Daily sunscreen use falls short despite high SPF awareness among Americans

Daily sunscreen use falls short despite high SPF awareness among Americans

Which screen wins your attention – your phone screen or sunscreen? According to a new study, Americans are 4x more likely to remember to plug their phone in at night than they are to put sunscreen on daily. The poll of 2,000 U.S. adults revealed 53% frequently forget to put on sunscreen daily, and only … Read more

Inside look at JJ McCarthy’s stunning wedding with high school sweetheart

Inside look at JJ McCarthy’s stunning wedding with high school sweetheart

JJ McCarthy and Katya Kuropas’ Cabo wedding was straight out of a fairytale. The high school sweethearts tied the knot in front of 60 friends and family in an outdoor ceremony at the luxury Zadun Los Cabos Ritz-Carlton on April 11, as seen in exclusive photos from their wedding album obtained by The Post. Kuropas’ … Read more

Johnny Knoxville’s teenage son is dominant high school pitcher

Johnny Knoxville’s teenage son is dominant high school pitcher

The spawn of Johnny Knoxville can pitch. Rocko Clapp, the 16-year-old son of Jackass’ most notorious star, has dominated batters this season while toeing the rubber for Oakwood High School in North Hollywood. According to MaxPreps, the sophomore right hander has logged 27 strikeouts and a minuscule 0.80 ERA in 26.1 innings pitched. Johnny Knoxville’s … Read more

Long Island has a ‘high burden’ for a common blood disorder: new study

Long Island has a ‘high burden’ for a common blood disorder: new study

About 100,000 Americans have sickle cell disease (SCD), the most common inherited blood disorder in the US. Roughly 10% of patients reside in New York State, with the majority living in NYC, researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health found. Using data from 42,200 SCD hospitalizations in the state between 2009 and 2022, researchers … Read more

California high schools battle for top US rankings — these came out on top

California high schools battle for top US rankings — these came out on top

Southern California is at the head of the class. Several Golden State campuses landed among the nation’s top public high schools, with Southern California schools leading the way, according to a new ranking from US News & World Report. The annual report analyzed data from more than 24,000 public high schools across all 50 states … Read more

MGM Grand buffet will close — the latest casualty as pricey Las Vegas chooses high rollers over regular Americans

MGM Grand buffet will close — the latest casualty as pricey Las Vegas chooses high rollers over regular Americans

The legendary $20 Vegas steak dinner is long dead — and now, the “All-You-Can-Eat” dream is on life support. The buffet at the MGM Grand Las Vegas — a staple of cheap, all-you-can-eat indulgence since the early ’90s — will permanently close on May 31, marking the latest casualty in the slow death of budget-friendly Las … Read more

Exclusive | High holy days: Weed-loving NY Jews are bringing New Yorkers together one smoke at a time

Exclusive | High holy days: Weed-loving NY Jews are bringing New Yorkers together one smoke at a time

They’re praising and blazing. A toking tribe of ganja-loving Jewish New Yorkers is lighting a match under the traditional Shabbat celebration — holding fun and 420-friendly “infused” dinners where the brisket isn’t the only thing that’s smokin’. Lighting up back in 2024 and celebrating a dozen or so chilled-out gatherings since, the semi-regular social event welcomes … Read more

Book bans at libraries remain at a record high — with 90% of challenges coming from government officials or activists

Book bans at libraries remain at a record high — with 90% of challenges coming from government officials or activists

NEW YORK — Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, according to the American Library Association. And efforts to have titles removed have never been more coordinated or politicized. The ALA on Monday issued its annual list of the books most challenged at the country’s libraries, part of the association’s State of America’s Libraries Report. … Read more

Mystery of NJ neighborhood with ‘crazy high percentage’ of people with cancer — including 28 on one street

Mystery of NJ neighborhood with ‘crazy high percentage’ of people with cancer — including 28 on one street

When one former Keyport, NJ, resident started keeping tabs of all the cancer diagnoses on and around his childhood street, the numbers were “freaking snowballing.” In recent interviews with NJ.com, Rusty Morris, 46, recounted how he’d collected the names of so many neighbors that he eventually created a map, marking the houses with red X’s … Read more

High on the clock? Gen Z stress means substance use before, during and after a workday

High on the clock? Gen Z stress means substance use before, during and after a workday

Gen Z is living the high life — on the job. A growing share of Zoomers — the generation aged 14 to 29 — report they’re turning to pot, booze and pills to get through the workday, sometimes before it even starts. And employers are clueless. In a recent survey of 1,000 US adults conducted … Read more

Wild ways travelers are coping with airport anxiety and insanely high TSA wait times: ‘This would calm people down’

Wild ways travelers are coping with airport anxiety and insanely high TSA wait times: ‘This would calm people down’

They have to do what they have to do. Air travel is stressful enough. Now add three-hour security lines, unpaid TSA workers calling out and quitting in droves, and the looming presence of ICE agents — and suddenly, getting through the airport feels less like a pre-vacation ritual and more like a psychological endurance test. … Read more

The sleep tricks that actually work for high performers who have trouble ‘switching off’

The sleep tricks that actually work for high performers who have trouble ‘switching off’

Struggling to catch some ZZZs? Cutting down on caffeine, kicking a smoking habit, curbing alcohol intake and sticking to a regular workout routine are great first steps toward getting some much-needed sleep. For high performers who are always on, even these tips may not be enough to help their brains turn off. While certain lifestyle changes can help … Read more

Tiger Woods reunites with ex-wife Elin Nordegren to celebrate son Charlie’s high school golf triumph

Tiger Woods reunites with ex-wife Elin Nordegren to celebrate son Charlie’s high school golf triumph

Tiger Woods and his ex-wife, Elin Nordegren, were all smiles as they reunited this week to support their teenage son, Charlie Woods, at the Benjamin School state championship golf ring ceremony. Charlie, a 17-year-old high school junior who recently committed to play golf at Florida State, and the Benjamin School’s boys golf team celebrated its … Read more

Living at high altitudes could reduce risk of common disease, study suggests

Living at high altitudes could reduce risk of common disease, study suggests

Living at high altitudes may lower the risk of diabetes, and scientists believe they have finally figured out why. A new study from the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco examined how red blood cells behave in low-oxygen environments. The findings, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, reveal that at high elevations, red blood cells begin absorbing … Read more

Adorable IKEA toy sells out after heartbreaking viral monkey moment — with eBay listings soaring as high as $350

Adorable IKEA toy sells out after heartbreaking viral monkey moment — with eBay listings soaring as high as 0

Call it monkey business. IKEA has sold out of its adorable Djungelskog orangutan soft toy, with the $20 item now fetching more than 10 times the retail price on eBay. The plushie has become a coveted collectible in recent weeks after playing a key part in a viral story about a bullied baby monkey at … Read more

Exclusive | Influencer marries her former high school teacher — nearly 40 years her senior — and claps back at haters

Exclusive | Influencer marries her former high school teacher — nearly 40 years her senior — and claps back at haters

He robbed the cradle — and she broke the internet.  A 22-year-old Italian influencer who went viral for a series of posts about the nearly four-decade age gap with her 60-year-old husband is clapping back at critics who called her “a gold digger.” “Reducing a woman’s choices to money is one of the oldest and most unfair stereotypes. … Read more

Matt Damon reveals his strict diet for ripped ‘Odyssey’ look that got him back to ‘high school weight’

Matt Damon reveals his strict diet for ripped ‘Odyssey’ look that got him back to ‘high school weight’

Matt Damon tackled his end goal flawlessly. The actor, 55, opened up about cutting down his weight for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Greek epic “The Odyssey,” while on Jason and Travis Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast Wednesday. The retired athlete, 38, told the Hollywood vet that he looked “pretty yoked up” in set photos circulating online. Jason and Travis Kelce and Matt … Read more

Millennial has genius hack for saving money on insanely high NYC rent: ‘I have options’

Millennial has genius hack for saving money on insanely high NYC rent: ‘I have options’

You have to do what you have to do. If you’re wrecking your brain to figure out how to live in NYC without paying these insane rents, a woman named Alanna Parish might have the solution. “I’m a full-time house sitter in NYC, I don’t have my own place. I live in other people’s homes … Read more

‘High maintenance’ singleton’s 7 dating rules for men spark backlash: ‘Maximum entitlement’

‘High maintenance’ singleton’s 7 dating rules for men spark backlash: ‘Maximum entitlement’

She’s putting Big Apple bachelors on blast. A New York City singleton has sparked widespread debate after sharing a list of “bare minimum rules” for men on a first date, with some critics claiming she’s “high maintenance.” Raq, who is in her twenties, told The Post that dating as a single woman in the Big … Read more

New York flu cases hit all-time high as infections surge statewide

New York flu cases hit all-time high as infections surge statewide

New York is getting slammed by the flu. The state logged 71,123 positive flu cases in the week ending on Dec. 20 — the highest single-week total since tracking began in 2004, according to the New York State Department of Health. The figure marks a 38% jump from the previous week and signals an early, … Read more