Exclusive | Ground Zero toxins spark cruel, early dementia crisis for 9/11 heroes

America promised to “never forget” the horrors of 9/11 — but a cruel medical time bomb is forcing Ground Zero heroes to do exactly that. A growing body of research is connecting exposure to the toxic miasma at the World Trade Center site with early-onset dementia — with one landmark study finding severe exposure to cause a staggering 36-fold increase compared to the normal population. The number of responders showing signs of dementia is almost certain to grow with continued monitoring – and has now reached 522 out of 6002 people studied – an alarming rate of 8.7%. That’s more…

California-based diner chain files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after 36-year run

Just over a month after closing its Calabasas location, a beloved Southern California diner chain is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Marmalade Cafe, which opened its first location on Montana Ave in Santa Monica in 1990, filed for Chapter 11 on Wednesday, citing, “rent disputes and mounting supplier debts.”…

How Lakers will make marquee addition of Walker Kessler worth it

As Walker Kessler walked onto UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night, he stepped into the biggest spotlight he’s been under recently.  And as the Lakers’ marquee addition of the summer, the attention on Kessler will only grow as the start of the 2026-27 NBA season nears. As part…

Author Lise Barnéoud on the bizarre and provoking world of microchimerism — when cells from one person live in another, genetically distinct individual

Over a century ago, German pathologist Georg Schmorl documented a strange phenomenon: cells from fetuses that had moved into the mother during pregnancy. He had discovered microchimerism — where the cells from one individual move into another and set up shop.In the past few decades, scientists’ understanding of microchimerism has…

Marijuana users may face hidden driving danger that standard tests can miss

A new study warns that driving after eating cannabis edibles can significantly impair road performance and reaction times, even if blood tests show THC levels far below the legal limit. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, highlight a potential challenge for impaired-driving enforcement in Canada and some US jurisdictions. Most previous…

DOJ ordered to freeze antitrust work with Canada as trade tensions intensify

The US Justice Department’s antitrust division was directed earlier this week to pause all work with the Canadian government as the trade dispute between the neighboring nations intensifies, according to a report. The chief of the antitrust division’s international section, Lynda Marshall, ordered officials on Wednesday to halt all cooperation on cases…

Geno Smith leads Jets captaincy picks that come with surprising omissions

The Jets announced their six captains for the 2026 season, as selected by their teammates.  Quarterback Geno Smith, guard Joe Tippmann, linebacker Demario Davis, safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, defensive tackle Harrison Phillips and wide receiver/punt returner Isaiah Williams all were picked.  Davis, Smith and Fitzpatrick are all new to the Jets…

ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are all down as thousands of users experience outages

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google were grappling with service problems Thursday, disrupting several of the tech giants’ massive popular artificial intelligence products. OpenAI said it was investigating “elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex,” with the problem ongoing for 20 minutes at the time of a status-page screenshot reviewed by The Post.…

The No. 2 complication of the explosive diarrhea outbreak isn’t what we expected

Americans’ poop problems aren’t over yet. An “explosive diarrhea” parasite had thousands of people glued to the toilets this summer — while countless others began steering clear of fresh produce for fear of catching the nasty bug. Now, weeks after the stomach-churning outbreak made headlines, doctors are warning of an…

Cari Champion confronts Stephen A. Smith on years of ESPN drama

It was an eventful ESPN reunion when Stephen A. Smith stopped by Cari Champion and Jemele Hill’s podcast for a three-hour interview, to say the least. During Wednesday’s installment of the “Flagrant and Funny” podcast, Champion and Smith hashed out years of drama — such as her true origin story…

Trump blocked again from restricting birthright citizenship by Biden judge: ‘Almost certainly unconstitutional’

WASHINGTON — A federal judge pumped the brakes on President Trump’s latest effort to rein in birthright citizenship through executive order, citing the Supreme Court’s ruling against his first attempt. Maryland-based US District Judge Deborah Boardman issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday temporarily blocking Trump’s scaled-down executive orders last month to…

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