Boutique Wine Country hotspot is latest victim of Napa crisis as it shuts after a decade

Boutique Wine Country hotspot is latest victim of Napa crisis as it shuts after a decade

Another business in California’s wine country is shuttering operations, one of many closures sweeping through the Napa Valley area as the wine industry faces pressure. Petaluma-based Barber Cellars announced recently that it’s closing its downtown tasting room and cheese shop on June 5, citing “the financial struggles and headwinds of the current wine and tourism … Read more

The $50,000 puppy: Why the pet debt crisis is reaching a breaking point in 2026

The ,000 puppy: Why the pet debt crisis is reaching a breaking point in 2026

New York Post may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. When we talk about the cost of a pet, it’s about more than the “price of admission.”  Whether you pick up your dog from a specialized breeder or choose to adopt, both can cost … Read more

Brain scientist warns that we’re heading for an AI-fueled ‘dementia crisis’

Brain scientist warns that we’re heading for an AI-fueled ‘dementia crisis’

We’ve been told that many things increase our risk of dementia — genetics, too much alcohol, not enough exercise, improper nutrition, high blood pressure, the risks go on and on. Neuroscientist Vivienne Ming wants to add one more item to the list — artificial intelligence. Scientists have already sounded the alarm that US dementia cases could … Read more

NYC comedian has the perfect solution for millennials experiencing a midlife crisis

NYC comedian has the perfect solution for millennials experiencing a midlife crisis

What a time to be alive. Oftentimes, when the phrase “midlife crisis” is thrown around, many think of our parents making impulsive decisions, like buying a fancy sports car or quitting a job to pick up an out-of-character hobby. But for millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, a midlife crisis looks a bit different. … Read more

Inside New York’s ‘superbug’ crisis — and the bad habit that’s fueling antibiotic resistance

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 detected the dangerous fungus in … Read more

Exclusive | What affordability crisis? New Yorkers line up for hours to pay $12 for grapes and $65 for olive oil at trendy new gourmet grocer Meadow Lane

Exclusive | What affordability crisis? New Yorkers line up for hours to pay  for grapes and  for olive oil at trendy new gourmet grocer Meadow Lane

“I’m so hungry and so cold,” a bundled-up young woman told The Post through chattering teeth, as she waited for food in frigid temperatures early Friday morning. The New Yorker was one of hundreds who’d made the rush hour trek to TriBeCa for sustenance — standing in a long line that stretched back an entire … Read more

Family planning: When facing a health crisis, egg freezing can preserve fertility

Family planning: When facing a health crisis, egg freezing can preserve fertility

First comes love, then marriage, but a baby carriage isn’t always next or guaranteed. So it was for Katharine Losavio, a 36-year-old healthcare administrator from Manhattan who wed in 2022. Then, days before their first wedding anniversary, Losavio learned she had non-Hodgkin lymphoma, an aggressive cancer affecting the lymphatic system. While more than half of … Read more

Stunned wife recounts husband’s mid-life crisis chaos — after leaving him alone for just three weeks: ‘I wish he’d cheated instead’

Stunned wife recounts husband’s mid-life crisis chaos — after leaving him alone for just three weeks: ‘I wish he’d cheated instead’

More like hus-banned. A hard-working woman who left her spouse to his own devices while away on a three-week business trip has gone viral with an account of the wreckage that awaited upon her return home — leaving readers are crying, laughing, and collectively saying: yikes.  Taking to Reddit, the put-upon partner shared the saga of … Read more

Here’s why many parents face a debt crisis to support kids, new survey shows

Here’s why many parents face a debt crisis to support kids, new survey shows

The soaring cost of living and financial pressures on families have forced six in 10 parents into debt to provide for their children. That’s according to a survey of 2,000 parents of children aged 0–18, which examined the economic challenges and mounting debt families across America are facing. Sixty-three percent of parents in debt admitted … Read more

Chipotle, Sweetgreen bet big on small, local farmers amid ongoing agriculture crisis

Chipotle, Sweetgreen bet big on small, local farmers amid ongoing agriculture crisis

National brands are betting big on small farmers.  Food giants such as Chipotle and Sweetgreen have long emphasized close partnerships with small or local farmers, in many cases, due to corporate sustainability goals. Today, those relationships may be essential to the survival and resilience of the American agriculture industry, as the sector faces increasing instability. “The agricultural … Read more

Beware: Synthetic kratom — 7-OH — is powering a new opioid crisis

Beware: Synthetic kratom — 7-OH  — is powering a new opioid crisis

Vape shops are popping up in every neighborhood in America, but few people — even doctors — know that many of these shops are selling a dangerous new opioid. It’s concentrated 7-OH, a synthetic byproduct of the kratom plant that binds strongly to the body’s opioid receptors — making it up to 13 times more … Read more

Bill Nye says US climate crisis is a reason deadly Texas floods were so destructive: ‘Exactly what was predicted’

Bill Nye says US climate crisis is a reason deadly Texas floods were so destructive: ‘Exactly what was predicted’

Bill Nye “The Science Guy” said Wednesday that fossil fuel companies and the U.S. Congress’s neglect of the climate crisis are a big reason the flooding in central Texas was so destructive. During the latest episode of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Nye argued that one of the main ways to prevent what host Dana Bash reported was an … Read more

George Clooney roasts his ‘midlife crisis’ brunette hair — and reveals what Amal thinks

George Clooney roasts his ‘midlife crisis’ brunette hair — and reveals what Amal thinks

It’ll be one fine day for George Clooney when he can go back to his roots. The actor, 64, isn’t thrilled about dyeing his hair brunette for his Broadway play “Good Night, and Good Luck” — and will return to silver fox status when the takes his final bow on June 8. George Clooney on “Late … Read more

The state of ‘Star Wars’ TV: Why ‘Andor’ is a hit — but the franchise is having an ‘identity crisis’

The state of ‘Star Wars’ TV: Why ‘Andor’ is a hit — but the franchise is having an ‘identity crisis’

In a galaxy far, far away… After the release of the sequel trilogy films that concluded the Skywalker Saga in 2019, “Star Wars” pivoted to television — and the results have been a mixed bag. Some of the Disney+ shows, including “The Mandalorian” spinoff “The Book of Boba Fett” and the Leslye Headland series “The Acolyte,” … Read more

King Charles won’t hand throne to Prince William as monarchy shake-up could spark ‘crisis’: experts

King Charles won’t hand throne to Prince William as monarchy shake-up could spark ‘crisis’: experts

Prince William has been quietly taking on more duties to support his father behind palace doors, raising questions about whether the monarch would ever step down to prioritize his health. But according to several royal experts, King Charles, who is battling an undisclosed form of cancer, has no plans to give up the throne anytime … Read more

‘The Pitt’ Captures the Real Overcrowding Crisis in Emergency Rooms

‘The Pitt’ Captures the Real Overcrowding Crisis in Emergency Rooms

The emergency department waiting room was jammed, as it always is, with patients sitting for hours, closely packed on hard metal chairs. Only those with conditions so dire they needed immediate care — like a heart attack — got seen immediately. One man had had enough. He pounded on the glass window in front of … Read more

Covid-19: Enduring Images of a Global Crisis, 5 Years On

Covid-19: Enduring Images of a Global Crisis, 5 Years On

We asked 19 photographers to revisit their most enduring images of the coronavirus pandemic, five years after the virus became a global threat. Their photographs transport us to that bewildering period in an uncanny sort of time travel. The journalists who captured these scenes were not just covering the Covid-19 story but living through it. … Read more

Gen Z is suffering a ‘midlife crisis’ — amid ‘vicious cycle’ of overspending and job stress: study

Gen Z is suffering a ‘midlife crisis’ — amid ‘vicious cycle’ of overspending and job stress: study

The kids are not alright.  Zooming into adulthood — becoming autonomous, moving out of mom and dad’s, landing their first big girl or big boy jobs — all once sounded like a sweet fantasy to the youngsters of Gen Z.  But now that they’re in it, Zoomers are fast feeling like their dream life of independence is … Read more

Kimberly Williams-Paisley felt ‘shame’ for losing her voice for 2 years from ‘terrifying’ health crisis

Kimberly Williams-Paisley felt ‘shame’ for losing her voice for 2 years from ‘terrifying’ health crisis

Kimberly Williams-Paisley opened up about a “terrifying” health crisis. The “Father of the Bride” actress, 53, revealed in a new interview with People that in the fall of 2022 her voice disappeared — and she couldn’t speak louder than a whisper for nearly two years. “I felt trapped in my own body. There was so … Read more

Royal family live updates: King Charles facing ‘really hard’ decision about Prince Andrew over Chinese spy crisis

Royal family live updates: King Charles facing ‘really hard’ decision about Prince Andrew over Chinese spy crisis

New York Post Entertainment has all the latest news on the royal family, from Kate Middleton and Prince William to King Charles and Queen Camilla, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and more. In light of his already-disgraced brother Prince Andrew’s associations with a Chinese spy, King Charles, 76, is facing a “really hard” decision when it comes to the family’s holiday celebrations, … Read more