For over three decades, author Salman Rushdie had wondered when (or if) an assassin would come for him. In 1988, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini declared his novel “The Satanic Verses” blasphemous and issued a fatwa (or Islamic ruling) calling for Rushdie’s death. Even musician (and convert to Islam) Cat Stevens — who wrote the iconic tune … Read more
As one of the biggest breakouts in pop this year, Teddy Swims has rode the wave of his soul-crushing smash “Lose Control” all the way to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. And it’s taken a triumvirate of music’s mightiest — Beyoncé, Kanye West and Ariana Grande — to keep the singer-songwriter born Jaten … Read more
This past Jan. 4, Nicole Addimando, a 31-year-old mother of two better known as “Nikki,” was released from the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, in Westchester County, NY. Addimando during a pretrial hearing for her murder case in 2018. Nina Schutzman/Poughkeepsie Journal She had served seven-and-a-half years of a 19-years-to-life sentence on charges of second-degree murder … Read more
On Saturday, the world marks the first International Holocaust Remembrance Day since Hamas brutally attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. There are some 245,000 Holocaust survivors still alive today — 49% of whom are in Israel, according to a new demographic report by the Claims Conference. Israel’s elderly survivors have a direct connection to October 7 … Read more
It was a forbidden romance like so many others: A meaningful glance. Hearts aflutter. Secret meetings and messages. Bu David Wisnia and Helen “Zippi” Tichauer’s love story took place in the shadow of smoking crematoria, their trysts hidden from guards by prisoners in black and white uniforms. “It was wintertime in Birkenau, the largest and … Read more
This phone case is taking indestructible to a new level. An Oregon man was stunned when he discovered an Apple iPhone that had survived a 16,000-foot plummet to the ground from an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this month — but even more shocking was that the device was completely undamaged. “Found an iPhone on the … Read more
RENO, Nev. — The blank canvas of desert wilderness in northern Nevada seemed the perfect place in 1992 for artistic anarchists to relocate their annual burning of a towering, anonymous effigy. It was goodbye to San Francisco’s Baker Beach, hello to the Nevada playa, the long-ago floor of an inland sea. The tiny gathering became … Read more
MAYFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.— For Kylie Ossege, the 19-year-old college student who survived two deadly mass school shootings in Michigan — one as a senior at Oxford High School in 2021 and another 14 months later as a freshman at Michigan State University — Blaze stands as a source of comfort in a world otherwise shattered … Read more
If you didn’t understand the hype of the Stanley tumbler before, prepare to have your mind blown. Stanley tumblers are known for their durability, and a video that went viral on TikTok proved that to be right. “Thirsty after you catch on fire? @Stanley 1913 is like no problem I gotchu,” she captioned the video … Read more
Gwyneth Paltrow claimed Saturday that the emotional aftermath of her ski collision lawsuit left her feeling like she “survived” a very traumatic event. “That whole thing was pretty weird,” Paltrow, 51, said to the New York Times. “I don’t know that I’ve even processed it.” “It was something I felt like I survived,” continued the Oscar-winning … Read more
Their relationship is already reaching new heights. Savannah Chrisley and her new boyfriend Robert Shiver, the former Auburn University football player who survived his estranged wife’s alleged plot to murder him after he learned of her affair, were recently photographed together at LAX. In pictures obtained by The Post, the “Chrisley Knows Best” star dressed in … Read more
Savannah Chrisley is off the market. The “Chrisley Knows Best” star said she’s in the “very, very” new stages of her relationship with Robert Shiver, the former Auburn University football player who survived his estranged wife’s alleged plot to murder him after he learned of her affair. Appearing on “The Viall Files” podcast Thursday, Chrisley talked … Read more
A Brazilian pilot who survived in the Amazon jungle for two weeks after a plane crash last year has reportedly passed away following a second aerial accident, authorities confirmed. He was 38 years old. The private pilot, named Otávio Augusto Munhoz da Silva, had reportedly been flying his aircraft along his usual route of Mucajaí, … 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
Australian woman Erin Patterson, 48, is suspected of intentionally killing three family members and critically wounding a fourth by feeding them a meal laced with death cap mushrooms last month. As that investigation continues, an Australian man who miraculously survived eating the lethal fungus 25 years ago recently shared he felt like he was “preparing … Read more
A woman has broken down in tears after she recalled the terrifying moment she and her family were “running for their lives” from wildfires that have wreaked havoc on the Greek island of Rhodes. Amy, from the UK, was holidaying on the popular Greek island with her partner and daughter, 11, when things took a … Read more
The Australian man who spent over two months lost at sea with his dog when his storm-damaged boat drifted over 1,000 miles from shore spoke out as he set foot on land for the first time on Tuesday. Tim Shaddock, 51, who was rescued by a Mexican tuna boat over the weekend alongside his dog … Read more
An Australian woman is sharing how she learned to love herself again after her experience going through menopause left her considering suicide. Billie Steele, 51, had gained some weight during her second pregnancy when she was 35 years old, putting on 70 pounds in nine months and leaving her weighing in at 191 pounds. She … Read more
Laura Watson was asked if she wanted an abortion because her twins “were effectively killing each other in the womb.” “Nothing can prepare you to hear doctors give terminating your pregnancy as a suggestion,” said Watson, 29. “I wasn’t given any good choices. I was terrified — everything happened so fast.” Watson was diagnosed with … Read more
There was only one way to remove the moth occupying Axl Rose’s Malibu home — and it wasn’t a flyswatter. Instead, the Guns N’ Roses singer fetched his shotgun, as Craig Duswalt recalls in the paperback release of “Welcome To My Jungle” (BenBella). “Then with the moth hovering in the corner of the room, Axl pulled … Read more