Teen with no arms or legs chases dream of running in the Paralympics as one of few quadruple amputee competitors

A Pennsylvania teen is defying all odds after losing his legs and most of his arms due to an illness at just 3 years old. Chase Mayweather, 16, has been winning big on the track field and dreams of becoming a track star and one of the few quadruple-amputee athletes competing in the Paralympic Games.“I want to win a gold medal,” the high schooler from Ambler, PA told ABC 6. Mayweather, who uses running blades to race, said he’s managed to play baseball, soccer, and football — but track has been his true calling after the health crisis that forced…

Karoline Leavitt has a theory on why her generation is going ‘communist’

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt believes her generation is drifting toward the far left thanks to a mix of “laziness” and “liberal indoctrination” on college campuses. Leavitt, 28, made the assertion Sunday as she ripped into the “bad faith” actors who highlighted an interview she did with…

Biden’s illegal immigration surge triggered 30% rise in home prices, $ 20% in rents, Fed paper finds

A new Federal Reserve working paper found the record surge in illegal immigration during the Biden administration triggered higher home prices and rents. The findings arrive as immigration remains a polarizing political issue. Republicans argue former President Joe Biden’s border policies strained housing and public resources, while Democrats say immigration helped ease labor shortages…

Billionaires’ Row tower signs new tenant

Anchorage Capital Advisors is the latest tenant to sign on at 125 W. 57th St., the 265,000 square-foot boutique office tower on Billionaires’ Row developed by global investment management firm Cain and Alchemy-ABR Investment Partners. The deal for two full floors brings the project to nearly 75% leased less than…

Hi Mom text scam: How to spot fake emergency texts

A scam text showed up today that would make many parents stop cold. The message said: “Hi mom, text me here on my work phone. Dropped my actual phone in the sink earlier and it’s completely unresponsive now.” The text came from an unknown number. Then it asked me to…

Uptown retail booming on Manhattan’s Second Avenue

One of Manhattan’s remarkable, media-blind transformations is happening — make that raging — on uptown Second Avenue. The opening of the Q subway line and rezoning a decade ago propelled a residential development frenzy that includes at least seven major projects between East 71st and East 86th streets — plus…

Experimental drug doubles one-year survival in pancreatic cancer

An experimental treatment has doubled one-year survival rates for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest types of cancer, a new study reports.The drug, called elraglusib, targets the protective web that pancreatic tumors build around themselves, thus helping immune molecules and chemotherapy better penetrate the tumors. The results of the trial…

You’ve got Lakers questions, and The California Post has answers

The Lakers are limping into the NBA postseason, but even without Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves indefinitely, the team still hopes to surprise the Rockets in their first-round series. Here are five major postseason questions for the Lakers, which we posed to California Post sports staffers Khobi Price, Melissa Rohlin…

Science news this week: Physicists witness faster-than-light darkness pinpricks, humans are still evolving, and some polar bears are getting fatter than ever

This week’s science news followed last week’s climactic splashdown of the Artemis II mission with a flurry of space and physics news that only further melted our minds.Topping the list was the first-ever observation by scientists of singularities in combined light and sound waves that moved faster than the speed…

Did King Arthur really exist?

Legend has it that King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were busy heroes, with tales of them slaying a giant, organizing a successful search for the Holy Grail, and ruling a kingdom from a city called Camelot.Some stories say Arthur was conceived or born at Tintagel, a…

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