Big moments keep painting the corners of life for Massapequa catcher Ryan Huksloot. He played in the Little League World Series in 2022 and was called up to the Chiefs varsity for playoffs as a 10th grader last year, where he won a Long Island championship with the baseball powerhouse. “That’s what everybody plays for,” the 16-year-old told The Post. “Those moments where they can thrive under that pressure.” And thrive he has. Huksloot is the first player from that Massapequa Coast Little League team — they are still the first from Long Island to make Williamsport since the 1970s…
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…
Six Flags is rolling out new age restrictions at several parks throughout spring break as the company battles rampant nuisance from its younger customers — sparking mixed reactions among parkgoers. Six Flags Over Texas requires guests 17 years old and under to be accompanied by an adult over 21 years…
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…
Olivia Rodrigo gave an update on where she stands with Sabrina Carpenter after the pair’s longstanding feud rumors. “I think she’s great,” Rodrigo, 23, said of Carpenter, 26, in an interview with British Vogue published on Thursday, March 19. “I’m so happy for all of her success too. I love…
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She’s bringing the gift of investment. Japan pledged to invest $73 billion in American next-generation nuclear reactor and gas-fired power plant projects Thursday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s White House meeting with President Trump. The investment marks the start of the second phase of Japan’s $550 billion spending commitment on…
SAN DIEGO — LIU knows the narrative. The Sharks understand the incredibly long odds. They have seen the massive 30.5-point spread that favors their opponent, No. 1 seed and Big 12 champion Arizona. Rod Strickland’s team doesn’t care. The NEC regular-season and postseason champions are here in the NCAA Tournament,…
Dakota Mortensen is continuing to share his side of the story amid the investigation into him and ex Taylor Frankie Paul. “As anyone who has seen the video will understand, this is a deeply upsetting situation,” Dakota, 33, tells Us Weekly in a Thursday, March 19, statement. “I am, unfortunately, used to…
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi wished President Trump’s youngest son, Barron, a Happy Birthday on Thursday during a White House dinner – and quipped that she knows where the first son gets his good looks from. “I would like to start off by extending my sincere congratulations on two important…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Just like the Rangers couldn’t ever get the most out of Filip Chytil due to his persistent concussion-related issues, and didn’t get the real Patrick Kane as a 2023 trade deadline rental because of a lingering hip injury, they have not gotten all of J.T. Miller in…
Kate Hudson looked totally radiant at the Oscars this year, as though she had ten hours of sleep the night before. Turns out, her makeup artist used these hydrating under-eye patches during the getting-ready process. They’re 20% off on Amazon right now, so run! Charlotte Tilbury’s Hollywood Skin Secrets Under-Eye…
A pro-trans nonprofit supported by Gov. Gavin Newsom hung up on a “suicidal child” who called their mental health hotline — after he expressed concerns about transitioning and the “sex-rejecting” drugs he was prescribed, according to harrowing testimony he gave to California lawmakers Wednesday. Joni Skinner, a 23-year-old Michigan man…
TAMPA — Forty-seven years ago, he was born in Hempstead on Long Island, a few full-court fast breaks away from the Hofstra University campus. Thirty years ago, he enrolled at Hofstra as a point guard out of Christ the King High in Queens who, in his four years there, would…
A tenured Louisiana music teacher has been charged with cruelty to children and simple assault for allegedly placing Band-Aids over the mouths of seven of his students, Us Weekly has learned. Pearl River Police contend George Serban allegedly placed the Band-Aids on the students’ mouths because they would not stop…
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s security guard resigned amid an internal probe into allegations of an “inappropriate” relationship between the two, The Post confirmed. Brian Sloan stepped down last week after being placed on leave as the inspector general’s office investigates claims he was involved in an affair with the married secretary, sources…
California teachers are being asked to rapidly edit or purge references to labor leader and accused child rapist Cesar Chavez — who has for years been presented as a model of “honesty, courage, and determination” starting in kindergarten. The California Department of Education is updating its 800-page social studies and…
More people than ever tuned into this year’s World Baseball Classic championship game. Tuesday’s final between Team USA and Venezuela drew 10,784,000 viewers across Fox and Fox Deportes, making it the most-watched game in the tournament’s history, Fox Sports PR posted said on Thursday. This is up a whopping 128…
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Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. A rule finalized by…
SAN DIEGO — Look, we can all rage at the miscreants who mismanage the NCAA Tournament brackets every year, and not just those of us who follow St. John’s. There’s always a school or two that looks at the seedings and wonders if they’re being punked. There are always a…
Fans grow to know and love reality TV stars as real people, not as characters — which makes the loss hit even harder. In recent years, stars from Big Brother, The Deadliest Catch, The Real World, Survivor, The Real Housewives, Finding Prince Charming, and The Bachelorette have died suddenly and…
Wall Street executives are pleading with White House officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to intervene in the high-stakes drama between President Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, On The Money has learned. Powell, who was named by Trump as Fed chair during his first term but has since been…
San Diego Padres pitcher Matt Waldron was unexpectedly benched by the team in February 2026 in order to have hemorrhoid surgery. Waldron had previously carved out a niche as one of Major League Baseball’s few remaining knuckleball pitchers, having once described the unique pitching style as his ultimate “weapon.” (A…
The NFL salary cap broke the $300 million barrier. Free agents and their representatives had plenty to celebrate Friday when the NFL announced that the salary cap per team in 2026 is $301.2 million. That figure represents a 7.9 percent year-over-year increase, a 65 percent increase over 2021 when league…
Jason Bateman recently gave his 14-year-old daughter, Maple, a crash course in the birds and the bees. “I did just talk to Maple about sex, as a matter of fact, about a year ago,” Bateman, 57, said on the Thursday, February 26, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, referring to his…
A top economic advisor for Gov. Gavin Newsom could net a pretty penny from the controversial sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to Trump-friendly Paramount. Dee Dee Myers, a former Warner Bros. exec who now heads the governor’s Office of Economic Development, could score as much as $280,000 from the acquisition…
Former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini will spend the rest of his life behind bars for shooting his in-laws in their California home, killing one of them in a twisted plot to inherit their fortune. Serafini, who played for six major league teams over 22 years, was slapped with two life…
Jim Carrey made a rare public appearance with his longtime girlfriend, Min Ah, at the 2026 César Awards in France. “Tonight with this magnificent honor, this square has come full circle,” Carrey said in his acceptance speech on February 26, 2026. “Thank you to my sublime companion, Min Ah. I…
Former President Joe Biden weathered travel delays to fly commercial to South Carolina on Friday, where he was spotted taking an “awkward” selfie at the airport ahead of an event marking the sixth anniversary of his victory in the state’s 2020 presidential primary. After Biden, 83, de-boarded his flight from…
FORT MYERS, Fla. — If the Yankees want the funk, they have it in their two left-handers who are virtual locks to make the bullpen, Tim Hill and Ryan Yarbrough, two of the slowest throwers in the game. But if they want some power from the left side, meet Brent…
Today cohost Savannah Guthrie has frequently appealed to the public for help following the mysterious disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, in Arizona. Pima County police suspect that Nancy was abducted from her home in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson, Arizona, in the early hours of February 1,…
Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled what he’s calling the “most ambitious” water plan in California history by setting a massive supply target — enough water to power 18 million homes by 2040, which he says will help mitigate “climate-driven extremes.” The plan hinges on Senate Bill 72, which sets a…
There’s no reason to dissect the Rangers’ loss out of the Olympic break. It unfolded much like many others have in this adrift 2025-26 season. When the team’s No. 1 defenseman gives a noncommittal answer on his future in the aftermath of said loss, however, that is worth analyzing. Perspective…
UPDATE — 2/27/26, 1:58 p.m. ET: The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Cynthia Bailey’s ex-husband Peter Thomas has been released from the Federal Correctional Institution in Miami. He appeared to confirm the release via Instagram on Thursday, February 26, by posting a video set to the song “Let ‘Em Know”…
A powerful San Francisco group is unleashing $10 million this year to kill taxes that they say will destroy the city’s fragile economic recovery — and potentially increase the price of food and goods for already cash-strapped residents. Neighbors for a Better San Francisco, a moderate advocacy group, plans to…
The World Bank is facing calls to fire an Israel-bashing top economist who sued President Trump over US sanctions that were slapped on his wife, a UN human rights lawyer, for alleged antisemitism and support of terrorism, The Post has learned. Two US officials want the World Bank to boot…
JUPITER, Fla. — Devin Williams’ first Grapefruit League pitch in a Mets uniform resulted in a ball disappearing behind the fence at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium on Friday. The cutter, a pitch Williams is still learning, got too much of JJ Wetherholt’s strike zone in the fourth inning. “That one,…
A Michigan woman is accused of scamming a family out of more than $4.6 million in a scheme in which she pretended to help place their daughter in different modeling events, according to federal prosecutors. The young girl’s family paid Chanise Coyne millions for what they believed were “expenses relating…
There were several reasons why streaming giant Netflix pulled out of the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery. You might want to add Susan Rice to the list. The former Obama national security adviser, UN ambassador, partisan Democrat and currently a Netflix board member made a splash last week, and not in a good…
CNN staffers are freaking out after learning that their left-leaning network’s owner Warner Bros. Discovery will be acquired by Paramount Skydance — even as insiders confirmed that the new owners plan to take a more politically centrist approach to news, The Post has learned. Top talent and low-level producers alike…
More than seven millennia ago, Stone Age mourners in what is now Sweden buried a boy with a crown of woodpecker feathers and, in another grave, interred a woman with multicolored fur-and-feather footwear, a new study finds.These details were unearthed thanks to a newly developed technique that can identify traces…
MILWAUKEE — Miles McBride is in the “slow process” of returning from his sports hernia surgery, a recovery that started three weeks ago and is continuing with no date set for a return. “It’s going to be a process coming back,” McBride said Friday, speaking for the first time since…
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