Gas prices are surging across the US as the war with Iran continues to rattle global energy markets — with crude oil spiking 4% and American diesel topping $5 a gallon Tuesday, inflicting pain at the pump. Brent crude rose as high as $103 a barrel as US allies rebuffed President Trump’s demands to help surmount Iran’s blockade of the vital Strait of Hormuz — which saw the transport of 20% of the world’s oil supply before the war, when Brent crude traded in the low $70s. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate climbed to about $97 per barrel, from around…
WASHINGTON — This was a trainwreck. A US Army general tasked with coordinating military support for war-torn Ukraine lost track of classified maps while traveling by train across Europe in the spring of 2024, according to a scathing watchdog report released last week. Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto, who helmed the Germany-based…
Can a robot keep up with Serena Williams? Researchers have taught a humanoid robot to play tennis with humans — and it can hold its own. Chinese AI robotic company Galbot designed software to teach a Unitree G1 humanoid robot to play tennis against a human engineer. The company posted…
More magnification means better views, right? That’s the received wisdom among buyers of beginner’s telescopes, and it’s easy to see why. Telescope packaging often shouts about “300x power” as if bigger numbers automatically guarantee sharper, more dramatic sights. It’s an appealing idea: more zoom equals more detail. The reality, though,…
Kirk Cousins’ free agency has entered the “And behind Door 1…” phase. The veteran quarterback is reportedly considering three different options after going unsigned in the first week of free agency, according to Sports Illustrated. The Falcons released Cousins last week with a post-June 1 designation, and they are on…
Millions of Americans may be eligible for a tax refund thanks to a recent court decision that found taxpayers should not have been charged late penalties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tax deadlines are required to be postponed during federally declared disasters for the duration of the emergency plus 60 days,…
The Cerrado savanna occupies about 26% of Brazil and is home to more than 12,000 plant species and diverse animal life. It’s also speckled with groundwater-fed wetlands that serve as the headwaters for two-thirds of Brazil’s major waterways, including the Amazon River, making it not only a biodiversity hot spot…
NAD+ has been the hot anti-aging supplement for a minute, with everyone from Jennifer Aniston to Kendall Jenner to Joe Rogan hyping it up — but infusions are notoriously tough, lasting for hours and often coming with unpleasant side effects. Now they’re about to get a whole lot easier. Today,…
The 49ers wide receiver room is in the midsts of a massive makeover. San Francisco signed former Cardinals and Texans receiver Christian Kirk to a one-year, $6 million contract as they look to prepare for life without Brandon Aiyuk. Aiyuk, whose contract they are seeking to void for not showing…
Hilary Duff is speaking out after her Agent Cody Banks costar Frankie Muniz recently described her mom, Susan Colleen Duff, as “super intense.” “I was never pushed into acting and I was never pushed into singing,” Hilary, 38, told “Mythical Kitchen” in an interview posted on Friday, March 13. “My…
President Trump speculated at length Monday about the fate of Mojtaba Khamenei, pointing out that no one has seen him in public even as a new recording indicated the Iranian supreme leader initially survived the bombing that killed his father last month. “A lot of people are saying that he’s badly disfigured. They’re saying that he…
A sunken landmass that connected Britain to mainland Europe until a few thousand years ago may have been an excellent refuge for plants and animals, including humans, during the last ice age, a new study finds.Parts of Doggerland, which is now submerged under the North Sea, hosted temperate forests as…
Welcome to The Thin Line, The New York Post’s series about the darker side of GLP-1 drugs. Though GLP-1 agonists sold under brand names like Ozempic have helped millions of people lose weight, manage diabetes and improve other health conditions, they are not without risks. Check back for more stories…
Mark Gastineau isn’t used to getting stonewalled when he gets after something. The former star Jets pass rusher’s $25 million lawsuit against ESPN centering on the viral clip in a “30 For 30” episode of him confronting Brett Favre has been dismissed with prejudice, according to TMZ. Gastineau sued the…
Zendaya has poked fun at rumors that she and Tom Holland tied the knot in a private wedding. The Drama actress, 29, dodged directly confirming or denying whether she and Holland, also 29, are married during her Monday, March 16, appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Host Jimmy Kimmel mentioned that…
Los Angeles City Council’s under fire president broke cover on Sunday with a t-shirt promoting three goals everyone should aspire to. “Drink Water, Love Hard and Fight Racism”, the black top said in white lettering. Marqueece Harris-Dawson, 56, who represents District 8, is in the spotlight after delivering an emotionally-charged…
There’s a scene in Sarah Michelle Gellar’s new movie, “Ready or Not 2: Here I Come,” when her exquisitely tailored character abruptly stakes someone through the shoulder. It’s a funny moment, a wink at “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” fans, and an excellent reminder of why we need more Gellar in…
WASHINGTON, DC — The US Education Department is threatening to thwart a key college accrediting agency that serves as a “gatekeeper” for $20 billion in student loans and grants if it refuses to permanently nix its DEI standards. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education — which has bestowed its…
Forget bedbugs and cockroaches — NYC is battling “superbugs” that can’t easily be quashed. Candida auris, for one, survives on surfaces even after cleaning, frequently evades standard antifungal treatments and can trigger fatal bloodstream infections. New York has seen a steady increase in Candida auris cases since the state officially…
It should have dawned on me that a change was afoot when I saw Mika Zibanejad giving Adam Edström pointers in the faceoff circle at Rangers practice in Minnesota on Friday. Certain players who don’t usually take faceoffs occasionally practice them anyway, just in case their centerman is thrown out…
Virgin River‘s Ben Hollingsworth broke his silence on his costar’s shocking offscreen exit — including why he is worried ahead of season 8. Hollingsworth addressed Lauren Hammersley and Marco Grazzini‘s surprise exits, telling Entertainment Weekly on Monday, March 16, “We found out about a month ago, when [showrunner] Patrick Sean…
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance rebuffed a reporter’s question Monday about his views on President Trump’s foreign military interventions — saying the journalist was “trying to drive a wedge” between himself and Trump on the Iran war. “You’re trying to drive a wedge between members of the administration, between me and…
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets play the Marlins on Tuesday in Jupiter, but all eyes will be on Miami later in the evening — and slightly further south. Nolan McLean will take the mound for Team USA in the final of the WBC as the 24-year-old looks to build…
Staten Island kids learned next to nothing on Tuesday — with roughly 70% of borough students taking off the day after one of the biggest blizzards in NYC history. Staten Island was slammed hardest of the five boroughs with some neighborhoods seeing nearly 30 inches of snow, causing public-school absentee…
When artificial intelligence (AI) is allowed to behave more like a human communicator, it becomes a more effective debate partner that reaches more accurate conclusions, scientists have found.Human communication is full of stops and starts, impassioned interruptions, unsure silences and ambiguity. AI, on the other hand, adheres to the formal…
Measles is back in a big way — and it’s catching some doctors off guard. In North Carolina, hospital staff took a staggering two hours and 20 minutes to isolate 7-year-old twin brothers who arrived at an Asheville ER last month with fever, cough, rash, pink eye and cold-like symptoms,…
A high school basketball game in Michigan was halted earlier this month after a spectator in the student section screamed a racial slur at an African American player on the opposing team. Mike Baszler, the superintendent of Goodrich Area Schools, acknowledged in a statement earlier this week that the district…
Chelsea Handler has an important message to share with men about various birth control methods. “As a woman with natural breasts, not that that has anything to do with this, it is time to explore vasectomies,” the comedian, 51, said in a Friday, February 27, Instagram video while lying in…
The unhinged ex-CUNY professor who savagely held a machete to the neck of a Post reporter went on a rambling tirade after being called out last week for her new $407,000 taxpayer-funded monument critics ripped as “junk.” Tone-deaf Shellyne Rodriguez painted herself as a victim, whining in a Hyperallergic.com column…
Organic molecules discovered within a stone on Mars cannot be fully explained by nonbiological processes, and it’s “reasonable to hypothesize” that living things could have formed these odd organic molecules, a NASA-led team reports in a new study. However, this doesn’t mean scientists have found definitive proof of life on…
Nikola Jokic popped to his feet and angrily confronted Lu Dort after the Thunder forward tripped him during the Nuggets’ overtime loss Friday night at rival Oklahoma City. The three-time league MVP said afterward it was a “necessary” response to a play that earned Dort an ejection from the game early…
Fire Country returned with a midseason twist when a surprise character revealed they were at fault for Vince’s death. The Friday, February 27, episode of the hit CBS show ended with Tyler (Conor Sherry) confessing that he was responsible for the fire that caused Bode’s (Max Thieriot) dad Vince’s (Billy…
In 1774, British physician-scientist Charles Blagden received an unusual invitation from a fellow physician: to spend time in a small room that was hotter, he wrote, “than it was formerly thought any living creature could bear.”Many people may have been appalled by this offer, but Blagden was delighted by the…
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. Expect wild scenes this weekend when the UFC returns to Mexico. The promotion has long loved the fighting style and Mexican culture, holding fights…
Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez’s wedding didn’t exactly go off without a hitch. According to Blanco during his Thursday, February 26, appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Gomez was left in tears after misplacing her handwritten vows less than a week before the couple were scheduled to tie the knot. “She…
President Trump claimed Friday that his economic policies and the roaring stock market saved the “sex life” of an NYPD officer whose wife previously treated him “like a dog.” “This wonderful, tough policeman from New York — he’s taking good care of us — and he said, ‘Sir, it’s so good. My married…
Humans first developed complex and information-dense writing around 3000 B.C., when the Sumerians of southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) invented cuneiform scripts. But new research suggests the precursors to writing can be found on sculptures and tools made by Paleolithic hunter-gatherers in Central Europe tens of thousands of years earlier.When modern…
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The best he can recall, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was in a classroom when he made his first World Baseball Classic memory. Yamamoto was a fifth grader at Inbe Elementary School in the Japanese countryside town of Bizen. One afternoon in March, his teacher turned on the television for…
Ashley Tisdale French has scored a role in a new comedy about coparenting. Deadline reported on Friday, February 27 that the actress, 40, will star in upcoming CBS comedy, You’re Only Young Twice. Tisdale French will also executive produce the comedy, according to the outlet. The series, which will be…
President Trump ordered the Iranian regime, military and police forces to “lay down” their guns or face “certain death” after the US and Israel launched “Operation Epic Fury” Saturday — as he appealed to protesters to control their “destiny.” The commander in chief warned Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…
Science news this week was filled with stunning space discoveries, with the largest map of the chaotic gas clouds at the center of the Milky Way leading the pack.New images, captured in stunning detail by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope, show 650 light-years of gas structures that…
Some big lifestyle changes have Rockies prospect Zac Veen tearing it up this spring. Veen, 24, put on more than 40 pounds, going from around 200 to a strong 245 pounds, but the biggest adjustment came outside of the weight room. “Definitely one of the bigger, main things was sobering…
Tia Mowry is reflecting on the “surreal” moment that Angelina Jolie asked her for her insight about being a twin. Posting via her Instagram Stories on Friday, February 27, Tia answered a fan question about whether she had ever had a starstruck moment with another celebrity. “I’ve definitely been starstruck,…
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