A 31-year-old woman has described how her addiction to an easy to access product left her partially paralysed. The use of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, as a recreational drug has been on the rise since Covid, with inhalation of the chemical compound inducing momentary feelings of euphoria. However, the colloquial name of the gas … Read more
Highway robbery! If you’re vacationing in Europe this summer, better bring along extra cash. Popular tourist destinations in European cities are combatting mass tourism by slapping some ridiculous, yet costly fines — some scaling into the thousands — on visitors they deem unruly. Wearing flip flops while driving, taking a shell or pebble from a … Read more
Hypocrisy: That’s the theme around a New Jersey Little Leaguer’s controversial suspension for flipping his bat after a home run. Suspended Haddonfield Little League star Marco Rocco’s father, Joe, called out Little League’s decision-makers for suddenly being anti-bat flipping after his 12-year-old son’s celebration landed him a suspension ahead of the New Jersey Little League … Read more
Gen Z is flipping the script this season. Hanging up on the addictive call of the smartphone, tweens, teens and 20-somethings are, instead, going retro, ditching their digital devices for 2000s-era flip phones. “Flip phone summer,” declared Makayla Aubrey, posing with her throwback artifact in a trending clip. “Life will be so simple.” Aubrey and her fellow … Read more
Forget killer asteroids and nuclear annihilation — Earth’s ultimate fate may hinge on a cosmic coin toss. Astronomers have revealed that our Milky Way galaxy has a 50/50 chance of colliding with its massive neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, sometime in the next 10 billion years — an intergalactic smash-up that could fling our solar system … Read more
Christina Hall is causing a stir in her Instagram comments and giving insights into the status of her relation with her ex-husband, Ant Anstead. The HGTV star responded to a fan’s bold suggestion on a July 20 post, which read, “How awesome would it be to have Ant replace Josh on The Flip Off? Ratings … Read more
Sea ya! A restless couple who said they were “sick of asking permission to go on vacation” ditched the 9-to-5 grind and are now ready to drop a whopping $70,000 on the adventure of a lifetime. Tiffany Baker, 38, and husband Mark, 40, said goodbye to the finance game in April 2019 and decided it … Read more
Everyone is getting a piece of the pie. Customers who leave a gratuity for their Domino’s delivery driver now have more of an incentive to do so: they’ll get a tip right back from the company. The pizza chain is rolling out a new initiative, called “You Tip, We Tip,” starting Monday, April 29, when … Read more
Everyone is flipping out — but that might be a good thing. More and more school districts across the country are banning cell phone use. Politicians like Ron DeSantis are barring kids under 14 from social media. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s March book “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic … Read more
High drama and neighborhood squabbles are part and parcel of living in a HOA community, and the San Diego County village of Rancho Santa Fe is no exception. One of Southern California’s most exclusive ZIP codes, the drama unfolded like the plot of an old Hollywood classic after Montecito-based developer and designer to the stars … Read more
SEO entrepreneur Joe Davies is sharing nuggets of wisdom about how to become a millionaire — now that he’s lovin’ his career path. After years of working dead-end jobs, including at McDonald’s, Davies longed to make a name for himself — an aspiration he shared with his childhood friend, Joe Taylor. “I didn’t go to university … Read more
DEAR ABBY: Can people in this society please stop assuming that everyone has a smartphone? Not everyone is willing — or able — to spend $1,000-plus for one. Some of us carry older, less-expensive phones that receive calls and text messages and that’s it. I just got off a really annoying phone call with the … Read more
Gwen Stefani is “No Doubt” a Shohei Ohtani fan. The star pitcher’s seventh-inning homer on Monday against the Yankees closed a two-run gap for Los Angeles and electrified the crowd at Angels Stadium, including the Grammy award-winning singer. Stefani jumped and cheered in the stands while Ohtani flipped his bat in the air before rounding … Read more
New York Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Watch out Millennials and Boomers; you’ll flip when you see what is back in style. It is, in fact, the flip phone, in all it’s pocket-sized, custom ringtone, blurry back-facing camera fashion. The Post reported this trend fully … Read more
They’re partying like it’s 1999. Young Gen Z women, after trying on skinny jeans and rehabilitating tramp stamps, are once more looking to the turn of the century — before most of them were even born — for the latest must-have accessory for a night on the town: the humble flip phone. “We don’t take our regular … Read more
Americans have an insatiable appetite for fast food. Credit — or blame, as the case may be — entrepreneur Billy Ingram. The Colorado native founded the world’s first burger chain, White Castle, in Wichita, Kansas, in 1921. He is widely considered the father of fast food — recognized as its creator by industry media as early … Read more
A conservative commentator shut down after her foul rant about sitting between two overweight people on a short flight has received an unexpected token of goodwill from the airline. Sydney Watson, a right-wing American-Australian political journalist who is no stranger to controversial subjects, took to Twitter last month in an unruly campaign arguing: “If you need … Read more