Exclusive | Navy helicopter pilot featured in 2025 Pin-Ups For Vets calendar has roots in Queens

Exclusive | Navy helicopter pilot featured in 2025 Pin-Ups For Vets calendar has roots in Queens

She was on cloud nine. Navy helicopter pilot Lt. Jennifer Bennie, one of the fearless female veterans featured in the 2025 Pin-Ups For Vets calendar, was flying high on the glam that comes with being a calendar girl. “I had never been so pampered. I felt so beautiful. I had my makeup professionally done, my … Read more

Northwell enlists former Army doc, helicopter rescuer, as new CEO

Northwell enlists former Army doc, helicopter rescuer, as new CEO

Dr. John D’Angelo wrote a letter to Northwell CEO Michael Dowling in 2003, asking the high-profile leader if the health system would create a pay-gap program for veterans transitioning out of service and into civilian medical roles. “He didn’t know me. I was here for only three years,” D’Angelo told The Post of when he … Read more

Inside the wild, pricey sorority rush season, fueled by TikTok, helicopter moms and hired consultants

Inside the wild, pricey sorority rush season, fueled by TikTok, helicopter moms and hired consultants

Talk about a mad rush. Recruitment season for Greek life at college campuses across the country starts this weekend, which means it is time once again for the spectacle that is #RushTok: TikTok’s viral display of synchronized dances, outfits of the day, and endless theme costumes inspired by “Grease,” “Barbie” and “Top Gun” — with … Read more

Here’s the generation with the best parenting skills: ‘We’re not helicopter parents – we’re gliders’

Here’s the generation with the best parenting skills: ‘We’re not helicopter parents – we’re gliders’

For a while there, Gen X parents were barely part of the parenting conversation. We weren’t hosting parenting podcasts. We weren’t going viral on TikTok for Bento box ideas. We were just… quietly getting on with it – packing recess, setting boundaries, and confiscating iPads like it was our job (because, well, it kind of is). Look, I firmly … Read more

Helicopter drops 15,000 marshmallows on Detroit in sweet event for kids: ‘We got really excited’

Helicopter drops 15,000 marshmallows on Detroit in sweet event for kids: ‘We got really excited’

 It’s spring in Detroit — warm weather, a few clouds, and a 100% chance of marshmallow downpours. The source? A helicopter zooming above the green lawn of Worden Park on Friday, unloading sack-fulls of fluffy treats for hundreds of kids waiting eagerly below, some clutching colorful baskets or wearing rabbit ears. The children cheered and … Read more

Exclusive | Johnny Carson’s nephew reveals what late host would think of ‘Tonight Show’ now — and why he refused to take a helicopter to work

Exclusive | Johnny Carson’s nephew reveals what late host would think of ‘Tonight Show’ now — and why he refused to take a helicopter to work

Johnny Carson was America’s ultimate late-night host. The comedian’s most beloved gig was hosting “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” for 30 seasons from 1962 until his retirement in 1992. His nephew, Jeff Sotzing, worked alongside his uncle, starting off as a receptionist in 1977, before becoming a producer on the show by ’92. Johnny Carson … Read more

Dear Abby: My boyfriend’s sister is a helicopter mom and ruining her son

Dear Abby: My boyfriend’s sister is a helicopter mom and ruining her son

DEAR ABBY: My nephew-to-be has just turned 14. He has older parents (his mom was 42 when he was born) and is so socially inept that we fear for his future. His mom is more than a helicopter parent — she still orders his food for him at restaurants. My son is 15 and very … Read more

How ‘next-level helicopter parents’ are tracking their adult children, stunting them

How ‘next-level helicopter parents’ are tracking their adult children, stunting them

Rising parental anxiety is resulting in “next-level helicopter parents” for college students, a psychotherapist told Fox News Digital – and others agree that as well-intentioned as it may be, it can create harm in the long run. “There’s no doubt [that] parents are more anxious and more intrusive than ever,” Jonathan Alpert, a psychotherapist in Manhattan and … Read more

Prince William and King Charles clashed over helicopter use for Kate Middleton and their children: book

Prince William and King Charles clashed over helicopter use for Kate Middleton and their children: book

King Charles and Prince William furiously clashed with one another over the safety of the royal family flying in a helicopter, a new book has claimed. According to royal correspondent and author Robert Jobson, the monarch, 75, “raised concerns” with the Prince of Wales, 42, over his helicopter use with Kate Middleton and their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince … Read more

World travelers surprise security guard with helicopter ride over South Africa: ‘Big smile on his face’

World travelers surprise security guard with helicopter ride over South Africa: ‘Big smile on his face’

Two friends made a man’s day after taking him on a helicopter ride as a “thank you” for his hard work.  Paige Goldstein and Chantel Wright are in their 20s and currently traveling the world while working remotely.  The pair, who are right now living in Cape Town, South Africa, were chatting with their apartment’s security guard, a man … Read more

Rare photo of full circle rainbow captured from police helicopter

Rare photo of full circle rainbow captured from police helicopter

It’s not often you come across a full circle rainbow, but crew on-board a police helicopter were lucky enough to get an up close and personal view. The St Athan-based National Police Air Service (NPAS) South West & Wales Region unit managed to capture the rare phenomenon over the Vale of Glamorgan, a county borough … Read more

Sofia Coppola reacts to daughter’s TikTok about chartering helicopter

Sofia Coppola reacts to daughter’s TikTok about chartering helicopter

This helicopter parent is coming in for a landing. Sofia Coppola revealed Wednesday that she was actually amused by her daughter’s TikTok explaining that she had been grounded after trying to charter a private helicopter using her dad’s credit card. “I got lots of compliments on her filmmaking,” Coppola, 52, told the Hollywood Reporter regarding … Read more

How helicopter parents killed kids’ freedom to play: psychologists

How helicopter parents killed kids’ freedom to play: psychologists

Kids these days — they aren’t allowed to be kids. Spontaneous child’s play — strolling through the woods, playing tag outside or just staring at clouds on a summer afternoon — is increasingly a thing of the past. And parents are the ones sounding the alarm, even as they’re implicated in the rise of anxiety-driven, … Read more

Ukrainian women flash helicopter fighter pilots to boost morale

Ukrainian women flash helicopter fighter pilots to boost morale

Women in Ukraine are baring it all to support their troops and boost morale. Ukrainian women are supposedly flashing fighter helicopter pilots as they do their daily flyovers, a member of the country’s air force told the UK’s Sunday Times. Maksym, a pilot who declined to give his last name, shared that he and his … Read more

Hamptons sticker shock: Quickie helicopter day trip — for almost $6K

Hamptons sticker shock: Quickie helicopter day trip — for almost K

Is avoiding Hamptons traffic worth spending thousands? An upscale hotel has put together a package that will helicopter guests out to East Hampton before choppering them back to the Big Apple “just in time to experience Manhattan’s nightlife.” The James, a swanky NoMad stay, offers this non-refundable getaway with a two-night minimum. An advertised Jimmy … Read more

Dave Ramsey warns of the harmful effects of ‘helicopter’ parents: ‘28-year-olds living in their basement’

Dave Ramsey warns of the harmful effects of ‘helicopter’ parents: ‘28-year-olds living in their basement’

Renowned financial adviser Dave Ramsey has ruffled the feathers of parents nationwide with his old-school solution for young people trying to save money. The online debate began when one set of Texas parents revealed they started charging their 19-year-old daughter rent to live at home – a piece of advice they had taken from Dave Ramsey.  … Read more

Sofia Coppola’s ‘nepo baby’ says she was grounded — for chartering helicopter

Sofia Coppola’s ‘nepo baby’ says she was grounded — for chartering helicopter

Sofia Coppola’s daughter went viral for a TikTok video in which she apparently made wild claims about her famous family — including that she was grounded for trying to charter a helicopter. Romy Croquet Mars — the 16-year-old daughter of Coppola and her husband, Phoenix lead singer Thomas Mars — created a now-deleted TikTok account … Read more

Tom Cruise jumps from helicopter to thank ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ fans

Tom Cruise jumps from helicopter to thank ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ fans

A free-falling thank you! Tom Cruise knows how to give his fans a proper thank you, taking a solo freefall dive ahead of “Top Gun: Maverick” release on Paramount+ to thank fans of the franchise for making the film a box office smash this past summer. Cruise, 60, nonchalantly sitting along the outside of a … Read more

Hey, helicopter parents — your bad sportsmanship is killing kids’ love of the game: experts

Hey, helicopter parents — your bad sportsmanship is killing kids’ love of the game: experts

When mom-of-three Heather Behrends’ oldest son Jake, 15, started playing baseball, she found herself getting involved. Very involved. “I would go out to practice with him and critique what he was doing — every swing he would take,” Behrends, 43, recalled. Behrends wanted Jake to do well, and when the Denver-based founder of parenting blog … Read more