What to buy (and what to skip) during spring sales, according to our health writer

Early spring is a perfect time to refresh our wellness toolkit. The days get longer, the weather gets warmer and our fitness motivation, often dormant during the winter months, starts to flicker back to life. Plus, it’s also when lifestyle purchases can be made on a relatively tight budget.The Amazon Big Spring Sale and other similar March shopping events are awash with discounted health and fitness products, making it easy to snap up huge deals on everything from running shoes and beginner-friendly exercise equipment to air purifiers and smart scales.As with everything in life, though, not all that glitters is…

NYPD, FDNY ready to renew their on-ice rivalry Sunday at UBS Arena

Put it over the radio: New York’s Bravest and Finest will light the lamps on the ice this weekend. The annual NYPD and FDNY hockey game — a grudge match filled with flying fists, punishing hits and high-octane play from the departments’ heroes — is a day circled on every…

Why does cannabis give people ‘the munchies’?

One of the best-known side effects of smoking cannabis is “the munchies,” or an intense increase in appetite. One minute someone might feel full, and the next they appear ravenous.This effect, known scientifically as cannabis-induced hyperphagia, is powerful enough that for regular marijuana users, it can even cause weight gain,…

Tennessee rips Iowa State to reach Elite Eight for third straight time

CHICAGO — Getting to the Elite Eight is becoming an annual event for Tennessee. This time, the Volunteers hope to go another round or two. Nate Ament scored 18 points, Ja’Kobi Gillespie finished with 16 and Tennessee beat Iowa State 76-62 on Friday night to advance to the regional finals…

Heroes, zeroes from St. John’s Sweet 16 loss to Duke

Heroes and zeros from St. John’s 80-75 loss to Duke in their Sweet 16 matchup on Friday night in Washington:   Hero The likely consensus National Player of the Year, Cameron Boozer, led Duke in crunch time. His three-point play with 3:06 left pushed the Blue Devils’ lead to three.…

Barack Obama greenlit Gavin Newsom’s Prop. 50 gerrymander

Former President Barack Obama gave his explicit blessing to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Prop. 50 redistricting measure, the governor revealed in an interview. Newsom was “very nervous” calling Obama for advice last summer over Prop. 50 — which passed overwhelmingly in November and shuffled California’s congressional maps to favor Democrats in…

Luka Doncic leads Lakers to blow out win over Nets

The first game after a lengthy road trip can be tricky.  Coach JJ Redick warned ahead of the Lakers’ home matchup against the Nets that games like Friday night can often feel like road games. And it showed for the Lakers, who struggled early on against the tanking Nets. But…

Lakers’ Luka Doncic picks up 16th technical foul against Nets

Less than a week after avoiding a suspension because of an accumulation of technical fouls, Lakers star guard Luka Doncic picked up his 16th technical foul of the season on Friday night, meaning he’ll have to serve a one-game suspension in the team’s next game.  Doncic picked up the technical…

6 everyday things that may be messing with your testosterone

In a T-rrible slump? As the primary male sex hormone, testosterone is essential for maintaining libido, erectile function, bone density and muscle mass. Men generally reach peak testosterone in their late teens to early 20s before levels slowly decline after age 30 or 40. Some 40% of men 45 and…

Ex-Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley leaves door open to caucusing with Dems

WASHINGTON — Rep. Kevin Kiley, who ditched the GOP earlier this month, left the door open to caucusing with the Democrats at some point in the future as Republicans grapple with a fragile majority. Kiley (I-Calif.), who is attempting to regain his committee assignments following his switcheroo, has committed to caucusing…

California set to rename Cesar Chavez Day after bombshell rape scandal

Top California Democrats have moved to officially strike disgraced union boss Cesar Chavez‘s name from an official state holiday — saying they’ll pass a bill to rename to celebration before the end of the month. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he’ll support a plan to rebrand March 31 — celebrated…

Knicks’ Josh Hart to sit out vs. Nets due to right knee issue

The Knicks again will be a bit shorthanded for their clash against the Nets on Friday. Josh Hart is out, with the Knicks listing his ailment as patella femoral syndrome in his right knee. That’s notably different from when he missed two games in Utah and Indiana last week, which…

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