Kevin Brady, 38, was in the best shape of his life when he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in October 2024. And he wants you to know that, yes — it matters. “I think when some people hear of someone who’s very healthy and in good shape who gets cancer they go, ‘What was the … Read more
The Long Island Sound stretches a whopping 110 miles, from New York City’s East River to well past the tip of Long Island. And on Saturday, 54-year-old Aaron Kwittken swam over six miles (or 10 kilometers) in it to raise money for cancer research — and it was actually his sixth time going the distance. … Read more
Talk about a kid with a lot of heart. A 14-year-old from Frisco, Texas, developed a groundbreaking smartphone app to detect early signs of heart disease in just seven seconds. Circadian AI records heart sounds, filters out ambient noise and analyzes the data using a cloud-based machine learning model — all by placing a smartphone … Read more
The world’s most famous — and articulate — amphibian had an inspiring message for University of Maryland’s graduating class of 2025. “Stay connected to your dreams — no matter how big, no matter how impossible they seem,” Kermit the Frog said during the school commencement ceremony Thursday. Kermit the Frog speaks during University of Maryland’s … Read more
It seems the Chiefs aren’t the only Swifties in the league. When discussing the Commanders’ blowout win Sunday over the Panthers, offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury shared Thursday that the first-ever touchdown scored by rookie tight end Ben Sinnott was on a play named after pop superstar Taylor Swift, the girlfriend of Chiefs tight end Travis … Read more
movie review UNSTOPPABLE Running time: 116 minutes. Rated PG-13 (some strong language and thematic material.) As we head into the fall, and films gunning for awards are about to hit theaters like so many brown leaves, feel-good movies have been rather thin on the ground. Stopping the trend is “Unstoppable,” an inspiring true story starring … Read more
Richard Simmons prepared a social media post for his fans before his death at age 76. The late fitness star’s team released the post, which includes a photo of Simmons and a message from him, on Saturday. They wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Hello everyone. Richard worked very hard on his posts for you. He … Read more
Mason Branstrator is going the distance — one way or the other. The young man, now 20, just completed his first marathon in a wheelchair three years after breaking his T-12 vertebra in a skiing accident that saw him paralyzed from the waist down. “I was going for an ordinary day of downhill skiing, but … Read more
It’s celebrations all around for this party of five. Quintuplets from New Jersey have made history by graduating from Montclair State University on the same day. Victoria, Vico, Ashley, Michael and Marcus Povolo, 21, each took to the stage to receive their diploma at the college’s commencement ceremony on Monday, watched on by their proud … Read more
A woman lost her voice — but artificial intelligence helped her get it back. Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had a golf ball-sized vascular tumor lodged near the back of her brain, pressing on her brain stem and entangled in blood vessels and cranial nerves. Doctors removed the life-threatening tumor during a 10-hour surgery in August 2023; … Read more
She runs — but never from a challenge. A highly-decorated U.S. Army veteran whose life was irrevocably altered 13 years ago by a Taliban rocket blast, will be among the more than 25,000 runners in Sunday’s United Airlines NYC Half Marathon. In 2006, Gretchen Evans was a 46-year-old Command Sergeant Major with 27 years of … Read more
A polio survivor who spent more than seven decades living inside an iron long has died at 78. Paul Alexander, widely known as “Polio Paul,” passed away Monday in Texas, according to Christopher Ulmer, the organizer of his official GoFundMe account. “Paul, you will be missed but always remembered,” Ulmer wrote. “Thanks for sharing your … Read more
She sow had a nose for art. Pigcasso, the wildly talented pig who sold over $1 million of her paintings and was hailed “the most successful non-human artist in world history,” has died at age 8. Joanne Lefson, the creative critter’s owner, recently announced the 450-pound visionary’s death due chronic Rheumatoid arthritis. Prior to her passing, the … Read more
WASHINGTON — It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig –- and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover. Lawrence Faucette was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant because of other health problems when doctors at the … Read more
A man dubbed “Polio Paul” has lived inside a 600-pound iron lung for seven decades, reportedly refusing to upgrade to a modern machine. Paul Alexander, 77, contracted polio in 1952 when he was 6 years old. In March, Guinness World Records declared him the longest iron lung patient ever. He has faced many challenges since he was … Read more
Will the real Barbara Millicent Roberts – aka Barbie – please stand up. She’s definitely not the blonde, tall, and very leggy Margot Robbie, 35, who plays the real-life Barbie in the $100 million live-action “Barbie” movie coming to theaters on July 21. Depending on who a Barbie fan believes, however, the genuine, in-the-flesh Barbie … Read more
It was the ride of a lifetime. A New Jersey man in desperate need of a kidney says he’s been given “the gift of life” after an Uber driver unexpectedly offered up his own organ for donation. Bill Sumiel, 71, was picked up from a dialysis center in Newark, Delaware on Oct 30. 2021 by … Read more
High schoolers in grades 9 to 11 from around the tri-state area showcased their writing skills and journalistic instincts for the New York Post Scholars Contest, in partnership with Command Education, a national leader in education and college consulting. “We at The Post wanted to inspire a new generation of journalists to inform, entertain, to … Read more
This sartorial side hustle has morphed into a booming business — and celebrities are taking note. A British woman who started sewing in her parents’ spare bedroom during the COVID pandemic now nets upwards of $10,000 a month with her own fashion label, and her designs have been spotted on a slew of stars. Imogen … Read more
The world’s tallest woman is reaching new heights. Rumeysa Gelgi, who stands at just over 7 feet, has taken her first ever trip on an airplane after six seats were removed to make room for her. The 25-year-old Turkey native jetted from Istanbul to San Francisco in September and says she’s now caught the travel … Read more