WASHINGTON — The baby-faced socialist strategist behind Graham Platner’s disastrous Maine Senate bid, Morris Katz, was mysteriously missing from the scandal-scarred campaign’s consultant payroll — despite his firm boasting about creating dozens of ads for the disgraced Democrat. The oysterman’s principal campaign committee, Graham for Senate, forked over $10,177,696 to just a trio of entities between August 2025 and May 2026 for consulting, media buys, ads and data acquisition, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. The firms — LC Media, Helix Campaigns and Workers Productions — accounted for more than 70% of the campaign’s operating expenditures during that time…
At least 20 people across 17 states have been hospitalized due to severe gastrointestinal illness as more than 1,000 cases of the parasitic infection cyclosporiasis have been reported across the country, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports.The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are…
Six hundred and thirty-nine days. That’s how long it had been since Sean Manaea last stayed in a game for seven innings. He’s gone six innings once and five several times since then, but hadn’t reached the seventh-inning stretch since Oct. 8, 2024, in an NLDS win over the Phillies. …
After Taylor Parker’s crimes were broken down in Netflix’s Maternal Instinct, director Jessica Dimmock revealed why she believes the killer was able to successfully trick people around her into believing she was pregnant with Wade Griffin’s child for so long. After her alleged due date of September 22, 2020, came…
WASHINGTON — Democrats are growing anxious that the Graham Platner fiasco has left them with just under four months to throw a campaign together for a new candidate and to get the oyster farmer’s base of loyal followers to “cool off” from his implosion. While many Dem strategists argue that Platner’s…
The Golden State Warriors’ Plan B may already have a name. As the franchise waits to see whether LeBron James becomes a realistic option, DeMar DeRozan has emerged as a veteran fallback worth watching. According to ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel, Golden State is expected to have internal conversations about…
The Valley star Janet Caperna shared an honest message with Bravo fans after revealing her past experience with sexual assault. “I want to be really transparent because today it really hit me that what I shared is going to be out in the world to be judged, talked about and…
WASHINGTON — A top adviser to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushed hard for Maine Democrat Graham Platner in the 2026 Senate race with an eye on a Democratic presidential ticket by 2032, sources told The Post. Morris Katz hyped up Platner as a Bernie Sanders successor who could…
Wall Street investors are reportedly flooding back into tobacco stocks, erasing years of ethical boycotts as the industry’s aggressive pivot toward smoke-free products blurs old moral lines. For nearly a decade, pension funds and major endowments blacklisted cigarette makers under strict mandates. But that taboo is quickly going up in…
A years-long malaria control campaign in the Brazilian Amazon nearly eliminated the disease from a city — but then cases rebounded. Now, scientists think they’ve uncovered why.The campaign took place in northern Brazil during the construction of the Belo Monte Dam in the Xingu River, one of the largest hydroelectric…
It’s time to hand out some midseason awards. NL MVP Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers. Who else? In the human division, Pete Crow-Armstrong is doing it all (but not pitching). NL LVP (Least Valuable) Kyle Tucker. The Mets may have dodged a $60M-a-year bullet. AL MVP Yordan Alvarez, Astros. His torrid hitting…
Nearly six years after Taylor Parker killed pregnant friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock and her daughter Braxlynn Sage, the victim’s mother insisted that the killer is “evil” and not “crazy.” While speaking to NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo, Simmons-Hancock’s mother, Jessica Brookes, and her sister, Emily Shirley, looked back on their loved one’s horrific…
Chiffon? In this economy? This week’s Paris Haute Couture shows swapped the usual piles of handmade lace and crystal-coated leather for materials often on shelves at the Dollar Store — or even better yet, Home Depot, like latex balloons, crumpled chicken wire, ripped denim, and clumps of very photogenic hay.…
Not so fast on the “rapid bus routes!” Bronx politicians blasted Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s news $800 million plan to speed up city bus routes on Thursday — saying it could make the affected streets more dangerous for pedestrians. The elected officials groaned that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has already torn…
Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs has barred employees from trading on prediction-market contracts linked to financial markets and political events, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. A memo was issued some time back in which the policy prohibits staff from participating in event-based contracts that could create real or…
For the first time, physicists have built a working version of quantum mechanics without complex numbers — numbers that have been considered essential to the theory for nearly a century.Complex numbers combine a regular “real” number with an “imaginary” one — a multiple of the square root of -1, represented…
San Francisco voters will decide whether the city should have a public bank after city supervisors this week approved such a proposal to appear on the November ballot. The city would be the first in the nation to have a municipal government-owned bank. Only the state of North Dakota runs…
Italian super-yacht designer Achille Salvagni has dropped anchor on Madison Avenue, The Post has learned. Salvagni just paid $13.5 million for 797 Madison Ave., the former Tory Burch flagship building that last traded nearly a half-century ago. Salvagni, who has a showroom at 817 Madison Ave. a few blocks away,…
‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at a timeThis interview is the second article in a series comparing antibiotic use in Japan and the United States, with a focus on outpatient pediatrics. It was supported by a reporting fellowship from the Association of Health Care Journalists…
I was a sick kid — I’m talking genuinely, chronically ill. Mysterious symptoms kept me home from school and bouncing between specialists who spent most of my childhood trying — and failing — to figure out what was wrong. My mother, a lifelong fan of all things woo-woo, did what…
Mets backup catcher Luis Torrens would be a nice fit for the Yankees, who seek catching help. Ryan Jeffers, a big hitter (.949 OPS) about to return from a hamate injury, makes sense, but the Twins are contending in an ultra-weak AL. Torrens, a former Yankee farmhand who’s very strong…
Summer House is going global. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed on Thursday, July 9, that the Bravo series is heading to Canada for its first-ever international spinoff, aptly named Summer House Canada. The upcoming series is set to air on NBCUniversal’s reality streaming platform Hayu next year and will feature 10-episodes…
A California city could soon make drive-thru dining a thing of the past. Culver City officials are considering a citywide ban on new drive-thrus after neighbors raised alarms over a proposed new In-N-Out they say could worsen traffic, hurt air quality and create dangers for pedestrians and cyclists, according to…
President Donald Trump appears to be satisfied with certain events related to the Iran war — at least according to his daughter-in-law Lara Trump. During the Tuesday, April 21, episode of “The Katie Miller Podcast,” Lara, 43, was asked to share the most recent text she received from the president.…
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Wednesday that Iran will no longer execute eight women after he pleaded Tuesday for their freedom — calling it “very good news” in a social media post. “I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in…
Talk about a Double-Double of SoCal icons. Burger giant In-N-Out is teaming up with alt-rock radio staple KROQ to give the station’s famed Wilshire Boulevard performance hub a major glow-up — rebranding it as the In-N-Out Burger Sound Space at KROQ, according to a news release from Audacy. The revamped venue…
Oil spills in the Persian Gulf are visible from space after Iranian and U.S.-Israeli air strikes hit oil facilities and tankers across the region, satellite images reveal.One image, taken April 10, shows oil leaking into the waters off Iran’s Lavan Island and heading toward Shidvar Island, a protected wildlife refuge…
Time to crack down? The plant that’s been hailed as a potential treatment for opioid use disorder has also been behind a staggering 6,500% increase in poison center calls nationwide over the last decade and a half. Kratom trees are native to parts of Southeast Asia, and their leaves have…
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Jesse Solomon threw some shade at West Wilson’s romance with Amanda Batula while reflecting on Summer House season 10. “After watching the season back, what do you make of the conversation you had with West on the pool float, where he wouldn’t quite admit that he was upset that you…
Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.) died Wednesday at the age of 80, his office said. Scott, who was seeking a 13th House term this November, is the fifth member of the 119th Congress to die since lawmakers convened in January 2025. A cause of death was not immediately available. Scott, a…
A Bay Area private school funded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife is laying off nearly 150 employees ahead of its planned closure this summer — as the tech titan invests billions in artificial intelligence. The Primary School sent a notice to California’s employment department on April 15 saying it…
A handful of users managed to gain unauthorized access to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos – the model the company claims to be so dangerous that it would cause a wave of devastating cyberattacks if made available to the public. The breach occurred on April 8 – the same day that Anthropic…
NASA’s next-generation spacesuits still aren’t ready, and the delay could push back the Artemis moon landings by more than three years, an audit report claims.The new report by the NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that design and testing delays in line with recent historical averages will mean that…
Mel B always had fans — plural. Now, at 50, the Spice Girl has a singular fan. That she carries with her everywhere. To manage her hot flashes. Before she learned it was menopause that was causing her sudden onset night sweats, brain fog, anxiety and vaginal dryness, the pop…
An inside linebacker could be a top-five draft pick for the first time since 2019 (Devin White). A running back could be a top-five draft pick for the first time since 2018 (Saquon Barkley). A safety could be a top-five draft pick for the first time since 2010 (Eric Berry).…
Running Point has found innovative ways to surprise viewers with star-studded onscreen cameos — including Scott Disick and Macaulay Culkin. The hit Netflix series, which premiered in 2025, follows Kate Hudson as a reformed party girl who gets the chance to prove herself when she is left in charge of…
When Manhattanite Fro Moniz needs a little pick-me-up, she doesn’t run out for a fancy iced coffee or splurge on luxe label retail therapy. She simply gives herself a facelift. But rather than blowing $100,000 to go under the knife — à la the likes of Kris Jenner or the elite ladies of the…
Starbucks office workers are reportedly balking at orders to relocate to the company’s new $100 million Nashville hub, with some left-leaning workers repulsed by the prospect of living and working in the capital of deep-red Tennessee. The java giant has been struggling to persuade employees to move from Seattle —…
In the largest and longest trial of its kind, 90% of people who received an experimental gene therapy for congenital deafness showed marked improvements in their hearing over the next several years.The trial, which involved 42 people and was conducted across eight sites in China, mostly involved children but also…
Young Americans are facing a stiff problem in the bedroom. Across the country, a growing number of men in their sexual prime are struggling with erectile dysfunction — and leaning on prescription drugs to perform. But that quick fix may not last forever. In fact, experts warn it could be…
Former MLB prospect Brian Kirby “tragically lost his life” in an accident last Wednesday while working as an HVAC technician at Graves Memorial Baptist Church in North Little Rock, Ark., the church said in a Facebook post. He was 46. “This morning [on April 15], a tragic accident occurred at…
Hulk Hogan opened up about hitting “rock bottom” following his divorce from his first wife, Linda Hogan, in his final interview before his death. The late WWE icon — who died of a heart attack at age 71 in July 2025 — admitted to feeling suicidal after he said he…
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