Cherry blossom peak bloom dates announced in Washington, DC

Cherry blossom peak bloom dates announced in Washington, DC

The peak bloom dates for the iconic cherry blossoms in the nation’s capital will be several days earlier than the average peak bloom date, the National Park Service predicted on Thursday. The NPS defines the peak bloom date as the day when 70% of the Yoshino Cherry trees, one of about a dozen varieties of cherry trees … Read more

Clueless lottery winner sits on six-figure prize — until spouse nags her to check ticket months later

Clueless lottery winner sits on six-figure prize — until spouse nags her to check ticket months later

She’s got a lotto luck. A frazzled Washington state mom is on top of the world after learning a months-old lottery ticket she’d neglected to check was actually a huge winner. The woman, identified only as M.B., held onto the Hit 5 ticket — now worth a whopping six figures — for five months after picking it … Read more

Washington flights exceed 800 mph due to near-record winds over DC — arrive 45 minutes early

Washington flights exceed 800 mph due to near-record winds over DC — arrive 45 minutes early

Multiple flights from the DC area got a roaring start to London over the weekend with help from near-record jet stream winds over the Mid-Atlantic. According to FlightAware, the flight from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to London Heathrow International Airport (IAD) arrived 45 minutes early, and the wind and flight speed data can help explain why.  Travelers on Flight 22 can thank the … Read more

Odesza reveals ‘The Last Goodbye Finale’ Tour with 3 MSG stops. Get tickets

Odesza reveals ‘The Last Goodbye Finale’ Tour with 3 MSG stops. Get tickets

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Odesza is going for another victory lap. The EDM hitmakers just announced their brief ‘The Last Goodbye Finale Tour’ that will send them to California, New York, Colorado … Read more

LCD Soundsystem announces 2024 ‘Kinda Tour.’ Here’s how to get tickets

LCD Soundsystem announces 2024 ‘Kinda Tour.’ Here’s how to get tickets

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. “Dance Yrself Clean” season is coming. From May 14-27, LCD Soundsystem is returning to the road for the 10-concert U.S. leg of the ‘Kinda Tour’ which will take … Read more

From Florida to Washington, brand new hotels across the nation to check out in 2024

From Florida to Washington, brand new hotels across the nation to check out in 2024

Going places in 2024? Get a sneak peek at some of the hottest recent debuts and upcoming openings of hotels and resorts from sea to shining sea. There are new properties in city hubs (Las Vegas, Orlando and Denver) and rural jewels (including Neversink, New York, and Maggie Valley, North Carolina) — ensuring there’s something … Read more

I went for surgery to remove my appendix — doctors took out the wrong organ

I went for surgery to remove my appendix — doctors took out the wrong organ

A Washington man is suing a hospital and two of its doctors for malpractice for allegedly removing the wrong organ during surgery, nearly costing him his life. “It’s been a hell of a year,” George Piano, 72, told USA Today while detailing the alleged mishap, which he says occurred Dec. 6, 2022 at the University … Read more

Washington woman preps Christmas dinner months in advance growing her own produce

Washington woman preps Christmas dinner months in advance growing her own produce

A woman is taking meal-prepping to the next level by preparing for annual Christmas dinner months in advance.  Gubba Homestead is a 23-year-old who lives outside Seattle, Washington, and started preparing for her Christmas meal in late summer.  The content creator told SWNS that she lives on a 30-acre farm where she can harvest vegetables in the late summer … Read more

Reported ‘human remains’ turn out to skull-shaped beer bong: ‘Trick-or-treat’

Reported ‘human remains’ turn out to skull-shaped beer bong: ‘Trick-or-treat’

It was one funny bone. Authorities in Washington state fell victim to a Halloween prank after they responded to a call about a human skeleton — only to find it was a skull-shaped beer bong. A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police officer, a Pend Oreille detective and a border patrol agent responded to … Read more

A day in the life of people observing ‘world’s worst weather’ atop New Hampshire’s Mount Washington

A day in the life of people observing ‘world’s worst weather’ atop New Hampshire’s Mount Washington

MOUNT WASHINGTON, NH – Year round, someone is monitoring the weather from the nearly 6,300-foot summit at the Mount Washington Observatory, known for the “world’s worst weather.” The nonprofit observatory in New Hampshire is a research station dedicated to weather and climate data. Located at the highest summit in the northeastern US, the extreme weather … Read more

Washington Post crusades against ‘violent history’ of pumpkin spice

Washington Post crusades against ‘violent history’ of pumpkin spice

Pumpkin spice and everything… not so nice? The Washington Post has pulverized one of the much-anticipated joys of the season after invoking the “violent history” of everyone’s favorite fall spice. The report, titled “Fall’s favorite spice blend has a violent history,” examined the Dutch’s 1621 invasion of the Banda Islands, located in modern-day Indonesia. “Thousands … Read more

Washington deputy crawls into pipe to rescue injured dog

Washington deputy crawls into pipe to rescue injured dog

A deputy in Washington state crawled into a culvert to rescue an injured dog that had been hit by a car. Video posted to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office social media shows the incident that unfolded on Sept. 7. Animal control was not immediately available to respond to the scene just before 10 p.m., and deputies were able to … Read more

Deer walks into Washington candy shop, stops to savor some sweet treats

Deer walks into Washington candy shop, stops to savor some sweet treats

A deer walks into a candy shop … It’s no joke: Customers at an old-fashioned sweets store in Washington watched in amazement Saturday as a deer strolled in and became briefly enamored by its taffy display — even possibly swiping a butter-popcorn-flavored piece — before high-tailing it out of there again. Surveillance footage from Buddy … Read more

How much are last-minute tickets to see Taylor Swift in Seattle?

How much are last-minute tickets to see Taylor Swift in Seattle?

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase.  Pacific Northwesterners, it’s finally time for your Taylor Swift ‘Era.’ On July 22-23, Swift is heading to Seattle’s Lumen Field for two huge concerts with high-profile special guests … Read more

Lauren Sanchez’s ex gave her marital home after affair with Jeff Bezos revealed

Lauren Sanchez’s ex gave her marital home after affair with Jeff Bezos revealed

Lauren Sanchez’s ex-husband, top talent agent Patrick Whitesell, transferred their Washington estate to her in full following the completion of their divorce, The Post has learned. The former couple had purchased this sprawling 7,000-square-foot Mercer Island home in 2017 for $6.2 million — one year before Sanchez, 53, had entered into an affair with Jeff … Read more

Delroy Lindo on working with Kerry Washington in ‘UnPrisoned’: ‘It was humbling’

Delroy Lindo on working with Kerry Washington in ‘UnPrisoned’: ‘It was humbling’

Delroy Lindo stars opposite Kerry Washington in the new Hulu dramedy, “UnPrisoned.”  Premiering March 10, the show was inspired by creator Tracy McMillain’s life and follows Paige Alexander (Washington), a marriage and family therapist who is a single mom to a teen son, Finn (Faly Rakotohavana). Her life gets turned upside-down when her father, Edwin … Read more

I’m the ‘Washington Square Park Cupid’ — I’m helping singles find their Valentine

I’m the ‘Washington Square Park Cupid’ —  I’m helping singles find their Valentine

She’s finding love in a hopeless place. After relocating to Midtown Manhattan from a small town near Indianapolis last November, something quickly became apparent to content creator Sydney Street, after waving off a string of wannabe playboys and raging party animals at nightclubs and bars — encountering your happily-ever-after in the Big Apple is about … Read more

Public health leaders recommend masks amid flu, RSV, COVID-19 surge

Public health leaders recommend masks amid flu, RSV, COVID-19 surge

Public health leaders recommend masks amid flu, RSV, COVID-19 surge  KOMO News Mask up: Winter surge in COVID, other respiratory illnesses shouldn’t be ignored | COMMENTARY  Baltimore Sun Face masks come back to forefront amid triple threat of Covid-19, flu, RSV  CNN Can Masks Prevent Flu and RSV?  The Wall Street Journal Health officials: Wear masks in crowded spaces … Read more

Glowing fungus illuminates dark Washington beaches

Glowing fungus illuminates dark Washington beaches

It might look like something that was just slimed by a Ghostbuster or perhaps somehow become radioactive, but instead, it’s just living creatures naturally shedding light along a soaked remnant of what was long ago part of a tree. Photographer Mathew Nichols found these eerie glowing logs along a nighttime trek of a coastal Washington beach.  … Read more

Why George Washington was a man of many contradictions

Why George Washington was a man of many contradictions

In the mid-1700s, any traveler of a certain class knew he was welcome to a bed and hot meal at George Washington’s Virginia estate, Mount Vernon. But contrary to customs of the time, Washington didn’t want his guests “ravishing” the property’s slaves. As one Major William North wrote to a friend, “Will you believe it?  I … Read more