Long Island may be a large island, but its tennis community can be small. Case in point: When 18-year-old Huntington native Jack Kennedy became the first Long Islander since Noah Rubin in 2014 to play in the men’s singles main draw at the U.S. Open on Sunday, it was no surprise that Kennedy and Rubin were familiar with one another. “I know Noah very well. We keep in touch quite a bit,” Kennedy said in the bowels of Arthur Ashe Stadium after he fell 4-6, 2-6, 2-6 in the first round of the tournament to Lloyd Harris. “He was with…
Jessica Pegula couldn’t see herself making the same type of return as the one Carlos Alcaraz is making Monday at the U.S. Open after not playing a competitive match for more than four months. Alcaraz will face Russian Roman Safiullin in the first round, marking his first match of this…
Sister Wives alum Janelle Brown is continuing to share glimpses of her relationship with her new boyfriend following her split from reality TV polygamist Kody Brown. “A beautiful evening by the water (this may be becoming a theme for us 😃),” Janelle, 57, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, August 30.…
Upset of the day Barbora Krejcikova was ousted by Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round Sunday, making the two-time Grand Slam champion the first seeded player bounced from the U.S. Open. Falling 7-6 (4), 6-2 on Court 17, Krejcikova capped a disappointing season at Grand Slams. The No. 27-seeded Czech…
Brooklyn Decker is celebrating husband Andy Roddick’s most recent trip around the sun. “It’s his birthday,” Decker, 39, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, August 30, in honor of her better half’s special day. “One of our friends says ‘You know whenever you’re with Andy, something amazing will happen and you’re…
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…
90 Day Fiancé alum Jenny Slatten’s husband, Sumit Singh, is opening up about her ongoing ALS battle. “Unfortunately, the ALS is progressing and now it’s starting showing more in her talking, like, it’s hard for her to talk now,” Sumit, 37, said in an Instagram video shared Sunday, August 30,…
Success on the field and the recruiting trail, drama everywhere else. It is the Lane Kiffin mission statement. In the last eight months alone, he led Ole Miss to its first College Football Playoff appearance, then left the program for LSU and a $91 million contract prior to the 12-team…
Post Malone, real name is Austin Richard Post, is officially off the market after the singer proposed to fashion stylist Christy Lee in August 2026 at his Utah ranch. “A couple months before the proposal, Austin started casually slipping these very ‘hypothetical’ questions about rings into conversation, trying to figure…
Sean McVay finally has Aaron Donald back on his defensive line, but his first reaction had little to do with sacks, Super Bowls or what pairing Donald with Myles Garrett could mean for the Rams. “He means a lot to me,” McVay said Sunday after Donald officially returned to the…
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…
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California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton wants the FBI to re-interview rival Xavier Becerra in a federal corruption case linked to the alleged theft of $225,000 from Becerra’s campaign account. In a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California…
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…
Chyler Leigh is opening up about one of her biggest Grey’s Anatomy regrets following former costar Eric Dane’s death. “One thing that I’m really bummed about … was that when [my character] Lexie comes back [in season 17] … we were filming during COVID, actual COVID, and I was filming…
Steve Hilton, the leading Republican candidate for California governor, told The California Post Monday he’s feeling confident, but not complacent, heading into Tuesday’s primary election. “It’s now or never for California — don’t let this chance for change slip away,” Hilton said, warning that an all-Democrat runoff is still within…
Oil markets jolted higher Monday after Iran threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. West Texas Intermediate crude surged 7% to about $94 a barrel and Brent climbed 6% to roughly $97, reflecting growing fears that a prolonged disruption could choke off global…
SAN ANTONIO — A giant looms in the paint. Victor Wembanyama’s block numbers — he averaged 3.1 per game in the regular season and is averaging 3.5 per game in the postseason, both most in the NBA — don’t even properly reflect just how much of an impact he has…
The family of a 17-year-old San Antonio Spurs fan says the teen is “fighting for his life” after he suffered a fall while celebrating the team’s Thursday, May 28, Game 6 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Jose Luis Rodriguez III, who goes by Joey, was sitting on the passenger-side…
The anti-ICE rioter who allegedly sank his teeth into federal law enforcement officers during a protest at Delaney Hall last week was previously accused of distributing child pornography. The New Jersey US Attorney’s Office charged Brendan John Geier, 26, with assaulting federal officers and causing bodily injury, for allegedly “kicking…
Fifteen people, including a lawyer who worked at several major law firms, pleaded not guilty on Monday to federal charges that they participated in a decade-long scheme in which attorneys fed an insider trading ring tips about nearly 30 underway mergers. Nicolo Nourafchan, who had worked at the law firms…
Former Knick Jamal Crawford, who is an analyst for NBC Sports and called the Western Conference Finals on NBC and Peacock alongside play-by-play man Mike Tirico and analyst Reggie Miller, takes a shot at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby. Q: Your thoughts on Wemby (Victor Wembanyama)? A: Transcendent,…
Caroline Kennedy broke her silence on daughter Tatiana Schlossberg’s death while speaking at the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award ceremony. “This year, we even have new family members here. I am so happy to welcome Emma Shriver and Garrett and Mary Moran,” Kennedy, 68, told the audience while…
President Trump reportedly tore into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, demanding the leader resist strikes on Hezbollah in an expletive-laden phone call. The tense call came after Iran threatened to withdraw from negotiations with the US after Israel ordered strikes on terrorists in southern Beirut — with Axios…
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was asked Monday to testify before Congress about his league’s broadcast deals, the latest step in Washington to bring more scrutiny to the skyrocketing costs of watching a game. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, asked Goodell to answer questions about the Sports…
Rick Adelman, the winningest coach in Sacramento Kings history and Basketball Hall of Famer, has died. He was 79. His cause of death is unknown. Adelman, a Lynwood, Calif. native who starred at Pius X High School in Downey outside of Los Angeles, led the Kings to the playoffs in…
Love and football — what more can you ask for this summer? That’s what Peacock is betting on this June, as the streamer has scheduled an array of 2026 World Cup matches as well as high-profile premieres of its hit reality shows, Love Island USA and Next Gen. Saturday Night…
The top two Democrats in the California gubernatorial campaign have gone to war with each other over their political adverts. Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer, whose campaign is attempting a last-minute surge against Democratic frontrunner Xavier Becerra, have each threatened legal action against the other. Steyer on Saturday published a commercial…
California’s self-inflicted economic wounds have reached a fever pitch in 2026. Strapped with record-high gas prices, a staggering $31 billion transit deficit and a radical billionaire wealth tax heading to the ballot this November, the Golden State is witnessing an unprecedented mass migration. It is no longer just a working-class flight;…
NASA has confirmed that a bright fireball meteor exploded in the sky over New England on Saturday (May 30), releasing the equivalent energy of about 230 tons of TNT and generating a sonic boom heard across multiple U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.The meteor was relatively small — about 5…
Landry Shamet is on an all-time heater, hitting 17 of his last 21 3-point shots in the past six games. But he’s not the first New York role player to turn it on under the brightest of lights. Here’s a look at some other members of a supporting cast who…
Emilie Kiser has returned to Instagram after stepping away from social media to grieve the loss of her son, Trigg, on the first anniversary of his death. “Hi guys. I have missed you and missed posting on here,” Kiser, 27, wrote via her Instagram Story on Monday, June 1. “With…
With the Los Angeles mayoral primary entering its final stretch, a voting bloc that could prove decisive in an unusually tight race is drawing renewed attention: the region’s large Jewish community. While issues such as homelessness, affordability and recovery from last year’s devastating wildfires have dominated much of the campaign,…
As if infinite breadsticks weren’t enough, Olive Garden is offering free dessert for customers in the know. The home of the “never ending pasta bowl” is encouraging customers to sign up for its loyalty program, called eClub, to get a free dessert on their birthday. As Homelander would say, “Yummers!”…
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