In summertime, margaritas can come with a dark twist: blistering burns all over your hands. That’s what happened to health-care worker Courtney Fallon, who squeezed “hundreds of limes” to make margs for her Memorial Day party. After prepping the tequila elixir, the New Yorker filled up some to-go cups and then lounged by the pool, … Continue reading "Margarita season alert: The classic cocktail can cause severe blisters"

The Jets now have their leaders. After a tumultuous month, the Jets introduced Joe Douglas as their new general manager at a Tuesday press conference. The word of the day was collaboration, which was said repeatedly as the organization hopes to find harmony with this hire. “I feel that we now have the right people … Continue reading "GM Joe Douglas makes Jets debut: ‘Ex-girlfriend’ Gase, Johnson fawning"

Boy, is Pedro Hernandez proving a problematic poster boy for bail reform. Now 19, he racked up his 15th arrest late Saturday night for driving recklessly and without a license. Cops approached a man urinating at a bus stop; the perp jumped in Hernandez’s car, which allegedly reversed against traffic. With the police siren blaring, … Continue reading "A poster boy for bail reform gone wrong"

A Philadelphia couple says they fell ill after being exposed to a strange smell at the embattled Dominican Republic resort where three tourists died — and now they want to caution others. Susie Lauterborn, 38, and her husband, Doug Hand, 40, said they became sick within days of checking into their room at the Grand … Continue reading "Couple recounts ‘horrible’ illness at embattled Dominican resort"

Mary Max, the wife of world-renowned psychedelic artist Peter Max, killed herself in her Upper West Side apartment over the weekend, police said Monday. Mary Max, 52, died of nitrogen asphyxiation and was discovered in her apartment on Riverside Drive near West 84th Street on Sunday evening, cops said. She had been involved in an … Continue reading "Mary Max, wife of famed artist Peter Max, kills herself in Upper West Side apartment"

A group of fifth graders from Oklahoma arrived at their Washington, DC, field trip in style, touching down in the nation’s capital on a private Delta Air Lines flight after their American Airlines trip was canceled at the last minute. On June 2, 41 fifth-grade students from Tulsa and their chaperones received the disappointing news … Continue reading "Delta saves 41 stranded students with a private flight after American Airlines cancels trip"

A third of Americans sleep with a “comfort object” from childhood, according to new research. From a special pillow, a blanket or a stuffed animal held over from when they were little, 34 percent keep something of sentimental value close to them while they sleep. The survey of 2,000 Americans looked at our nighttime habits … Continue reading "This many Americans still sleep with childhood ‘comfort objects’"

Cranky pregnant moms, prepare for vindication. Researchers studying the limits of human endurance have determined that the physical intensity of pregnancy is basically like running a 40-week marathon. “Every mother who has gone through a pregnancy has experienced that effort themselves,” Duke University evolutionary anthropology professor Herman Pontzer, who co-authored the study, tells Today’s Parent. … Continue reading "Pregnant women are basically endurance athletes: study"

Haley Kalil always wanted to be a model. But until recently, she was convinced it was never, ever going to happen. Click Here: online rugby store malaysia “When I was little, I watched ‘America’s Next Top Model,’ and would practice all the poses on the playground,” the 26-year-old said on the set of her photo … Continue reading "How Haley Kalil went from lab tech to Sports Illustrated swimsuit model"

‘I’ve got something to say.” That is what a black minister heard God say to him moments before the minister unexpectedly spoke to Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old white supremacist who had murdered the pastor’s wife two days earlier. At the conclusion of a midweek Bible study, Roof had opened fire as those gathered in the … Continue reading "How Charleston healed after Dylann Roof\u2019s horror"