Millions visit US national parks each year, and some don’t make it back home. Based on available mortality and visitor data from the National Park Service, five parks were found to be the deadliest. Washington state’s North Cascades National Park has the highest mortality rate at 0.004% with nine deaths between 2014 and 2021. Alaska’s Lake Clark … Read more
The first time Monica Macias met an American, she ran away. She was terrified, she said, convinced that she was in imminent danger. The teachings came from the men who raised her — not one but two brutal dictators. Francisco Macias Nguema, her biological father and the first president of Equatorial Guinea, committed so many atrocities … Read more
Actor Donald Glover — aka Grammy-winning music maker Childish Gambino — has revealed his hit song “This Is America” was originally an attempt to put a fellow rapper on blast. “The idea for the song started as a joke — and it started as a Drake diss, to be honest,” Glover, 39, told GQ in … Read more
Sarah Lancestar was traveling throughout Central America when she was forced to abandon her holiday plans after a seemingly innocent act led to $60,000 worth of medical bills. The Tasmanian local was staying at a hostel in Nicaragua when she decided to play with the household cat. “It was pawing at me when it suddenly … Read more
Gus Kenworthy would like the booth to review this call. The Olympic silver medalist claimed that his cameo in the film “80 for Brady” — starring screen icons Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Sally Field and Rita Moreno — was cut to please Middle America, reports Variety. Kenworthy, 31, said that he was slated to “make … Read more
Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. In 2023, you can finally hear “Sister Golden Hair,” “A Horse With No Name” and “Ventura Highway” and “Lonely People” live. From Feb. 3 through Aug. 26, classic … Read more
The world’s fattest countries have been revealed in a new interactive map. The map, published by Our World in Data, uses data compiled from figures from 195 countries around the world and shows the huge divide in obesity rates. The figures come from the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, which recorded worldwide trends between 1975 and … Read more
Millions of babies are born and named in the U.S. each year, but certain names or naming conventions are reportedly banned by state governments. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and singer Grimes reportedly learned this fact in 2020 when they tried to name their firstborn son X Æ A-12 in the state of California. The pair modified the name’s numeric … Read more
The results are in, and a new Miss America has been crowned. Miss Wisconsin Grace Stanke was named Miss America 2023 on Thursday night at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Stanke, 20, is a senior at the University of Wisconsin — Madison studying nuclear engineering. She is also a classical violinist. She played the … Read more
When Vanessa Williams takes the stage to begin a six-night stand at the Manhattan cabaret club 54 Below on Tuesday night, she’ll have the sweetest revenge. Years before she became a Grammy, Tony and Emmy nominee, an underage Williams was turned away outside the very same spot where she was dressed to boogie upstairs at … Read more
Huge classic rock icons like Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Billy Joel with Stevie Nicks, Jimmy Buffett, Eagles, Santana and many more are going on tour in 2023. Source link
The vibe has shifted and the glory days of cruising are once again docked in NYC. Holland America’s newest ship Rotterdam arrived in New York City on Oct. 26 on its maiden call, after a 12-day cruise, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the cruise line’s first transatlantic crossing. On board, it was easy to slip … Read more
Jeremy Strong was almost Captain America — kind of. The “Succession” star would have played Chris Evans’ body double in 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger,” but he turned down the role. In the first act of the movie, only Evans’ face can be seen as Steve Rogers-Captain America. To show a young Rogers before … Read more
Sometimes you start something and have no idea where it will lead. So it was with Eduardo Filgueiras, a struggling guitarist whose family worked in an unusual business in Rio de Janeiro: They farmed toads. Filgueiras figured out a way to take the small toad skins and fuse them together, creating something large enough to … Read more
Millions of babies are born and named in the U.S. each year, but certain names or naming conventions are reportedly banned by state governments. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and singer Grimes reportedly learned this fact in 2020 when they tried to name their firstborn son X Æ A-12 in the state of California. The pair modified the name’s numeric … Read more
A 35-year-old acquaintance drops dead from a hemorrhagic stroke. A friend in her 40s, and another in his 70s, experience recurrent spells of extreme dizziness, their hearts pounding in their chests when they stand. A 21-year-old student with no prior medical history is admitted to the ICU with heart failure, while a 48-year-old avid tennis … Read more