Over the past month, Carson Benge’s case has strengthened. Over the past 28 games entering play Sunday, the Mets outfielder carved out a place in the National League’s Rookie of the Year race with a .952 OPS and an NL-leading 38 hits. Benge hasn’t thought about his name continuing to pop up in chatter surrounding the award, but “[I] definitely do want it,” he told The Post before the Mets (61-76) lost 6-3 to the Astros. If he won the honor, it’d make him the first Met to do so since Pete Alonso in 2019 and just the third rookie…
Mississippi mayor Ken Adams is sparking fierce online debate after disagreeing with the White House’s decision to lower all American flags to half–mast in tribute to the late Dolly Parton. “I want to make something clear about the recent decision to lower the flags for Dolly Parton. First, there is…
WASHINGTON — Republicans are trailing in eight of the major battleground Senate races, just two months out from Election Day, the RealClearPolitics aggregate of polling shows. The GOP had long been widely seen as the underdogs for control of the House due to historical trends against the party in control…
Officials were warned over 20 years ago not to build on land now struck by extremely rare childhood cancers without “further considerations,” unearthed records show. The ominous handwritten notes appeared on the documents for the abandoning of a historical oil well below what is now Ladera Ranch in Orange County,…
The Yankees were playing an eighth game in seven days. There is a transaction just about every day that adds another relief arm, either from the scrap heap or from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Two starting pitchers — who both pitched in Saturday’s doubleheader — are attempting to stretch out from injuries at…
OpenAI said late Friday that it plans to stop providing AI models to Cursor, the coding-tool company now owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, marking a further escalation in the bitter rivalry between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Musk. Musk and Altman have been at odds for years, a feud that culminated earlier this…
For most of their games since the All-Star break, the Mets bullpen had become a relative strength, a group that produced the third-lowest ERA in the majors at 2.64 after the season resumed. For most of this month, too, Jared Young had done enough with his bat to play his…
Influencer Kate Cassidy is honoring what would have been have been the late Liam Payne’s 33rd birthday two years after his sudden and shocking death. “It’s August 29, which is a very special someone’s birthday,” Cassidy, 27, began a TikTok video shared Saturday, August 29, as she placed Bischoff cookies…
California lawmakers have rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to stop insurance companies from seeking reimbursement from utility companies responsible for wildfires. The proposal would have prevented insurers from going after investor-owned utilities to recover money they had paid to homeowners and businesses whose property was damaged or destroyed by the…
Aon Plc is close to an agreement to acquire insurance brokerage USI Insurance Services from private equity firm KKR for about $17 billion, including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The deal could be announced as early as Monday, the report said, provided the negotiations…
The Los Angeles Rams spent an entire summer building perhaps the most intimidating roster in football. Then, on the final day, Aaron Donald walked back through the door to make the team even more dangerous. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter California’s top news, sports and entertainment delivered…
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General Motors plans to assemble a heavy-duty pickup at an Ontario plant as part of a tentative deal with a key union that would pump C$1.1 billion ($791.31 million) into Canada’s auto sector as it reels from US tariffs, a union bargaining report said on Saturday. The investment comes as Canada’s auto sector grapples…
Odell Beckham Jr. made the Giants and his old No. 13 might soon be available. Beckham survived the cut down to 53 players and so now his comeback story reaches Phase II, after he showed enough during the preseason to claim one of the backup jobs with the team where…
Many stars went to the chapel and said “I do” in 2026. Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White rang in the new year with a wedding to her now-husband, John Donaldson, before Stranger Things actress Maya Hawke said “I do” to longtime boyfriend Christian Lee Hutson in a surprise Valentine’s…
A new center for American innovation may be forming far from California, as the Gulf South becomes an unexpected hotspot for growth. Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida on the Gulf Coast are well-placed to benefit from a move away from software-focused growth toward technology in energy, manufacturing, logistics, defense,…
Scott Wolf subtly shared his support after his estranged wife, Kelley Wolf, issued an emotional apology following their ongoing divorce battle. After Kelley, 49, shared a lengthy statement via Instagram on Friday, August 28, the Party of Five alum, 58, responded in the comments section. “❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️,” Scott simply replied. Kelley’s…
WASHINGTON — Strongman Vladimir Putin’s grip on power could be in danger, the spymaster of Estonia has claimed — as the Kremlin ramps up aggression against NATO countries. Kaupo Rosin, the Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service (EFIS), suggested that while a “street revolution” in Russia seems unlikely,…
A large new restaurant complex is coming to 582 Seventh Ave., the former Red Lobster location at West 41st Street. Corner Table Restaurants signed a 17,000 square-foot lease to house a fifth location of popular American brasserie The Smith and a slice-shop outpost of Corner Table’s Upper West Side pizza brand,…
Google Maps has changed the name of “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America” for US users to reflect President Trump’s executive order renaming the lake, according to a Google statement. Trump announced on Thursday that he was changing the name of the smallest of the five Great Lakes, part of an escalating trade…
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope went to Philadelphia hoping to help the 76ers catch lightning in a bottle. His introduction to the city delivered the real thing first. The former Los Angeles Lakers guard’s new penthouse was struck by lightning just minutes after his wife, McKenzie, signed the lease, according to her TikTok…
After a misleading 2023 New Yorker article claimed he had fabricated stories about racism in his previous stand-up specials, Hasan Minhaj took a beat before responding with a video corroborating his side of the story — complete with graphics. In 2024, he returned to the stage with new stand-up material…
WASHINGTON — Top American AI companies are feeding Beijing’s beast and the US military at the same time, a longtime China hawk is warning. Four major providers of data for AI models — which help collate, label and package the vast troves of info for Anthropic, Google, Meta, OpenAI and…
While a shocking number of women prefer to bed down with a dad bod, experts say the physique could be bad news for future fathers. New research published in Current Obesity Reports explores how a man’s overall health before and during parenthood plays a critical role in childhood development. “We found…
A benches-clearing basebrawl broke out during a high school playoff game in Southern California on Thursday that caused both teams to be eliminated. With Verdugo Hills leading Roosevelt 5-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning in the CIF Division 5 regional semifinals, a Verdugo Hills runner got caught in…
Yellowstone‘s spinoff Dutton Ranch is not holding back when it comes to shocking character deaths. During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, Marc Menchaca weighed in on whether the deadly twists on the show had him worried about his character Zachariah’s fate, saying, “It’s always a possibility — and I…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA officer who allegedly stole $40 million in gold bars from the government and stashed it at his home in Virginia was ordered detained at a court hearing Friday after a federal judge sided with prosecutors who argued the “master manipulator” posed a severe risk…
Lululemon Athletica shares fell about 8% on Friday after the athleisure wear maker cut its annual profit forecast, fanning worries over the pace of its turnaround and shifting focus to the challenges awaiting the incoming CEO. The selloff highlights growing investor unease over the once high-flying yoga wear brand, following a proxy battle…
An emergency evacuation alert given to NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has been lifted following urgent repairs of leaks within the Russian segment of the orbital laboratory.The four astronauts of NASA’s Crew-12 mission to the ISS — consisting of U.S. astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, French…
A “Survivor” fan favorite is facing his most difficult challenge yet. Ken McNickle, a finalist in season 33 of the hit reality show, shared his cancer diagnosis this week in an Instagram post and, in a follow-up video, revealed the three signs he ignored. “I deliberated for a while about…
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. The Triple Crown reaches its conclusion with the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, but there’s quite a headliner at Saratoga on Friday night. The 2026…
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WASHINGTON — Senate health honcho Bill Cassidy is demanding Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team explain the hack into the NYC Health + Hospitals system in which cyber intruders lurked for over three months without detection. Cassidy (R-La.), who helms the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, raised concerns about…
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella slammed one of the software giant’s own executives for outlining a plan to “make people addicted” to a new AI tool called “Scout.” The rebuke from Nadella, which was posted on an internal message board, included a link to a report by tech news outlet 404…
Facebook’s $725 million privacy settlement is sending bonus checks — some are worth less than a cup of coffee. Nearly three years after Facebook users filed claims in a massive privacy settlement tied to the improper sharing of data with the political consulting firm, some claimants are receiving a surprise…
A volcano that slept for more than 100,000 years before erupting is blowing up our understanding of when volcanoes should be defined as active or extinct.Volcanologists officially classify sleeping volcanoes as extinct if they haven’t erupted in the past 10,000 years or so, or in the past 11,700 years since…
Scientists are rethinking the dates consumers see on food packaging — and their research could help reduce not only food waste but also economic losses and environmental impacts tied to discarded food.“The average American wastes more than 1,000 pounds of food each year,” according to Auburn University researchers. Part of the reason…
New police video, obtained by The California Post on Friday, shows Zachariah Branch was arrested after he appeared to stand on a sidewalk alongside dozens of other people. The wide receiver’s encounter with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department happened just after midnight in Athens, Ga. on April 19 — only…
Are you ready to get to work this summer? Not literally, of course, unless you count watching great movies on Hulu and HBO Max work. Watch With Us doesn’t, which is why we can’t wait to stream these three new films that were just added to the popular streamers. Trust…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has pulled into a tie with embattled Democratic candidate Graham Platner following revelations that he sexted up to a dozen women on the skeevy chat app Kik while married. The poll by Republican firm Fabrizio, Lee & Associates on behalf of the pro-Collins Pine Tree Results…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is on the prowl to further expand the nation’s largest bank – possibly by snapping up a wealth-management firm or a private credit business, bankers tell On The Money. While investors shouldn’t necessarily expect a deal imminently, players involved with bank-focused mergers and acquisitions are…
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Taylor Swift is reliving her childhood. The singer, 36, shared rare footage from her younger days via X and Instagram on Friday, June 5, to mark the release of her new song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” from the Toy Story 5 soundtrack. In the playful clip, a young…
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