely unlikely moment when a blazing fireball meteor photobombed a contender for the “Great Comet of 2026” as it shone in the night sky over a 500-year-old European castle.Photographers Petr Horálek and Josef Kujal snapped the cosmic coincidence on April 18 in the skies over…
Your high-tech water filter could become a thing of the past. A recent study shows that Moringa oleifera, an ancient herbal plant known as the “tree of life,” can remove microplastics from water. Researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology of São Paulo State University found that moringa seeds,…
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