Oil prices plunged to $89 a barrel Wednesday following reports that the proposed Iran-US peace deal would see the Strait of Hormuz being reopened in just one month. Crude futures were at more than $107 a barrel just over a week ago. The new fall, a 5.6% drop, came as the market held out hopes for a peace deal to bring the four-month conflict to an end. One of the major driving factors appeared to be an Iranian state TV report on Wednesday on a draft of an initial, unofficial framework for a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US…
Tech companies could be raking in more than $1 million a pop from every American’s online data over the years — with AI firms specifically reaping potentially millions more, according to a shocking new study. Businesses that track individuals’ data stand to net up to $1.08 million per US resident…
At 15, Emma Widmar was a healthy athlete in Wisconsin before her body began to unravel. She developed facial swelling, unexplained prolonged menstrual bleeding, fainting spells and food reactions so extreme that she required a feeding tube. She lost 60 pounds. Over a decade, she saw more than 50 specialists,…
Bodybuilder Gabriel Ganley died at the age of 22 due to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), G1 Globo reported while citing his death certificate. HCM is “a disease in which the heart muscle becomes thickened, also called hypertrophied. The thickened heart muscle can make it harder for the heart to pump blood,”…
Two of Matthew Perry‘s sisters, Caitlin and Madeline Morrison, have claimed the late actor’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, left him “in a hot tub to die.” According to a Tuesday, May 26, report by People, who obtained victim impact statements filed on Wednesday, May 20, that relate to Perry’s October 2023…
With one week until Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, the NHL offseason inches closer to the window when most of the league’s activity occurs. The Rangers are expected to be very involved as they continue to navigate their self-proclaimed retool in the aftermath of a second straight playoff-less…
Several Marshals stars are breaking their silence after sparking speculation that they could be leaving the Yellowstone spinoff. During the Sunday, May 24, episode of the hit CBS series, Andrea (Ash Santos) was offered a job that would take her from Montana to Washington D.C. Meanwhile, Belle (Arielle Kebbel) and…
DJT at MSG. President Trump could make the trip to New York to watch his hometown Knicks play in the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden. The 79-year-old president is considering attending the monumental matchup when the Knicks host Game 3 and 4 of the championship series scheduled for June…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open a $30 million, city-owned grocery store in East Harlem is aimed for a site that was already approved for a $25 million public upgrade years ago – setting the stage for a bizarre boondoggle that has perplexed local business leaders, The…
The patient: A 23-year-old woman in FloridaThe symptoms: The woman went to the emergency room with an itchy rash on her back that had lasted two days. The rash first appeared as isolated, inflamed regions on her upper back, which initially led her to seek treatment at an urgent care…
The nerve! Pregnant women are typically advised that they might experience fatigue, morning sickness, heartburn and aches during their 40-week journey. There’s also a stealth side effect that can sneak up on expecting moms, leaving them with searing pain in their hands, tingling fingertips and weakness in their wrists. Roughly…
As John Harbaugh discussed what he saw during the Giants’ organized team activity practices this spring, he made it sound as if what was happening on the field was akin to airliners taking off and landing on adjoining and crisscrossing runways. As in: Whew, that was close to a damaging…
The Broadway revival of Chess will close earlier than scheduled. According to a report by Variety, published on Tuesday, May 26, the show will see curtains fall for good on June 21 when its star, Lea Michele, was already confirmed to be departing the production. The news comes after the…
President Trump’s surprise endorsement catapulted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to a landslide victory in Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary runoff election. As has been the case throughout the 2026 midterm primary season, Trump’s stamp of approval remains critical for GOP candidates in local and statewide elections. Here are four takeaways…
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. Novak Djokovic cleared a tricky first hurdle at the 2026 French Open. Drawn against one of the game’s most fearsome servers, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard,…
Mackenzie Shirilla’s boyfriend Dominic Russo allegedly addressed his mortality four weeks prior to her 2022 car crash that killed him. According to a Tuesday, May 26, report by TMZ, Russo, who died at the age of 20 in a high-speed crash caused by Shirilla, 21, sent the convicted killer a…
Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris Jackson, opened up about her personal struggles while she suffered from addiction. “The behavior is really ugly. It’s really ugly behavior in a moral way, because I was raised to be kind — and not nice,” Paris, 28, said during a Tuesday, May 26, appearance on…
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt has filed a formal complaint accusing incumbent Mayor Karen Bass of violating election laws by allegedly campaigning too close to a ballot drop box during early voting. The complaint, sent Tuesday to the Los Angeles City Clerk’s Office, claims Bass engaged in illegal electioneering while encouraging voters to…
The Dodgers avoided one injury scare with Shohei Ohtani on Tuesday night. But they suffered another in the deflating loss of Kiké Hernández to an oblique strain. In a blowout win over the Colorado Rockies, Hernández was removed in the fifth inning after feeling pain in his oblique during his…
Fans have been waiting with bated breath to learn more about West Wilson and Amanda Batula’s romance timeline — and part 1 of the Summer House reunion finally pulled back the curtain. “When we were out, I kinda looked at Amanda and I was like, ‘Am I f***ing crazy or…
Tom Steyer has spent a record-breaking $200 million in the race for California governor — and even some of the progressive billionaire’s top supporters admit they’re “disgusted” with the money involved in the high-stakes race. In a media call Tuesday, just a week before the June 2 primary election, state…
The Mets have played plenty of bad baseball this season, and Ron Darling sounded tired of watching it from the SNY booth. The 1986 World Series champion pitcher ripped into left-hander David Peterson and what he believed to be a less-than-satisfactory reprimand to potentially come from the Mets coaching staff after…
Joy Behar is not impressed that New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart attended a recent rally with President Donald Trump. “For somebody to back a guy like Trump, whose history of discrimination and racism goes back to housing discrimination in the ’70s, DEI attacks and posting pictures of the Obamas…
Silicon Valley’s AI boom may be heading out to sea. Tech investors are pouring more than $200 million into a futuristic plan to build floating AI data centers powered by ocean waves — a wild new approach aimed at dodging the growing headaches of building massive server farms on land, according…
Nearly 180 years after they died of cold and starvation in the Canadian Arctic, four crewmembers who perished in the Franklin expedition have been identified thanks to genetic analyses that matched their DNA with that of living descendants.Three of the victims were from HMS Erebus, one of the expedition’s two…
The deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has put citizens and health authorities on high alert. Experts believe a few passengers were infected with the Andes strain of hantavirus, which has a mortality rate of up to 40% because it affects the lungs and kidneys, which are critical…
Carlos Rodón is raring to go. The lefty pitcher, who underwent offseason elbow surgery in October, will make his season debut on Sunday when the Yankees face the Brewers. And while he joked he doesn’t have the same “virgin” arm as earlier in his career, he’s nonetheless looking forward to…
May we all be lucky enough to have a partner who hypes us up like Jason Ritter does for Melanie Lynskey. “Melanie is just so fun to work with,” Ritter, 46 — who’s shared the screen with Lynskey, 48, on multiple occasions — revealed exclusively in the latest issue of…
A Colorado school district is being sued for suspending an Asian student who recorded her peers drunkenly using racial slurs in a disturbing video that went viral — but didn’t punish the black students who blasted it on social media because their actions should be viewed through a “culturally responsive…
Ted Turner made sure CNN would never go quietly. The late media mogul — who died Wednesday at 87 — secretly commissioned a chilling “doomsday video” decades ago that was meant to air only when the world came to an end, according to resurfaced footage and archived reports. The eerie…
The scientists operating NASA’s Curiosity rover are breathing a sigh of relief after successfully removing a troublesome rock that got stuck on the end of the Mars rover’s robotic arm for nearly a week. Video footage shows the robot “struggling” to shake off its pesky passenger by tilting, rotating and…
Grab your sneakers and tighten those laces — the Presidential Fitness Test is back. President Donald Trump revived the decades-old exam for public schoolchildren this week, calling it “an important step in our mission to make America healthy again.” “My administration is working very hard to defend America’s cherished athletic…
In an extraordinary scene, several Yankees — Aaron Judge, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Cody Bellinger, Trent Grisham and Amed Rosario — grouped together on the warning track in left field, nearby manager Aaron Boone and several trainers. Both dugouts were filled with players and coaches on the top step peering over.…
Granger Smith and his wife, Amber Smith, made a vow to stay together after the tragic death of their 3-year-old son. “I think we recognized early that most couples don’t make it,” Granger, 46, said on the Wednesday, May 6, episode of the “Jinger and Jeremy” podcast. “I don’t know…
FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly gives out self-branded bottles of bourbon, including some with facsimiles of his signature, at public events — even as he battles The Atlantic magazine over its reporting on his drinking habits. The bottles bear the bureau’s official shield along with the words, “Kash Patel FBI…
Federal investigators are probing at least four suspiciously timed oil trades worth more than $2.6 billion that were placed just minutes before major announcements about the Iran war sent crude prices tumbling, according to a report. The Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are investigating whether traders…
A man went out on a morning walk in southwest Norway and stumbled upon a surprise: an elite warrior’s sword scabbard that was purposefully buried 1,500 years ago. The rare gold object, which was richly decorated with serpentine animals, was probably an offering to the gods at a time of…
Incredible, edible, scientifically credible? A humble food, once thought to be bad for the heart, has now been linked to a reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease. For decades, eggs have been divisive, with protein proponents praising ova and cholesterol-conscious maligning them. Now, new research in The Journal of Nutrition suggests that…
Real Madrid are in the midst of a civil war with fans demanding star player Kylian Mbappe is sold. A petition calling on the club to get rid of the striker has reached four million signatures in a matter of hours. And it is not just the fans who are…
9-1-1 is preparing to wrap up season 9 — but will the finale conclude with Angela Bassett‘s character Athena leaving the show? During the penultimate episode of the hit ABC series, Detective Hooks (Josh Stamberg) convinced Athena to accompany him to make arrests in the trafficking case. The situation took…
A Northern California county has found nearly 600 uncounted ballots from last year’s controversial proposition vote, which passed and allowed the redrawing of districts in the Golden State as part of a nationwide wave across other states. On Wednesday — nearly six months after Humboldt County certified the Nov. 4,…
McDonald’s on Thursday reported surprisingly upbeat quarterly earnings and revenue, but CEO Chris Kempczinski — who recently went viral for his weirdly timid nibble of his own company’s burger — warned consumer spending may get “a little bit worse” as high fuel prices slam wallets. The fast-food chain saw adjusted…
Refresh 2026-05-07T14:34:48.938Z “Viruses don’t care about politics” (Image credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Both Argentina and the U.S. recently withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO). In the face of this outbreak, “I think they will reconsider their positions,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director-general. “Viruses don’t care…
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